MONARCH

Design Build

Instructor: Darryl Ohlenbusch l Class l Spring 2019

Location: San Antonio, Texas l Software: Revit, Adobe CC

Monarch is an outdoor classroom and pavilion for Green Spaces Alliance located at Bulverde Oaks Nature Preserve. It is inspired by the Monarch butterflies that migrate through South Texas every year. It will provide enough shade for several picnic tables, features a gutter for rainwater collection, and a closet for storing supplies for the classroom.

One of my tasks on the project was to help create the structural footings alongside my team members Rolando Sanchez, Ty Jessie, and Fernanda Saldana. We made shop drawings of the footings for the structure that would be used to create 6 total footings.These drawings would then be passed on to the rest of the class for fabrication. Another two footings were later added to the back of the structure to accomdate a storage closet.

Another one of my tasks on the project was to work on the design and installation of the trellis panels. Working with my partner, Allya Heitz, we worked on making a jig that would place the cut conduits to their proper place. Each jig would hold several conduits and would fit on top of the trellis support beams on each side of the pavilion.Once the jigs were fabricated, they were transported to the site for installation, leaving just the roof panels to complete the project.