Katie Marshall Portfolio 2023

Katie Marshall

SELECTED WORKS

Introduction

I’m from Dallas, Texas and have had an interest in architecture and design from an early age, even when it came to wanting to build my own doll houses as a child. Since then I have gone to design camps, engineering camps, and then studied advanced art through my entire highschool experience, even going to state competition for some of my work. Moving into college there was no question of what I wanted to study and for the past five years I have chosen to progress my education studying architecture at the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design. During my time at the University of Arkansas, I have not only been focused on advancing my knowledge of architecture but also applying my knowledge to different internships and design endeavors. Recently I have also gained a different perspective of design and experienced many new cultures through traveling abroad through the Fay Jones Study Abroad program. Through these events I have learned that identifying innovative approaches and improved solutions to design challenges both motivate and drive me and I am excited to apply this to my professional opportunites.

When not focused on my studio work, I enjoy painting and traveling to as many different places that my schedule allows. I also am a member of the Dallas Architecture Forum and attend lectures whenever I am in town. I also enjoy advancing my knowledge of the Adobe Suits and do freelance work for family and friends’ companies, weddings, and events.

Experience

Marlon Blackwell Architects

Architectural Intern

12/2021-01/2022

Dallas Commercial Roofing

Graphic Design Intern

05/2020-08/2021

Arkansas Physical Health and Rehab

Graphic Web Designer 05/2019-07/2019

Education

University of Arkansas

Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design

Bachelor of Architecture

UA Rome Center Study Abroad Semester

08/2022-12/2022

Skills Rhino

Adobe Creative Suit

Revit

3D printing and laser cutting

Woodshop

Casting

New Carnegie Public Library

A new build in Springdale, Arkansas prioritizing community space and public use. A new library designed on a grid system that reflects program.

Architecture of the City

A categorization of what was seen, walked, observed, and measured white studying the urban footprint of Rome, Italy.

Micro’Mini’ Spaces

A public use project in Rome, Italy working to break down the historic urban footprint with respect to the history of the site.

New Carnegie Public Library

New Carnegie Public Library was conceived as a communtiy build in Springdale, Arkansas. To create useful public spaces available to many different demogrphics of the community was the main objective of the project. Using the grid of my exterior shell structure as a reflection of program and fuction.

Exterior perspective of the west elevation

Post and beam structure system with a built in private reading and work spaces.

Floor levels with a center sky light and upper outdoor terrace. The focus of this project highlights the verticality of the facade rather than the horizontal.

Concept Diagrams

Steel beam wrapped in metal sheating facade placed every three feet on a grid.

New Carnegie Library

The sliced membrane of the exterior shell is not only structural but a guide to the separation of the program inside and allows this community center to almost seem as a floating structure. I wanted the interior and exterior landscaping to almost flow together as one creating an illusion that there isn’t a separtaion of exterior and interior at all.

Hybrid Drawing

Architecture of the City

During my time in Rome, Italy, we studied and followed the sacred path walked by the Popes taken after their inauguration sketching the many monuments and facades of the city. This path leads from the Vatican and finishes at St. John’s Lateran. These drawings reflect both historic landmarks and composition of Rome as a city.

Using drawing as a method to understanding the logic behind the footprint of the city, created a greater tool for projects that followed. Being able to experience the city in a different and unique way helped me to understand the relatonship between pedestrian and the urban context.

Micro’Mini Spaces

This project was an Urban planning design that utilizes public space and program with respect to the historical context. Taking geometric inspiration from Borromini’s many facades, specifically Orotorio dei Filippini. With the heavy foot traffic of Rome, creating a break in the city seemed beneficial to the footprint of Rome and the surrounding businesses. With heat pockets being an issue, bringing greenery and new drainage systems proved important to this design.

Detail Section Axon of Piazza Chiesa Nuova

Detail Section Axon of the Drainage System

Perspective of Piazza Dell’ Orologio

Exterior Perspective of Piazza Dell’ Orologio pavilion

Geometric Diagrams inspired by Borromini’s geometry used in the many facades of his structures .

Perspective of Paizza Della Chiesa Nuova pavilion