2024_Portfolio by Ian McCarthy

IAN MCCARTHY

PORTFOLIO

SELECTED WORKS 2019 - 2024

PHOTOGRAPHY

KATELYN, 2019

COLORBLOCKING, 2018

BUTTERFLY, 2024

LA, 2023

MATRIX, 2023

PADDLE, 2019

TIGHTROPE, 2024

GLENSTONE, 2023

WILDERNESS, 2019 DOWN, 2018

HOLD, 2018

REACH, 2018

REPITITION, 2024

TRANSPORTATION, 2024

SANUS POPULUS IN SANO PLANETAE

AS HUMANITY IS IN A CRITICAL JUNCTURE IN THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY, THE SAYING, MENS SANA IN CORPORE SANO A HEALTHY MIND IN A HEALTHY BODY, IS NO LONGER ENOUGH TO PROVIDE US TRANQUILITY; RATHER, IN MODERN DAY, HUMANITY HAS BEEN DIRECTLY SHOWN THAT THE HEALTH OF HUMANITY IS CONTINGENT ON THE HEALTH OF THE EARTH AS WELL. SANUS POPULUS IN SANO PLANETAE SERVES TO PROMOTE WELLNESS AMONG THE

WEST POINT MEMORIAL PARK

Waterfront. In the early 1700s, the area was called West Point and served as the first European settlement along the waterfront, predating the founding of Alexandria.

to the establishment of the city. Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, West Point served as a tobacco storage area, a landing point for slaves to the area, and the location of Fishtown.

Company moved and West Point fell into disrepair. In 1976, there were plans to develop an apartment complex consisting of four 18 story towers; However, residents of the surrounding community formed a group that lobbied for a park insead. In 1979, their demands were met and the Founders Park Community Association was officially Incorporated.

maintain the fishing industry in Alexandria. This neighborhood, Fishtown, was formed prodominantly of free and enslaved African Americans. Annually, from early March to late June, fish would be processed, cleaned, and prepared for sale by wealthy white businessmen throughout the area.

Due to the unique circumstances of construction at fishtown. Every year, the positions of the structures were slightly different. During the Civil War, when Union military forces arrived in Alexandria in May of 1861, all of the buildings in Fishtown were commandeered and used for storage.

Fishtown was characterized by many small shacks, constructed out of rented wood. The structures were constructed at the beginning of the season to ensure that minimal cuts were made to the wood. They were used, throughout the season, as boarding houses, eating houses, salting houses, places to pack and sell the fish, and then, at the end of the season, dismantled. The uncut wood would, then, be returned to those from who it was rented.

V STREET HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

THE GATEWAY AT LE DROIT PARK, ARPL 302

OBJECTIVES

1. CONNECT LEDROIT PARK TO HOWARD UNIVERSITY 2. SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATE AFFORDABLE AND MARKET RATE HOUSING

“THE GATEWAY AT LE DROIT PARK” IS A MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PROJECT IN NORTHWEST WASHINGTON DC. THE GATEWAY CONTINUES A LINEAR PROGRESSION ESTABLISHED BY 3RD STREET NORTHWEST. THE THOROUGHFARE IS EXTEDNED BY DEVELOPING AN APARTMENT COMPLEX WHICH CONNECTS LE DROIT PARK TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL ON BRYANT STREET NORTHWEST. THE GATEWAY CONNECTS THE LE DROIT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY TO HOWARD UNIVERSITY. BY INCORPORATING A SLEW OF UNIT TYPES, THE GATEWAY SEAMLESSLY INTERGRATES AFFORDABLE AND MAKERT RATE HOUSING TO CREATE A DIVERSE COMMUNITY. COMPLETE WITH ENOUGH RETAIL SPACE FOR A GROCERY STORE AND RESTAURANT, THE GATEWAY TRANSFORMS LEDROIT PARK INTO A SOUGHT AFTER DESTINATION TO SPEND AN AFTERNOON WITH LOVED ONES.

P STREET CIVIC CENTER

THE PETER’S BUILDING, ARPL 301

OBJECTIVES

1. BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER 2. PROVIDE ACCESS TO EXTENSIVE GREENERY 3. DESIGN BY UTILIZING THE GOLDEN RATIO

“LOCATED AT ROSE PARK IN THE HEART OF GEORGETOWN, NORTHWEST DC, “THE PETERS BUILDING” IS A CIVIC CENTER THAT MERGES CONTEMPORARY STYLE WITH CLASSICAL DESIGN THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF MATERIALS AND THE DECONSTRUCTION OF THE CLASSICAL ORDERS. THE DESIGN OF THE PETERS BUILDING IS GUIDED BY THE GOLDEN RATIO. THE GOLDEN RATIO CAN BE FOUND AS THE FOUNDATION OF EACH SEGMENT OF THE QUINQUEPARTITE PLAN. ADDITIONALLY, THE GOLDEN RATIO HAS BEEN UTILIZED THROUGHOUT THE DETAILING OF THE ELEVATIONS, PLANS, AND SECTIONS OF THE BUILDING.

longitudinal section scale: 1/8” = 1’

transversal section scale: 1/8” = 1’

3’6’ 12’

SOUTH MONROE ST

AXIS ARCHITECTS

OBJECTIVES

1. MAXIMIZE LOT COVERAGE AND SQUARE FOOTAGE 2. PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR MULTIGENERATIONAL LIVING THE SOUTH MONROE STREET PROJECT IS A HOME RENOVATION IN ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA. THIS RENNOVATION CONSISTS OF A 300 SQUARE FOOT EXPANSION TO THE MAIN FLOOR AND AN ADDITION OF A SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR. THE RENOVATION TRANSFORMED A 4 BED, 1 BATH, 1312 SQFT HOME INTO A 6 BED, 5.5 BATH, 4079 SQUARE FOOT HOME. MY ROLE IN THE PROJECT WAS PRIMARILY IN THE SCHMATIC DESIGN PHASE. I WAS ON THE TEAM WHICH DOCUMENTED THE EXISTING CONDITIONS. I DIGITIZED THE EXISTING CONDITIONS USING REVIT AND SKETCHUP. I MODELED THE OPTIONS FOR EACH OF OUR THREE DESIGN MEETINGS WITH THE CLIENT AND HELPED DEVELOP THE FACADE OF THIS HOME. ADDITIONALLY, I PRODUCED RENDERINGS OF THE HOME TO BE SHOWCASED ON PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL FOR AXIS ARCHITECTS.