Keaton McCargo Design Portfolio

Design Portfolio Keaton McCargo

University of Colorado Boulder Environmental Design 2019 - 2021

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We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled.

The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over and ­let the beautiful stuf f out.”

- Ray Bradbur y

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Keaton McCargo

Boulder, Co 970-729-1181 kwmccargo@gmail.com

Experience

Education

Ernst and Young (EY), Junior Associate

Bachelor’s in Environmental Design (B.EnvD), Architecture

May 2018 – May 2019

Project Manager for America’s Learning Team. Developed new learning design programs and training for internal associates and partners. Participated in and facilitated core business services, administration, recruitment, and program development.

United States Ski and Snowboard Team, Olympian March 2013 – April 2018

Competed in the 2018 Olympic Games after skiing competitively since the age of 7. Competed internationally during high school.

Joined National Ski Team in 2013 after winning Junior World Championships. National Team member for 5 years in Freestyle Mogul Skiing. 3 time National Champion, 3 time Junior World Champion, 5 World-Cup tours, and top 10 at the PyeongChang Olympic Games. 10,000+ hours of training dedicated to being the best, requiring determination, strength, motivation, repetition, and consistency.

Windy Ridge Bakery, Baker

June 2019 – May 2022

Student of an interdisciplinary approach to design education that combines the practices of architecture, landscape architecture, sustainable planning, and environmental product design.

The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, Business Certificate April 2018

Highly selective on-campus program taught by MBA faculty and designed for elite military veterans, public sector leaders, and Olympians. Next Step focuses on leadership development, strategy, financial analysis, spreadsheet modeling, and business communication.

May 2020 – September 2020

Skills

Made daily pastries and loaves for Cafe. Baked bread daily for 5 different restaurants within the restaurant group. Did daily bread and dessert deliveries as well as manage and mentor assistants.

Interpersonal

Telluride Magazine, Intern June 2017 – August 2017

Participated in daily meetings. Made cold calls to companies for advertising purposes. Worked on magazine layout and spread design.

Experienced public speaker Strong work ethic demonstrated by athletic career Excellent organization and time management

Technical

Adobe Creative Suite Rhino Revit SketchUp AutoCAD Hand Drawing

Interests Mountain Biking Back-country Skiing Painting and embroidery Moving to Japan and opening a coffee shop in Hokkaido

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Content A Swelling....................................................................8 The Marquee............................................................14 Exploring Concept..................................................22 A Primary Plan..........................................................30 Photography.............................................................34

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A Swelling Architectural Project Fall, 2020 Fundamentals of Architecture Studio

Project Brief

This project involved the design and siting of a small retreat structure/cabin conceived as an instrument to support the withdrawal from stresses of everyday life. I was tasked with designing a meaning ful space to retreat, to reflect, to dream... I worked with a client to uncover their dreams translate their ideas into architectural space. The retreat could be no larger than 200 square feet and sited to optimize environmental conditions, including passive solar illumination and a kit of parts. The retreat could amplify or suppress some of the conventions which constrain the ordinary house.

Concept

The concept for this project formed when my client told me about an expression her mother used, “life is like a wave, sometimes you are at the bottom but it is only a matter of time until the water moves.” This idea of a wave turned into a concrete space when the client and I determined the project objectives: movement, contrast, and texture. I wanted to provide her with a retreat space that allows for flexibility in motion as well as places where she could cozy up and drink tea. These two opposite activities require two contrasted spaces, one that was social and one that was intimate.

These spaces informed the building shape.

This is a textural palace informed by its materiality and shape within the site.

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Interior view

Exterior perspective

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Montage created after client interview

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Kit of parts

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First floor plan

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Second floor plan

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Model images

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The Marquee Lighting Design Project Fall, 2020 Environmental Product Design

Project Brief

The goal of this project was to create an innovative light fixture that had a purpose. The instructors wanted us to create something that would improve upon the human experience, not more junk. My take on this was to create a chandelier made out of dead (recycled) light bulbs. I used these bulbs as one would crystals on a chandelier. The dead bulbs reflected the live light around the room in interesting patterns.

Concept

The concept behind this model is to reduce our waste by making it something we want to keep in our house. There are currently 5.6 billion light bulbs in residential use around the United States today and 4.6 billion of those are incandescent bulbs.

This light fixture is the genesis for a larger idea. The concept could become a business or online shop where people can send there wasted bulbs in exchange for a light fixture created out of their waste. This highlights our light consumption and pollution but also turns it into something beautiful. By placing dead, old, reclaimed bulbs around a fabricated structure, new forms are created that hopefully inspire lifestyle changes for the better of our society and planet.

The Marquee is a beautiful reflection of our waste.

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We turn on ideas to shine environments.”

- Sergio Marchetti

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Study Model 1

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Study Model 2 to scale

Prototype 1 to scale

Final Prototype

Final Prototype from below

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Shop drawings

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Close up

Human perspective

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Exploring Concept Architectural Concept Project Spring, 2021 Architecture Studio

Project Brief

This project explored concept models and the ideas within them that can become architectural strategies. More sculptural than pragmatic, the concept model serves to inspire the form and character of an architectural proposal. After conducting a thorough site analysis, I was tasked with creating three different concept models that explored the contextual anchors of light, noise, spatial organization, materiality, and structure.

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If no one hates it, no one really loves it.”

- Jessica Walsh

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Concept 1: Diffusion of Noise through Space After conducting site analysis, it became clear that noise was going to play a large role in the design of the site. The site is next to a nightclub and also sits on a heavily trafficked street that has a bus route and lots of pedestrians. In this model, noise is diffused throughout a series of receding openings that act as a reverse megaphone. When experimenting with this project I played music from either side of the openings to see how it was affected. The sound was quieter when played from the larger openings to the smaller ones and louder when played from the small openings to larger ones. The noise within the model also striates as it breaks in between each panel. Noise can be seen on the model in color. Black turns to white as noise softens.

Elevation

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Plan view

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Concept 2: Tangle of Light

Located in Denver, Colorado the site has sunny days almost all year long yet the orientation will leave half of it in the shade. This is alleviated by the interplay of structure and materiality. Light is reflected, tangled, absorbed, striated, and filtered. Light is reflected off the north side of the site onto the shady side. Light is bound to the site by a structure made of triangular wood members and creates a spatial organization that breaks the site up into bays along a central axis. The organic nesting arches were informed by the disparity of similar shapes and natural elements on the block.

I wanted to add some more dynamic forms to encourage movement. The arches also act as a filter of light.

Elevation with adjacent buildings

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Elevation

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Concept 3: Nesting Program

The understanding of private and public spaces is what drives this model. The definition of space is developed within the model through a series of structural forms that create and reinforce a central axis. A person would walk through public, private, and then public again. Material reinforces this pattern by creating transparent public spaces and opaque private. Light striates similarly in this model to the other two and creates pockets of light in pause spaces.

Plan view

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Interior view

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A Primary Plan Rhinceros Modeling Project Fall, 2020 Introduction to Rhinoceros

Project Brief

For this project I was instructed to create a cure for the Coronavirus. The brief stated that we had to model and create a room within a city in which Charles and Ray Eames, who have been woken up from the cryogenic state, could come up with a creative solution for the virus.

Planet Primary

Concept

My concept was to create a room in a city in Outer-space that Charles and Ray could escape to solve the Covid-19 crisis. In space they met aliens who owned micro-spaceships who could beam away each individual S-protein on the virus. The Eames’ became heroes and the world was saved.

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The Eames in their cure room

Micro-ship factory

Mirco-ships beaming away S-proteins

The Eames return trip to Earth

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Interpretation of coronavirus

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Photography Story Telling Summer, 2020 Photography Studio A love note to my wild mother

This project is about the relationship between mother and daughter. I express this connection through a series of photographs that convey the strength in womanhood, the unbreakable bond between mothers and daughters, as well as the pain and emotional trauma that women often face. This is meaningful to me as a young woman who grew up mostly with my mother. We laughed and fought. My younger sister, now 12, is going through this pubescent phase in her life where she is bridging the gap between child and woman. I tried to photograph this moment as well as the strength and power my mother carries. All the photographs were taken in the town I grew up over a couple of days. We went on hikes, played in rivers and lakes, but also cuddled and shared moments without even speaking. The mountains speak to us in these images and express our power, resilience, and growth. Many of the images are of the natural surroundings, they reflect our strength and beauty as women.

The series starts with an image of the entrance to my home town and then begins to go immediately into images of my mother and sister on a walk through the mountains and progresses into more abstract images of nature. The order is intentional, as it tells the story of my mother and the lessons she teaches.

I was influenced by Zach Bent and Sara Marcel, who both created series about their families.

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Well-behaved women rarely make histor y.”

- Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

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Home

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Climb

Map reading

Indian paintbrush

Butterfly light

Ripples

Cold water

3 women

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Thank you.

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