Architecture Portfolio 2025

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KALIN MCMAHON

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TABLE OF CONTENTS PETERSEN HOUSE

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PORT TRIREME

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M . M A R I A PA R K

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ADAPTIVE HOUSING

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THE NEST

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INTERNSHIP

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ISOMETRIC RENDERING

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PETERSEN HOUSE RE S IDEN TIAL HOME | SUMMER 2 0 2 2 | CL A R K FOR K, ID The Petersen House is my first built project. I had the opportunity to design a 3,000sf home for a family of five under the supervision of a licensed architect. The design focused heavily on the efficiency of the floor plan to include all the clients requested programmatic requirements within the limited square footage and keep the house design within their budget. In addition, the design aims to provide a strong indoor/outdoor connection, taking advantage of the views of the surrounding mountains. Working directly with the client, I was able to build a positive and trusting relationship with the client making them comfortable expressing their visions and concerns with the project.

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ELEVATIONS 1/4” = 1’-0”

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PORT TRIREME S U M MER CAMP | SPRING 2 02 3 | STUD E NT PR OJ ECT Port Trireme is located on the island of Mozia off the coast of Sicily. The program, inspired by an typology of Pheonecian vessels, is a camp designed for teenage children to learn the ancient art of boat building.

The proposal aims to respect and acknowledge the site’s rich history and culture by weaving into the site’s fabric and around the pre-existing landscape. The structure explores temporality through time designed to age with consideration for the eventual vegetative overgrowth. The intention is that over time, the structure will be covered with plants seamlessly flowing back into the landscape. This connects the site back to the history of Mozia exploring how the building will one day become a ruin.

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Perspectives of the project showing how it could age over time.

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M. MARIA PARK L I V E + WO RK TOGET HER CONCEPT | FA L L 2 02 1 | STUD E NT PR OJ ECT The M. Maria Project was developed to accommodate numerous creative programs which include art, culinary arts, visual performance, literature, and architecture. The programs aim to provide a creative environment for the community where they can pursue and explore different creative endeavors. Concepts explored during the precedent study were used to inform the language of the structure, such as the Marina City in Chicago.

Each floor has a designated program with spaces that foster learning and growth as well as apartments for the five in house residents: an artist, a chef, a visual performer, a writer and an architect. This project was partially hand drafted, and I was able to learn the process of bringing a hand drafted project in the digital realm.

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This is a part of the floor plan that just shows the apartment layout. It was the part of the project that was designed first.

On the right hand side from top to bottom is a hand drawn elevation and images of the model that had removable floors.

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Above is a hand drawn elevation showing future vision for how I would continue to design project.

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ADAPTIVE HOUSING A DA P TIVE RE-USE PROJECT | SPRING 2 02 4 | STUD E NT PR OJ ECT The Adaptive Housing project focuses on creating a mixed-use space in downtown Syracuse that is an adaptive reuse of an existing building. The ground floor is an incubation space for small start-up businesses to revitalize downtown Syracuse. The upper floors are apartments designed for college students and retirees catering directly to the renter demographic of the area.

The new building addition focuses heavily on energy-efficient systems, such as passive sun shading and rainwater collection. The design uses mass timber which continues the existing structural grid and keeps the additional structure lighter reducing the amount of material needed. Communal spaces, including gardens, and visible water systems promote sustainability as well as providing a space that fosters community interaction.

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THE NEST MU LTI US E BU ILDING | FALL 2 0 2 2 | STUD E NT PR OJ ECT The Nest is an environmentally friendly mixed-use mid-rise complex containing housing, a public library, grocery store, and numerous other commercial amenities located in downtown Santa Monica. Circulation, community, tourism, and environment are all factors that drove the design of the Nest. Being environmentally conscious, the Nest incorporates different systems into the design such as; a water collection system, ergonomic design to maximize cross ventilation, incorporated sun shading systems, and gardens. I gained a greater understanding of environmental systems and how to maximize floor plan layouts in irregular spaces. This project taught me how to incorporate numerous programs into one building. It also gave me an opportunity to explore numerous environmental systems incorporating them into the design of the building and how to maximize floor plan layouts in irregular spaces.

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ENLARGED UNIT APARTMENT LAYOUT AXON AND PLAN 1’ = 1/4”

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Rendering of Library Space

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INTERNSHIP RE N DERING WORK | SUMMER 2 02 4 | SPOKA NE , WA Renderings from my summer internship with Uptic Studios primarily utilizing Photoshop and Enscape.

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ISOMETRIC RENDERINGS C H UNK P ROJ ECT | FALL 2 02 3 | STUDE NT PR OJ ECT Isometric drawings colored to represent variety of spaces. The objects represent a multitude of ways a space can be utilized.

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