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JAKE SCHIRMER BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE BACHELOR OF INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE AUBURN UNIVERSITY, 2020 PHONE: 540

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EMAIL: jakeschirmer@gmail.com

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CONTENTS ARCHITECTURE

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LEARNING LOCAL

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TO BE CONTINUED

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REE’S HOME

engaging Selma through action, contribution, and performance.

multi-family housing in the Innovation District

an iteration of Rural Studio’s Front Porch Initiative

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INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE

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ACTIVATION

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VARIETY + DIFFUSION

an elementary school with a focus on sustainability

re-imagining an efficient co-working space

SMALL WORKS

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OBSERVING + ENVELOPING

investigating behavior in public spaces

STANDARD CHAIR NO. 4 a study of woodworking and replication

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CHRONOLOGY collection of all works

RESUME

GRAPHICS + PRINT representing a physical medium

REPRESENTATIONS replications and investigations

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TO BE CONTINUED

REE’S HOME

engaging Selma through action, contribution, and performance.

multi-family housing in the Innovation District

an iteration of Rural Studio’s Front Porch Initiative

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LEARNING LOCAL

engaging Selma through action, contribution, and performance.

“Learning Local” is a proposal that aims to activate the historic Sullivan Building for downtown Selma. The space functions as a beacon for action, contribution, and performance.

The proposal aims to maximize intricacy of use and intricacy at eye level with a sculptural, orienting object. In this case, the moves originate from the requirement for a new exterior egress stair to unlock the use of the second and third floors.

The base provides a formal stage with infrastructure for larger performances, while the half-landings above expand to provide additional programmatic space such as elevated restaurant seating and a roof deck. The protruding edge of the stair is wrapped in a translucent fabric that illuminates as a “beacon” that is visible from Water Ave and Alabama Ave. Finally, the entire project also orients itself around learning, as a means to promote diversity, inclusion, and equity. The stage provides a platform for people to share their skills and ideas while the public availability of the stair allows all visitors to experience Selma from a unique perspective.

semester: spring 2019

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location: selma, alabama

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View of the egress stair, which functions as the “beacon” of the space, and central active backdrop. (Produced with Rhino + V-Ray + Photoshop) RIGHT:

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The moveable tables and chairs along the

The community garden allows visitors to

Franklin St edge support a variety of activities

contribute to their own meal at The Local.

across all times of day.

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Performance

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Activity vignettes highlighting the communal goals of the project.

(Produced with Rhino + Illustrator)

C PERFORMANCE The stage becomes a platform for the sharing of ideas, talents, and cultures.

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North-South Elevation along Franklin St.

(Produced with Rhino + AutoCAD + Illustrator)

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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT The Franklin St. edge of the project lays

the community garden. Additionally, a

out permanent benches with opportunity to

consistent rhythm at the edge provides

expand into additional restaurant seating with

an infrastructure for temporary farmer’s

temporary tables and chairs. Their spacing also

market booths.

supports the arrangement of food trucks for larger festivals and events. Towards the south, the curved shape of the planters presents a variety of seating and picnic spaces within

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Sky Deck

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Restaurant + Bar Space

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Park seating + Stage

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The illuminated mesh view from Alabama Ave. (Produced with Rhino + V-Ray + Photoshop)

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Section through the building and proposed stair. (Produced

with Rhino + AutoCAD + Illustrator)

Exploded axonometric of the egress stair, highlighting the various levels and their program. (Produced with Rhino + Illustrator) LEFT:

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The illuminated mesh view from Water Ave. (Produced with Rhino + V-Ray + Photoshop)

EGRESS + FUNCTION Coupled with a renovated interior stair, the exterior stair unlocks the use of the second and third floors without consuming valuable leasable square footage. Additionally, the extra run of stairs unlocks a roof-deck space, without adding structure or load to the existing building.

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FORM The row of trees creates a transition between the street and the community park, while the sculptural stair pokes above. The users of are not only experiencing art, as a new view of the city, but also become the art themselves, as their silhouettes change the faรงade.

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View along Franklin Street, looking North toward the historic facade of the Sullivan Building.

ABOVE:

(Produced with Rhino + V-Ray + Photoshop)

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TO BE CONTINUED multi-family housing in the Innovation District

This multi-family housing project is sited between some significant urban conditions of Chattanooga, including the upcoming Innovation District, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and historic ML King Boulevard. The challenge therein lies is the insertion of 100+ dwelling units, within a varying urban scale. To the east, Pattern Parkway’s historic facades create a small urban corridor, while to the west, Houston Street’s academic corridor inspires grandeur.

For this reason, the building “floats” above the public pathways, allowing circulation through the main footprint of the building and creating public parks at each intersection. Towards Patten Parkway, the building splits to create a second-level courtyard, terminates Pattern Parkway, and softens the relationship to the historic low facades.

semester: fall 2018

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location: chattanooga, tennessee

RIGHT: View

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type: urban mixed-use

from Pattern Parkway, highlighting the keystone facade of the proposed building. (Produced with Revit + V-Ray + Photoshop)

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ABOVE: Maps

Office

Retail

Parks

Education

showing the surrounding building context.

(Produced with Illustrator) RIGHT: Aerial

map diagram highlighting the site as an intersection between the University and Innovation District.

(Produced with Illustrator)

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University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Chattanooga Innovation District SITE ANALYSIS The four-hundred foot long site nestles between the University of Chattanooga to the Northeast, and the developing Innovation District to the Southwest. Additionally, the project has abundant connections to Chattanooga’s public park system.

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ORGANIZATION The organization is an expanded doubleloaded corridor that becomes open public space. The Houston Street approach opens even further, elevating the building mass above the public way, creating an urban park and unlocking leasable retail space. The onebedroom units are terminated with luxury twobedroom duplex units at the edge of each wing.

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HOUSTON ST.

ABOVE: Second

Floor Plan. (Produced with Revit + Illustrator)

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St Studio

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Two Bedroom Duplex

DWELLING UNITS The Two-Bedroom Duplex unit functions as the flagship unit with a large living area, and elevated office space. The other units each have access to a private balcony with floor-toceiling windows.

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FACADE PROCESS The faรงade developed as a layered system of vibrant color cladding a subtle gridded regular faรงade. This cladding could then be applied to the critical urban moments, including Patten Parkway and Houston St.

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ABOVE: Rendering

from Houston St, highlighting the facade elements.

(Produced with Revit + V-Ray + Photoshop) LEFT: Process

sketches developing a facade system.

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Expanded Metal (Corten)

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Aluminum Composite Material (Dark Gray)

MATERIALITY Corten Steel, in the form of expanded metal, creates the vibrant color of the façade. It’s oriented as to read more solid from the ground but allow residents to see the urban street below. The rest of the façade is clad with dark ACM, creating a nice contrast to the Corten.

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REE’S HOME

an iteration of Rural Studio’s Front Porch Initiative

The 20K Project is a series of low-income housing projects studying various ways deliver quality housing at an affordable price. “Ree’s Home” is a third-year installment in the project, as an iteration of 20Kv10 (JoAnne’s Home). While no construction experience was required, students were expected to rigorously study the planning and construction needs to complete a project of this scale. Furthermore, we were consistently challenged to think critically and collaborate to solve problems with the skills we knew previously and recently acquired through building.

The best example of this would be the porch ramp which was conceptualized, designed, detailed, and built through collaboration of students, experts, and Rural Studio faculty.

As part of the MEP team, our responsibility was to design and build the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems of the house. This involved studying the code requirements, construction techniques, and best-practices to deliver a professional-level product. Team members were responsible for calculating loads, specifying fixtures, running wire, and installing fixtures. In addition, these team members were responsible for communicating team-specific information the rest of the studio, reducing any errors or bottlenecks in the construction process.

semester: spring 2018

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location: newbern, alabama

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Completed view of Ree’s Home with the custom porch and accessible ramp. (Imade Credit: Timothy Hursley) RIGHT:

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team: Kyle Anderson Livia Barrett Ashley Bucher Regan Eiland Andrew Frese Zoey Gerstner Will Hall Kevin Jeon Conner Quinn Marlyn Rivera Henry Savoie Jonathon Schneider Kyra Stark Cory Subasic Lauren Wertz Nicole Brown Zak Channell Xuerui Chen Liz Clark Sarah Livings Camron Lynch Ryan Kolowich Dana McFarland Rowe Price Owen Railey Jake Schirmer Emily Shirah Preston Smith Ingrid Stahl Conner Tomasello

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Under-cabinet lights in the Kitchen.

Custom-built light fixture for the Living Room.

RIGHT: Bathroom vanity lighting.

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ELECTRICAL My responsibility on the MEP team was the electrical phase of the house. That included designing the circuits, calculating loads, selecting fixtures, running wire, and installing fixtures. The entire house featured over 800 feet of wire running to over 40 fixtures.

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Living room of Ree’s Home, with custom built light fixtures.

(Image Credit: Conner Tomasello)

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View of completed and installed light fixture from living room.

Exploded axonometric highlighting assembly detail. (Produced with Rhino + Illustrator)

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CUSTOM FIXTURES The custom light fixture evolved from the fixtures found in Newbern Town Hall however, the fixtures for Ree’s Home are hung two inches off the ceiling to allow light to wash the wall and the ceiling. The goal of the fixture was to provide soft, indirect light that would be suitable for watching television to reading a book.

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A normal section through an Alpolic panel, showing the 3 layers: Aluminum, plastic core, aluminum.

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Drill through only the top two layers, leaving the last layer of aluminum untouched.

RIGHT: Exploded

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axonometric of the fixture connection detail.

(Produced with Rhino + Illustrator)

After cutting the machine screw to length, carefully screw it into the pre-drilled hole.

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LEFT: Process

for implementing the detail. (Produced with Rhino + Illustrator)

HIDDEN CONNECTIONS As a member of the MEP team, my responsi-

(02). We then trimmed a machine screw

bility was to design the “invisible” connection

to shorter length (03) and installed the fix-

detail of the light fixture to the ALPOLIC fin.

ture through the precut fastening holes.

The main constraint being that the connection should not be visible from the bottom of the fin. To achieve this, we carefully drilled through the top layer of aluminum and the plastic core (01), but left the bottom layer of aluminum intact

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JANUARY

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Images showing various stages of the construction by students. from the time lapse showing various stages of exterior construction.

LOWER: Frames

(View full time lapse at: https://youtu.be/MBF8pzU0NcY)

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CONSTRUCTION PROCESS While each student was placed on a specific team (Framing, Interior, Exterior, and MEP), all students assisted in the overall construction of the house. This allowed the unique experience of constructing a literal wall section and having a new understanding of what architects draw.

Scan the QR code to the left to view the full time-lapse from the Spring of 2018.

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Completed porch that “folds� to accommodate the ramp and stairs.

Completed kitchen with under-cabinet lights, sink, range hood, and appliances.

RIGHT:

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INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE

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an elementary school with a focus on sustainability

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an elementary school with a focus on sustainability

“This Innovation 2030 third year studio project is focused on the sustainable design for a public elementary school and school grounds in a ubiquitous suburban area of a college town. Located in the southern United States, due to the rapid growth of the university, the population of the town is quickly growing. More public elementary schools, such as this one for grades three through five, are needed to accommodate the population growth. The competition’s focus areas of energy and emissions, adaptation and resilience form a basis for the studio discussion. Substantial resistance from many citizens and businesses in the area and the state have made green power and lumber industries very complicated. Therefore, these schemes offer more ecologically aware design features than the default for public schools currently being used in 2017. Ideally these new school designs provide prototypical models including architectural features that may be employed on multiple sites in this climate, which is hot and humid in two seasons, mild in the spring, and cold in the winter.�

This project aims to promote the wellness and development of elementary students by centering all day-to-day related program around an activated courtyard. The result is a space that serves a variety of dynamic uses throughout a typical day, including interactive class assignments, school assemblies, recess, and lunch on the most beautiful of spring days. The image to the right shows the spatial relationship from elevated cafeteria to activated courtyard.

semester: fall 2017

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RIGHT: View

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towards the second-level cafeteria that spans across the courtyard and provides a grand space for student interaction.

(Produced with Revit + Rhotoshop)

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ABOVE: Latitudinal

section, highlighting the various sustainable design figures. (Produced with Revit + Rhino + Rhotoshop + Illustrator)

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Capacity of students (24 classrooms)

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Days of comfortable environment using passive strategies

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Amount of rainwater managed on-site during 24-hour 2-year event

GREEN MEASURES As part of the COTE 2030 competition, projects were challenged to understand some sustainable design figures. This include rainwater retention calculations, comfort modelling and occupant capacity.

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Office

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Locker Room

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Technology Lab

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Music Room

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Library

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Kitchen

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ORGANIZATION The school circulates around a central

after school hours. Administrative and kitchen

school. Furthermore, an oversized stair

courtyard that is the epicenter of daily school

program cap the project to the east.

cascades down to the courtyard below,

activities. The surrounding classrooms share a

and creates a place of gathering.

view into the courtyard and provide a sense of

The second level has another round of

community.

classrooms, but with reversed wall angles for solar protection. The cafeteria spans across

The gym and library fill the northwest corner

the central courtyard and provides a magical

of the plan and serve as a community center

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ACTIVATED LEARNING Elementary school teachers have devoted their lives to the education of our next generation.

Therefore, the design of the re-imagined classroom is centered around allowing the room to flex to the needs of the individual lesson while also promoting student wellness. The major moves occur on the ceiling plane, undulating and extending out to inspire the imagination of students.

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RIGHT: Worms-eye

axonometric, highlighting the ceiling and wall surfaces for the classroom. (Produced with Rhino + Illustrator)

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COLOR + TEXTURE The central core of the classroom features vertical folding glass doors, which transitions to the light blue ceiling. The chairs share a darker blue with homasote panels framing the ceiling and mediating sound. On the edges, full-lite wood doors find similarity with the plywood peg walls, and a simple wood ceiling.

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ABOVE: View

of classroom interior. (Produced with Rhino + V-Ray + Photoshop)

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VARIETY + DIFFUSION

re-imagining an efficient co-working space

The position of work and play is a focus on the generation of spatial variety by diffusion. In this case, diffusion refers to the accumulation of “stuff” (furniture, belongings, people, screens, etc.) and carefully studied adjacencies. The major moves of diffusion occur on three different scales: the overall building, the individual floor, and independent workspaces.

At the building scale, a large four-story atrium brings light to the center of the floor plate while also cementing an organizational volume through the entire building. This also introduces an immediate variety to the scale of spaces available to work.

Smaller two-story atriums organize the building on a floor-to-floor scale. As they “dance” across the section, the atriums connect adjacent floors and generate unique penetrations for each of the four floors.

Finally, a small selection of furniture typologies (desk, table, booth) carefully positions adjacencies between workspaces and organizes the plan at a micro-scale. The result is a collection of similar furniture objects, but different experiences for each.

Some may be more sheltered and quieter, while others are virtually unobstructed.

Additionally, the project studies the use of color and light as means of affecting space. Here, the specific challenge is using only one color, with varying tones of saturation to define space.

semester: summer 2019

RIGHT: Image

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ORGANIZATION The floor plate is organized with a service wall (top) featuring leisure spaces, communal kitchen, bathrooms, and stair corridors.

Within the remaining free area, a series of atriums dances across the section and reinforces relationships between independent workspaces.

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ABOVE: Floor

plate axonometric, highlighting the organization of furniture and the use of color to affect space. (Produced with Rhino + Illustrator) RIGHT: Enlarged view of floor plate axonometric.

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Bench along the railing of the smaller atrium.

Luminous surface rising through the atrium.

BOTTOM: Isolation study model of the leisure space.

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COLOR + TEXTURE The introduction of color reinforces the spatial variety by changing visual saturations. The hue remains unchanged, but application varies from material (solid surface countertop), textile (leisure cove), and paint (cabinets, trim, wainscoting). The fully encapsulated leisure areas are highly saturated, while only the adjacent surfaces surrounding the muted conference area are saturated.

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Complete half-inch scale model, highlighting surface texture and color.

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LIGHTING In this project, the ceiling is left to the insertion of object lighting. Task lighting illuminates’ individual workspaces and covered booths, while the atriums provide adequate ambient light. In the above image, the closer atrium is only twostories, but is lit to appear continuous the floors above. Conversely, the far atrium occurs at the building scale, extending to the roof.

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Lighting study with various levels of intensity for task, ambient, and environment lighting. (Produced with Rhino + V-Ray + Illustrator) ABOVE:

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of objects, but a logic of inhabitation. We will try to understand this through drawing. Projecting the world onto a drawing would seem to be what drawing is about. Luckily, this is not possible.

We live in a far too messy and delightful world. So, focus your attention.�

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existing conditions, and the development of questions from such observations. Through this analysis, installations can be generated to mimic the effect of larger interior architecture conditions. In this case, the study is transparency, and the feeling of security it affects.

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POSITIONING

RIGHT: Axonometric

mapping all the observed users including position and activity. (Produced with Sketchup + Illustrator) MID: Donut graphs analyzing the various times of day and activity, broken down by space. (Produced with Illustrator)

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The enlarged steps were regular in dimension, but irregular in use. The figures below show the variety of different positions that were observed throughout the project.

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“the Cave”

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“the Lodge”

“The Dive”

“The Chill”

“The Sit”

“The Sophisticated Sit”

“The Invert”

“The Ottoman”

“The Applesauce”

“The Reverse”

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Saturation reveals desaturation

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METHOD The approach yields the first experience

Expanding from the center, the arrangement

intermediate sides which bridge the experience

as one of solidity, through which the box

of the straws on each side facilitates a central

from one experience to the other, are entirely

functions as a whole. Surface effects are visible

view of the interior core. As the core and

reflective, rejecting all views of the core.

but are not yet to an extent of immersive

transparent sides are coupled together, the full

However, this opaqueness is not apparent

experience. Upon closer inspection, the box

exploration of saturation can be experienced

until fully immersing into the view of a single

reveals more intricacies, first by that of the

whereas the user experiences a saturated core

straw. The result of the experience is not only

desaturated straws. The opposite side consists

through desaturated straws, or a desaturated

intriguing, but also uncomfortable as it reflects

of an opposite condition: saturated straws.

core through saturated straws. Furthermore, the

the social consequences of a transparent field.

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ABOVE: Completed

“Color Field�, hanging in the gallery of Dudley Hall.

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STANDARD CHAIR NO. 4 a study of woodworking and replication

The skill of building is one which cannot be taught through text or images, but through experience. Furthermore, the skill of building with wood requires careful attention to the material and a demonstrated mastery of craft. The Dessein elective of Rural Studio introduces students to these skills and challenges them to produce a replication of a famous chair designed by well-known architects. As many students lack any previous experience, this replication requires rigorous critical thinking and research into the origin of the chair and its typical construction.

The goal is to replicate the chair to the best of their knowledge based on research, full-scale mock-ups, and demonstration of woodworking skills.

Standard Chair No. 4 was designed by Jean Prouve in 1942 during the steel shortage of World War II. This new iteration used only mortise and tenon joinery to replicate the previously welded steel chair. The result is a brash modern icon, that resists flashy and trendy for traditional and sound woodworking.

semester: spring 2018

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location: newbern, alabama

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type: woodworking

team: Jake Schirmer Conner Tomasello

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chair, photographed in front of the Newbern Fire Station. (Image Credit: Conner Tomasello)

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Assembly Jig

Angle Jig

Bandsaw

Bar Clamp

Drill

Drill Press

Disc + Belt Sander

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Grr-Ripper

Jointer

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Mortise Jig

Orbital Sander

Panel Saw

Planer

Plunge Router

Pull Saw

Rasp

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Router Table

Rubber Mallet

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Seat Jig

Seat Back Jig

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Twist Bit

Wood Glue

DRAW + PLAN The first step was to understand the dimensions and connections of the chair.

Couple that with the available tools, and we began to understand the process to replicate Jean Prouve’s design.

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ABOVE: Exploded

axonometric of the chair.

(Produced with Rhino + Illustrator) LEFT: Collection

of tools required to build the chair, including necessary bits and jigs. (Drawn by Conner Tomasello)

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BACK LEG CONSTRUCTION STEPS

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STORYBOARDING For each piece, we expanded all the steps to get to a completed piece. With this process we carefully considered the movement from jig-tojig, realizing consistency is better than accuracy in woodworking.

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Route to finished shape of mortise

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BRANDING

SIZE MATTERS

applying a new logo to business documents

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applying a new logo to business documents Hale County Hospital received a new logo but had not applied it to any internal or external business documents. They wanted their new documents to reflect their approach to communityfocused healthcare, and “neighbors helping neighbors.� For this, we used Geomanist (designed by atipo), as the primary typeface. Its geometric nature reinforced the healthcare professionalism, while adding the unique neighborly touch of Hale County Hospital.

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SIZE MATTERS documenting an introduction

As part of the Layout team, we had the responsibility of designing the container of the book documenting our introduction to Rural Studio. The workshop period features eight high-intensity workshops with critical knowledge for each project team going forward. The goal of our publication was for it to be used more than just a documenting tool, but also an active workbook. We aimed to design a container that not only permitted some handwritten notes, but that encouraged it.

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ABOVE: Typical

page, with breakdown of layout and typographic elements. (Produced with Indesign + Illustrator)

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TOP: Biography

spread for Jake LaBarre. spread from Landscaping workshop.

BOTTOM-RIGHT: Conclusion spread from Design + Viability workshop.

BOTTOM-LEFT: Content

CONTAINER An asymmetrical two-column grid allows the outside of each page to be used for notes, definitions, and quotes, while also carefully calibrating an appropriate width for text boxes.

Supporting graphics and illustrations fit within the content area, but also spill out to the edge of the page when necessary.

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REPRESENTATIONS

86 FROM THE LAND + SEA a study of Leon Krier’s drawing

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LIGHT DEFINED

TRANSLATIONS

a study of drawing by observing

a study of replication, repetition, and patience

re-organizing St. Peter’s Basilica

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FROM THE LAND + SEA a study of Leon Krier’s drawing

Leon Krier’s “From the Land and Sea” documents two isometric drawings, opposite one-another, showing opposite views of the same project. Simply put, this project was to replicate the drawing as accurately as possible. This involved some research and inferring of some techniques of the time. The drawing is produced by drafting Ink on Mylar, then applying a copy of the drawing to cardboard.

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NEGATIVE SPACE a study of drawing by observing

At times, the negative space presents interesting geometries and relationships not otherwise presented with the positive. This drawing reproduces a photograph of stacked chairs, and codes only the negative space. It was done entirely by hand, without any drafting tools. The stripes are produced with ink on a large watercolor brush.

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LIGHT DEFINED

a study of replication, repetition, and patience The skill of building is one which cannot be taught through text or images, but through experience. Furthermore, the skill of building with wood requires careful attention to the material and a demonstrated mastery of craft. The Dessein elective of Rural Studio introduces students to these skills and challenges them to produce a replication of a famous chair designed by well-known architects. As many students lack any previous experience, this replication requires rigorous critical thinking and research into the origin of the chair and its typical construction.

The goal is to replicate the chair to the best of their knowledge based on research, full-scale mock-ups, and demonstration of woodworking skills. semester: spring 2016

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ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSLATIONS re-organizing St. Peter’s Basilica

This simple exercise was the re-organization of the plan of St. Peter’s Basilica, and thus translating those orthographic organizations into a cube. The image is a rendering, with contrasting colors to illustrate depth and scale of the new translation. semester: spring 2019

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APPENDIX

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CHRONOLOGY

RESUME

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2016

2015

CHRONOLOGY

FOLDING // tone + shadow

LIGHT DEFINED // hand rendering

LIVE + WORK PRINT SHOP // urban

OPERATIVE CONDITIONS // shaping

(dis)CONNECTED MUSEUM // collab

TECTONICS // woodworking

ROOM FOR THE COLLECTOR // light

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2017 PROSPECT + REFUGE // pavillion

ACTIVATION // education + sustainability

MILLER HOUSE ANALYSIS // study

OBSERVING + ENVELOPING // inst.

RIVER ECOLOGY CENTER // recreation

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REE’S HOME // residential design-build

TO BE CONTINUED // multi-family

STANDARD CHAIR // woodworking

FROM THE LAND + SEA // study

VERNACULAR // watercolor

POINTS, LINES, SURFACES // study

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MICROMEGA // study

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2019 MAPPING ACTIVITY // study

LEARNING LOCAL // adaptive reuse

HALE CO. HOSPITAL COURTYARD

CEILING SURFACING // study

PLASTICITY + FURNITURE // essay

SIZE MATTERS // print

BODIES // installation

VARIETY + DIFFUSION // interior

NEGATIVE SPACE // study

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540 . 449 . 2431 EMAIL:

jakeschirmer@gmail.com MAILING:

2101 Nelson St, Greensboro, AL 36744

2015–2020

AUBURN UNIVERSITY //

Auburn, AL

BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE BACHELOR OF INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE GPA: 3.83

EXPERIENCE

JAKE SCHIRMER EDUCATION

PHONE:

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RURAL STUDIO

// Newbern, AL

HALE COUNTY HOSPITAL COURTYARD 2

Collaborated on a team of four students, designing a therapy-centered courtyard for a small rural hospital while also appropriately renovating a previous

College of Architecture, Design, + Construction

Rural Studio project. Produced design drawings,

School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, + Planning

slide presentations, interfaced with clients (hospital administrators), and performed various on-site tasks.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Renis O. Jones, Jr. and Noble S. Jones Fund for Excellence (2019)

PRESENTATIONS

American Public Works Association Mid-Atlantic Scholarship (2016)

Hale County Hospital Client Team

Miles and Mary Stephens Endowed Scholarship (2015)

Tod Williams + Billie Tsien (Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects)

Kenneth and Louise Thomas Endowed Scholarship (2015)

Pete Landon (Landon Bone Baker Architects) Peter Gluck (Gluck+)

NOTEABLE PROGRAMS

Steve Badanes + Jake Labarre (Univ. of Washington)

Rural Studio - Thesis Studio (2019)

Hank Koning + Julie Eizenberg (KoningEizenberg)

Rural Studio - Third-Year Studio (2018)

Andrew Berman (Andrew Berman Architect)

Dual-Degree Interior Architecture (2017)

Marlon Blackwell (Marlon Blackwell Architects) Janis Mccullough (Univ. of Washington)

COMPETITIONS

Ada Tolla + Giuseppe Lignano (Lot-ek)

“The Local” Studio Design Competition - Honorable Mention (2019)

Kim Clements + Joe Schneider (JAS Design-Build)

57th Spire Energy Annual Design Competition (2018) COTE Top Ten for Students Competition: Innovation 2030 (2017) Alabama Forestry Association Annual Wood Competition (2017)

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CREATURE

2019–2020

COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, + CONSTRUCTION // Auburn, AL

// Birmingham, AL

SUMMER INTERN

Produced conceptual design ideas, design

RURAL STUDIO I.T. ASSISTANT

development drawings, presentation documents, and

Responsibilities include assisting students/faculty with

assembly diagrams. Led engineering coordination and

issues related to personal laptops, protected servers,

drove point-of-contact for small mixed use project.

printers, plotters, scanners, and projectors as an offcampus, on-call, I.T. department representative.

PROJECTS

Atlas RFID Solutions Office (Interior) Printer’s Corner (Small Mixed Use) Founder’s Station (Medium Mixed Use)

2016–2019

Denham Building (Large Mixed Use) Christ Fellowship Church (Adaptive Reuse) 1st Avenue North (Residence)

LIBRARY OF ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, + CONSTRUCTION // Auburn, AL

P&S at Ensley (Medium Commercial)*

MATERIALS LAB ASSISTANT

Woolworth (Small Restaurant)

Responsibilities include tracking inventory of materials, contacting manufacturers for samples, researching/ documenting material qualities, and producing marketing visuals for the library.

WINTER 2016

PRECISION PLANNING //

Lawrenceville, GA

WINTER INTERN

Assisted senior associate with design development drawings, presentation documents, site visits, and meeting notes.

2016–2019

CHURCH OF THE HIGHLANDS

// Auburn, AL

LIGHTING DIRECTOR (VOLUNTEER)

Volunteer position responsible for programming and running PROJECTS

concert-quality lighting for Sunday and student services.

Gwinnett County 911 Center + Police Precinct Gwinnett County Records + Archives Building Gwinnett County Medical Examiner’s Building

11 . 2017

GREENBUILD 2017

// Boston, MA

STUDENT VOLUNTEER (VOLUNTEER)

Educated conference attendees in sorting their waste to accomplish conference diversion target of 90%.

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JAKE SCHIRMER AWARDS

PHONE:

540 . 449 . 2431 EMAIL:

jakeschirmer@gmail.com MAILING:

2101 Nelson St, Greensboro, AL 36744

2020

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

2017 // AUBURN UNIVERSITY

Graduation Honor for students with 3.80 Institutional GPA or higher.

FIRST-PLACE WINNER

2012

2019–2020

DEAN’S LIST

// AUBURN UNIVERSITY

Semester Honor for students with 3.75 Cumulative semester GPA or higher.

SEMESTERS

Spring 2020

Fall 2019

Summer 2019

Spring 2019

Fall 2018

Spring 2018

Spring 2017

Spring 2016

2019

ANNUAL PORTFOLIO DESIGN COMPETITION // MARVIN WINDOWS BY DALE THIRD PLACE WINNER

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AIAS CHAPTER T-SHIRT DESIGN COMPETITION // AIAS AUBURN

BLACKOUT TOWEL DESIGN COMPETITION // VIRGINIA TECH BASKETBALL FIRST-PLACE WINNER

GREEN ASSOCIATE

// LEED

Professional certification of understanding green building expertise in non-technical fields of practice,

OTHER

CERTIFICATIONS

2017

DESIGN TOOLS DIGITAL HAND

Rhino 6

Sketching

demonstrated through basic knowledge of green

Autodesk Revit

Drafting

design, construction, and operations.

Sketchup Modelling Adobe Creative Suite AutoCAD

2014

VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS

// NOCTI

Professional certification demonstrating computerbased multimedia design through color theory, typography, and concept design.

HOBBIES ACTIVITY GAMES

Baseball Monopoly Basketball

Settlers of Catan

Bowling Bop-It Table Tennis

2014

CUSTOMER SERVICE + SALES

Phase 10

Wake-Surfing Uno // NRF

Classroom-based, instructor-led program designed to help entry-level sales and service associates learn skills related to frontline work in retail or any industry that values customer service and sales.

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COLOPHON Proxima Nova, designed by Mark Simonson, 2005.

Aktiv Grotesk, designed by Dalton Maag, 2010.

Roboto Mono, designed by Christian Robertson.

thank you for your time.