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kaylee tucker CONTACT INFORMATION 152TuckerK@gmail.com 224.612.2799 1863 Cloverdale Ave. Highland Park, IL 60035 kayleetucker.myportfolio.com TECHNICAL SKILLS Revit Rhino AutoCAD Photoshop Illustrator Indesign 3ds Max Grasshopper SketchUp V-Ray Tableau Office Suite LANGUAGE SKILLS Spanish, Dual Language Catalan, Learning, Bàsic 1 (A2.1)

Bachelor of Science, Architectural Studies (Spanish Minor), expected May 2019 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), 3.89/4.00 GPA, James Scholar Honors Program Exchange at Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain, September 2018 – May 2019 WORK EXPERIENCE

AWARDS & HONORS

Architectural Intern StudioGC, Chicago, IL, May 2017 – Aug. 2018 • Created construction documents and models in Revit • Produced and submitted Health Life Safety Plans and evacuation plans for 8 K-12 schools • Investigated project-based learning and architectural strategies for modern learning environments

Dean’s List, College of Fine and Applied Arts, UIUC Spring 2016 – Spring 2018

Discussion Leader FAA 101, UIUC, Aug. 2017 – Oct. 2017 • Taught college success skills to 21 students • Evaluated student work • Collaborated with other discussion leaders to plan activities Lighting Crew Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, UIUC, Aug. 2016 – May 2018 SOCIETIES Women in Architecture Member, Aug. 2015 – May 2018 Social Media and Fundraising Chair, May 2016-17 Vice President, May 2017-18 • Organized 2 firm tours to Chicago • Liasoned with Chicago Women in Architecture to organize a joint networking event Study Abroad Student Council Student Representative, Sep. 2018 – Present

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Liason between students and staff to assist in program administration

American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) Member, Aug. 2015 – Present

Shortlisted, Creative Conscience Awards SLA-ibrary, July 2018 Gargoyle Honor Society May 2018 – Present SCHOLARSHIPS Frank B. and Jennie M. Long Traveling Award, Illinois School of Architecture, UIUC, Spring 2018 Alvaro Montserrat Llardén Scholarship, for Catalan study Department of Spanish and Portuguese, UIUC, Spring 2018 SELECTED ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES Presenter Second Language Acquisition Teacher Education Symposium, UIUC, May 2018 • Presented architecture studio project, SLA-ibrary, to linguists at a graduate student conference Research Assistant Department of Spanish and Portuguese, UIUC, Spring 2018 • Assisted with graduate level research in instructed second language acquisition • Collected, coded, and analyzed data Presenter FOCUS on the Arts, Highland Park High School, April 2017 • Created a workshop for high school students to promote architecture education through model making

table of contents 09 Light Twist

01 SLA-ibrary

a fire watch tower

a learning library

february 17th, 2018

02 Análisis Lingüistica linguistic analysis may 2018

03 work [ ] live

school projects

a living and working solution december 2018

04 Grafting

an interpretive gallery december 2017

05 Prairie Fires

an urban bookstore february 2018

06 Blooming

a farmers’ market may 2017

07 Precedent and Historical Analyses learning from the past various

08 Study Abroad

a year in barcelona september 2018- may 2019

other projects

may 2018

10 World Wide Web a digital backup april 7th, 2018

11 Professional Projects studiogc summer 2017-18

12 Motion

photography various

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TYPE: MEDIATHÈQUÉ • LOCATION: CHICAGO, IL COURSE: ARCH 374 • PROFESSOR: CLAIRE GASPIN

SLA-ibrary

In the Near West Side of Chicago, there is a large amount of linguistic diversity—both in the number of people who speak languages other than English at home and in the number of languages spoken.

In an increasingly digital age, how might we leverage this linguistic diversity and encourage residents of the near west side to use and gain language skills in order to better connect with each other?

This urban mediathèqué, focused on language learning, takes cues from second language acquisition research to best foster connection among residents of the Near West Side.

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Smaller libraries, like school and public ones, use the Dewey Decimal System to organize their collections. This system classifies books by their subject (below).

LANGUAGE USE IN THE NEAR WEST SIDE

Mija, ¡tráete tu asuéter!

One kind of language learning, content-based learning, teaches students language by teaching them another subject.

We can use the Dewey Decimal System to create spaces that foster content-based

Spanish Chinese Korean Hindi Other Asian Polish Gujarati Urdu Other Indic Italian Other Indo-European French *African Russian Arabic Greek Tagalog German Vietnamese Japanese English

learning.

Okay, Dad! I’ll grab my sweater!

Mija, ¡tráete tu suéter!

Okay, Dad! I’ll grab my sweater!

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L2 NL

CONNECTING FAMILIES

*Amharic, Ibo, Twi, Yoruba, Bantu, Swahili, Somali

learn and apply rules explicit

• Were raised in a bilingual house.

• Not all HL learners are bilingual.

• Some cannot speak in their HL, others can but have limitations in vocabulary or non-standard grammar.

IMPLICIT IMPLICIT you don’t know you’re learning you don’t know you’re learning

EXPLICIT EXPLICIT you know you’re learning

I want to communicate withSecond you! Language Learners (L2) • Were raised in a monolingual house.

• Learn grammatical rules in the classroom.

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¡Quiero comunicar I want to communicate with you! 000 Computer science, information & general workscontigo!

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Heritage Language Learners (HL)

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https://statisticalatlas.com/neighborhood/Illinois/Chicago/Near-West-Side/Languages https://statisticalatlas.com/neighborhood/Illinois/Chicago/Near-West-Side/Population

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learn through exposure implicit

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Philosophy & psychology Religion Social sciences Language L2 Science NL Technology Arts & recreation Literature History & geography

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CONNECTING NEIGHBORS PROGRAMMATIC STRATEGY

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individual study check out & information desk

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RFID book sorter books sent below

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COURSES: SPAN 252, SPAN 303, SPAN 490 PROFESSORS: MELISSA BOWLES, JOSÉ IGNACIO HUALDE, SARA FERNÁNDEZ CUENCA

Análisis lingüistica

[poɾ.ta.'fo.ljo.ðe.aɾ.ki.tek.'tu.ɾa]

The image on the adjoining page is a spectrogram of the phrase, “Portafolio de arquitectura, Kaylee Tucker”. I ran a sound file of this phrase through PRAAT, a linguistics software that analyzes speech for phonetic and phonemic research. I also transcribed the phrase into IPA, the International Phonetic Alphabet, (right). As a Spanish linguistics minor, I have analyzed both my own speech and native speakers’ speech through PRAAT and IPA transcriptions. Under the IPA transcription is a graphical analysis of the vowel formants in the same phrase.

These values are plotted to find which vowel is spoken.

L2 Percent Change in Comparison to Pretest Explicit Implicit Control PRE 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% POST 183.33% 133.33% 333.33% DP 175.00% 133.33% 100.00%

HL Percent Change in Comparison to Pretest Explicit Implicit Control PRE 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% POST 100.00% 100.00% 85.71% DP 138.46% 114.29% 100.00%

As a Research Assistant for Sara Fernández Cuenca, a PhD candidate in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Illinois, I collected and analyzed data (below) for her study on Second Language Acquisition. After learning about SLA theory, I collected new data. Then, I analyzed older data. After grading oral and written tests, I analyzed the results to find out whether second language learners and heritage learners learned from explicit and implicit instruction and what kind of knowledge they retained.

HL Percent Change in Comparison to Pretest Pre Post DP

Pre Post DP

L2 (1603, 1604, 1638, 1641, 1612, 1613) Explicit σ Implicit σ Control σ 12 0.49 6 0.40 3 22 0.47 8 0.44 10 21 0.48 8 0.44 3 HL (1637, 1714, 1639, 1645, 1640, 1644) Explicit σ Implicit σ Control σ 13 0.50 7 0.42 7 13 0.50 7 0.42 6 18 0.50 8 0.44 7

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L2 Percent Change in Comparison to Pretest

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work [ ] live

TYPE: LIVING & WORKING APARTMENT BUILDING • LOCATION: GRÀCIA, SPAIN COURSE: ARCH 476 • PROFESSORS: ALEJANDRO LAPUNZINA, NÚRIA SABATÉ GINER

Our proposed living and working building speaks to two different urban languages present near our site. A complex, interlocking section evokes the language of Gràcia’s streets, while clear, regularized functions are reminiscent of the Eixample.

Each unit in the residence has at least two windows, with one always leading to the main street, Milà i Fontanals. To give the feeling of more space, side units are double height. These double height spaces create interesting circulations­­— each unit has its entrance on the long part of the unit, and either accends or decends through the double height to arrive at additional space. All public living areas are keyed to the double height area, while all private living areas are keyed to the single height areas.

Middle studio apartment residents travel vertically to reach their working areas, while side units’ working areas are adajcent to their residences. Additional services include bike parking, communal working core and a storefront working area for the ground space, working floor unit. living circulation

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TEAM: ABIGAIL PETERSON, MARTHA MULLER CONTRIBUTION: DESIGNED AS A TEAM, PRODUCED SECTIONS, RENDERINGS, AND DIAGRAMS INDIVIDUALLY.

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horizontal louvers denote work spaces

vertical shutters provide shading and privacy for living spaces small windows provide light and ventilation to where bathrooms and kitchens are present in the core reduced window size for private living

concrete projections denote double height living space in each unit

lower ďŹ&#x201A;oor of each projection features a balcony

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Grafting

TYPE: PUBLIC USE INTERPRETIVE CENTER • LOCATION: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS ARBORETUM COURSE: ARCH 373 • PROFESSOR: DAVID EMMONS

Situated adjacent to the cross-country path’s starting line and between the Hartley Garden and the lake, the interpretive center physically bridges the gap between the two. The building’s footprint is based on the natural axes provided by the site. These axes are determined by both formal and informal parts of the garden. Grafting the two resulting shapes yields the general footprint of the building. The central, curved hallway serves to guide visitors through the building from the parking lot to the lake. Clerestory windows bring light into the hallway and draw attention to the southern view. To the north of the building, there is an outdoor deck facing the cross-country starting line.

This space, along with additional space gained by setting the building back from the cross country start is a prime area for spectators to cheer on friends and family running 5k’s and other races at the Arboretum.

Empirical Shapes

Grafting

Path

Carve

Trim

Roof Plan

Structural Plan

Floor Plan

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TYPE: URBAN BOOKSTORE & CAFÉ • LOCATION: CHAMPAIGN, IL COURSE: ARCH 374 • PROFESSOR: CLAIRE GASPIN

Prairie Fires

Currently, this long and narrow site in Champaign is a Pocket Prairie, an urban green space. This design for an indie bookstore incorporates the prairie as both a precedent and an inspiration.

Prairies are excellent at revitalization; wildfires burn off the plants above ground while keeping the roots intact, allowing for prairie species to flourish.

The division of spaces of the urban bookstore reflects this process. The level at grade with Chestnut Street and the level at grade with Market Street represent the roots of prairie plants, functioning as more permanent spaces. In contrast, the second floor symbolizes the leaves and stems of prairie plants.

These portions of plants are burned off in prairie fires and are ephemeral, so the space is more flexible and is perfect for collaboration. The circulation changes from linear to curved and polygonal furniture allows for more people to work closely on projects. The triangular and pentagonal tables are modular and can be combined to serve any function.

Site

Prairie Path

Split Horizontal

Split Vertical

Extrude

Cant Roof

Carve & Extrude

Curve derived from path on site

Glazing separates loud collaboration space from quiet working areas

Building transportation Modular tables facilitate collaboration

Stool design comes from interlocking roots

LEAVES & STEMS: An ephemeral and flexible space for collaboration

Shape inspired by Monarda fistula, a prairie plant found on site

ROOTS: A defined space that feeds patrons as a root nourishes a plant Display tables mirror angles from grasses

Building transportation

ROOTS: A permanent and defined space for reading, working, and finding books

Collaborative

Transportation

Entrance from Chestnut St (+0)

Quiet

Transportation

Nourishing Entrance from Market St (+5)

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Transportation

WORK ROOM

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TYPE: FARMERS’ MARKET • LOCATION: CHAMPAIGN, IL COURSE: ARCH 272 • PROFESSOR: ANDREA DE BERRY, DAVID EMMONS

This intervention encloses the ChampaignUrbana Farmers’ Market indoors as well as expands the program to function as a flexible, gathering space for the community. Inspired by plants, the core product of the market, the organic form of this building takes the shape of roots while the structural system is modeled after stems, leaves, and their arrangement. Circular translucent glass panels are distributed above a clear glass roof in order to give the appearance of a canopy or the underside of a blooming flower. The reflections of these panels and their structural systems create shadows that mimic a forest for the building’s users. The exterior of the building is wood and glass panels that follow parastichy numbers, the number of spirals on a flower. Inside the market, curved walls allow patrons to meander through the building to reach the various stalls while a flexible space for community is slightly separated.

Farmers’ Market & Flex Space Office Space Mechanical Storage Toilets

Soil & Ground Soil & Ground

Roots Roots

Soften & Round Soften & Round

Grow Grow

Branch Branch

Bloom Bloom

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Historical and Precedent Analyses

COURSE: ARCH 409B PROFESSOR: CAROLINA GARCIA ESTÉVEZ

Basilica de Santa Maria del Mar

Ciutadella’s Greenhouse

Park Güell Hypostyle Hall

Columns to connect spaces and create spaces

Thin columns that erase themselves, bringing attention elsewhere

Columns that contribute to mythological and conceptual meaning

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Stone Trencadís (tile)

Steel

Stone

Stone is opaque, just like that of traditional Greek temples

Connection to gothic nerves above Trencadís (tile) is reflective, like the shield used to help kill Medusa Ultra-thin columns bring attention away from the vertical supports and up to the horizontal direction, making the space feel larger and freer

Slanted column used to bring chaos into the order of the hypostyle hall

Define spaces-- lateral nave exists due to columns

Define spaces-- lateral nave exists due to columns Define spaces and contribute to regularity

PUBLIC SPACES

COURSE: ARCH 272 PROFESSOR: ANDREA DE BERRY, DAVID EMMONS

FIRST FLOOR SPACES

PRIVATE SPACES SERVICE SPACES

GROUND FLOOR SPACES

BASEMENT SPACES

FIRST FLOOR WALLS

GROUND FLOOR CIRCULATION AND INTERIOR WALLS

GROUND FLOOR WALLS

BASEMENT WALLS

PUBLIC SPACES PRIVATE SPACES SERVICE SPACES

SUBTRACT BASE BASE

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Study Abroad

SCHOOL: ETSAV (ESCOLA TÈCNICA SUPERIOR D’ARQUITECTURA DEL VALLÈS TERM: FALL 2018 AND SPRING 2019

I am currently studying in Barcelona, Spain through the Illinois School of Architecture.

This year long program is unique in that all of our classes, from structures to history, are integrated with each other and our environment. Through our studies, we are lucky enough to get to experience Barcelona, Spain, and all of Europe through architecture, and especially through sketching and photography.

Sagrada Família, Barcelona, Spain

Cuitat de les Arts i les Ciències, València, Spain

Sagrada Família, Barcelona, Spain

Monastery, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain

L’Oceanogràfic, València, Spain

Monastery, Santas Creus, Spain

Façade, Florence Cathedral, Florence, Italy

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Professional Work

PROJECT: 1233 HARTREY RENOVATIONS CASEWORK REPLACEMENT ASK CONTRIBUTION: PRODUCED DRAWINGS IN FULL, ADA CODE CONSULTATION

COUNTERTOP WITH NEW SINK

T/ COUNTER REMOVE EXISTING SINK, FAUCET, AND CASEWORK

NEW STAINLESS SINK, BASIS OF DESIGN: ELKAY LRADQ252255 2

WIRE PULL & 5-KNUCKLE, 180 DEGREE HINGES

NEW FAUCET, BASIS OF DESIGN: CHICAGO FAUCET MODEL 201AGN8AE29-317CP

2' - 10"

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3/4" DOOR WITH 3MM EDGES, ATTACHED TOEKICK

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PROVIDE NEW VET UNDERNEATH SINK CABINET 3"

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PARTIAL ENLARGED FIRST FLOOR PLAN 1/4" = 1'-0"

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PLAM COUNTERTOP WITH BACKSPLASH AND RETURNS: WILSONART GOLDEN JUPARNA 4932-38

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PLAM CABINETS: WILSONART MONTICELLO MAPLE 7925-60

30" x 34" x 24" DEEP CABINET

36" x 34" x 24" DEEP CABINET WITH INTEGRAL TOE-KICK

RUBBER WALL BASE EQ

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CASEWORK ELEVATION - CORRIDOR 1/4" = 1'-0"

Work produced under employment with StudioGC, copyright StudioGC, 2018

SINK BASE CABINET DETAIL 1" = 1'-0"

FINISHED FLOOR

PROJECT: COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL EXISTING SITE CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTION: PRODUCED DRAWING IN FULL

Work produced under employment with StudioGC, copyright StudioGC, 2018

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COMPETITION: 24H- FIRE • TYPE: FIRE WATCH TOWER TEAM: CLAUDIA MIRALDI

LIGHT TWIST

While fire is extravagant & lively, water is grounded & calm.

With global temperatures rising & climates becoming drier, previously manageable fires are becoming bigger risks to both people and property. Although technology has improved since the first fire watch towers were constructed centuries ago, by the time satellites detect fires today, the fires are too large to manage. Cellphones would be good tools for reporting fires, but reception is often unreliable in forests. We have reimagined the lookout tower to better serve the future.

Lighthouses were originally differentiated during the daytime through patterns on their façades called daymarks. The twisting design of the fire watch towers allows for infinite unique daymarks (right). The use of daymarks will facilitate communication when the towers are replicated in the forest & will help hikers identify the watch towers as way-stations.

Workroom

Storage

Bunk Beds

Fire Vehicle & Water Tank Education Center & First Aid

Outdoor Observation Deck

Kitchen & Dining Ground The ground floor acts as a hub for hikers—in addition to housing the fire vehicle and water tank, it contains a center to educate visitors about fire prevention. It also features an aid station in case of injury.

Second Floor The second floor acts as a private space for the forest guard. It features easy access to the observation deck as well as living amenities for six watchmen.

Third Floor The third floor features a workroom with an observation room surrounding it. This glass workroom features 360º views to ensure maximum visibility.

CONTRIBUTION: RESEARCHED, DESIGNED, AND MODELED AS A TEAM. PRODUCED LINE DRAWINGS AND TEXT INDIVIDUALLY.

In order to decrease response times, the watch tower features an alarm system, radio & cellular antennae, & optical sensors, called “FireWatch”. This German system detects smoke particles & will assist the watch team in spotting fires.

External stairs are an homage to historic fire towers

Ribbon windows are a dynamic feature that combine the energy of fire with the flow of water.

The hexagonal shape contributes a grounding force, similar to that of ice, whose chemical structure the form is based on, while the twisting lifts the building and gives it life just as fire does.

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World Wide Web

COMPETITION: 24H- BIG DATA • TYPE: DATA STORAGE TEAM: CLAUDIA MIRALDI, MARCO NIETO, ANDREE SAHAKIAN

2018: The Information Age

2080: Overload

A myriad of knowledge is accessible from our pockets and guides our daily lives. However, analog technologies still exist and those who can operate them are still alive. We use the Internet and its data to answer small questions and big questions alike. From “Where should we eat?” and “How do we get there?” to “Is the Universe expanding?” and “How can we combat global warming?”, data is a part of our existence.

“An [information] economy based on endless growth is unsustainable.” The Internet has shaped data collection, study, analysis, and application for a century. A hundred years’ worth of documents, photos, social media posts, scientific data, and emergent technology has accumulated. How can the important data be parsed and secured in the event of a catastrophic event when analog technologies are unable to handle the load?

Ducie Island Matu Nui

1,700 miles Point Nemo

Maher Island

Site Plan Site Plan

Web Web Plan Plan

Floor Floor Plan Plan

CONTRIBUTION: RESEARCHED AND DESIGNED AS A TEAM. CONCEIVED TEXT AND CREATED GRASSHOPPER SCRIPT TO MODEL THE WEB INDIVIDUALLY.

Structural Rib

Buoyancy Control Vibration Control Pistons

2194: Restored More than two hundred years after the advent of computers and the Internet, the World Wide Web at Point Nemo has grown from its original, modest size to fit the accrual of data spanning three centuries.

Point Nemo’s remote location ensures its security—important files are not compromised from political tensions. Already, this structure and its SCUBA-diving engineers have restored lost data to the world, from both minor data losses and calamitous tragedies.

Data Storage Units

Cable Web Connection

wave breaker to maintain safety

server brought to surface for maintenance

servers with variable buoyancy

central origin point allows for flexible network growth

to ocean floor (-4244 m)

zero state: float in epipelagic zone (-23 m)

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MOTION

These images both capture motion. The image below is a light painting. I used lasers and LEDs as paint with the cameraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long exposure as a canvas.

The facing image captures the movement of dancers. I used a long exposure to show the dancersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; expressiveness, musicality and elegance.