Walter Hunt's 2023 Portfolio

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PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO

Professional intents are inspired through the Loving Memory of Marva M. Leach

FOREWoRD

Born in Northeast Ohio -- Walter Lee Hunt III is an awardwinning designer and community advocate pursuing architectural licensure in the United States of America.

Walter is an architectural designer and urbanist born and raised in inner-city Akron. As a youth, his interest in redefining the built environment of his hometown inspired him to pursue architecture and urban planning. He has a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from Kent State University, is involved in the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA), and earned a Master of Architecture from the University of Michigan.

Walter is interested in community engagement and public interest design and has been involved in a wide range of projects spanning from mentorship and community programming to building design. In his free time, he enjoys making music, reading, and spending time with family and friends.

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1. United Architectural Metals............................................... 3

UNITED ARCHITECTURAL METALS

UPMC Mercy Vision & Rehabilitation Hospital

2020-2021

Pittsbrugh, PA

United Architectural Metals (UAM) focuses on the design, engineering, and fabrication of unitized curtain wall systems. UPMC Mercy Vision and Rehabilitation Hospital has unitized curtain wall systems with terracota

Terracotta Intermediate Vertical Vision/Shadow Box Intermediate

Terracotta Unit

Vision Panel w/ Shadow Box Fabrication In-Progress

SSG Horizonal/Vertical Captured Terracotta Stack Captured Starter Jamb

Elevation w/ Unitized Systems

Unitized Panel in Elevation

walter lee hunt lll

CREATIVE PORTFOLIO

FOREWoRD

Walter is an architectural designer and urbanist born and raised in inner-city Akron. As a youth, his interest in redefining the built environment of his hometown inspired him to pursue architecture and urban planning. He has a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from Kent State University, is involved in the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA), and earned a Master of Architecture from the University of Michigan.

Walter is interested in community engagement and public interest design and has been involved in a wide range of projects spanning from mentorship and community programming to building design. In his free time, he enjoys making music, reading, and spending time with family and friends.

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1. Mech[Animal] Sitelesness...................................................... 3

2. Suffolk County Art Museum............................................. 8

3. Adaptive Reuse................................................................... 12

4. Detroit Public Library.................................................... 15

5. Flip Mill......................................................................................... 23

6. Peterboro Corridor......................................................... 24

7. Clarksdale Vocational Grounds............................. 29

8. Animo[Embryonic] Solid................................................ 32

9. From Akron with Love.................................................... 35

Born in Northeast Ohio -- Walter Lee Hunt III is an awardwinning designer and community advocate pursuing architectural licensure in the United States of America.

This story was driven and inspired in Loving Memory of Marva M. Leach

mech[animal] sitelessness

Prof. Ebhrahim Poustinci

Spring 2019

New York, NY

Mech[Animal] Sitelessness narrates the story of an animated city block that plugs into multiple/different urban ducts to activate an urban program, event or mechanical infrastructure. Animated stories (short movies) are used as a medium to depict two main concepts:

I. A proposal for a moving architecture, as a part of an urban puzzle II. A consistent atmosphere/ambiance/theme to support the story

The Purifier desalinates seawater for human consuption in a post-global warming New York City. A satire that delves into the notion of a "playful" take on the"serious" effects of global warming. to "mock" the vast population that is remitting the concern for climate change.

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suffolk county MUSEUM OF ART

Prof. Robert/Nick Safley Spring 2020

Boston, MA

Located in the hearth of the Boston Harbor, the SCMA champions an innnovative approach to the world of art. It rigorously explores the relationship between museum and warehouse. It embraces the infrastructure and unseen moments in a building. Explicitness becomes a common theme as occupants travel throughout the museum and see exposed mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and structural systems. .The 'thin bar' mediates the entry from the park allowing for a backdrop of East Boston Piers Park, providing sun exposure and rich views. The 'box' serves as the gallery, diffuser, or merely as the 'warehouse' as it attempts to change the conservative view of what a museum truly is.

Water has the ability to destroy and create.

Programmatic Split

The SCMA is interested in embracing the unseen moments in an art museum. The loading dock is highly celebrated and serves as a gallery.

Mechanical Electrical Plumbing

Type II-A steel framework w/ concrete core

adaptive reuse

Cuyahoga Falls, OH

The City of Cuyahoga Falls has been a staple in the Northeast Ohio area. An adaptive reuse design proposition arose to redevelop a parking deck for residential, shopping, recreational, and leisure purposes. Its dynamic counterparts and architectural elements will provide something fun, fresh, and inviting in the city for years to come.

Prof. Scott Lukens Fall 2019

Corten Steel & Polycarbonate

Retrofit Diagram

"Highline" Louvre System Extensive Green Roof

DETROIT PUBLIC LIBRARY

Prof. Ian Donaldson

Fall 2021

Detroit, MI

The City of Detroit is currently facing many problems that are associated with an increase in privitization. The Detroit Public LIbrary is reimagined to address layer/stack concerns, contexts, histories, and space. The building examines and dissects the City of Detroit through the exploration of the past, present, and future. The first floor (present) addresses the current needs for the community. The second floor (past) confronts the former leadership and histories of the city. Finally, the third floor (future) allows occupants to speculate on the future of Detroit, while providing access to technologies to promote equity.

FLIP MILL

Prof. Bill Lucak

Spring 2019

CAED Digital Fabrication Lab

A programmed geometry which is created by flip-milling, a procedure aimed at combining both geometry and CNC tool path coordination. In return, this produces a two sided surface with differing undulations. Digitally fabricated with RhinoCAM and engulfed by a hands on experience with programming and running a Laguana CNC.

PETERBORO CORRIDOR

Prof. Lisa Sauve & John Wagner Fall

2022

Detroit, MI

The social agenda for the project is to "promote, uplift, and stengthen social agency in Midtown. Creating affordable housing and helm business development for the community to encourage underrepresented agency, entrepreneurship, and ownership. It's goal is to create a safe and healthy neighborhood with access to communal, domestic, and economic agency. Communal spaces which support business leadership, ownership, and financial intelligence are incorporated throughout the project. Affording the agency of residents in Midtown is key, and the project accomplishes this through a rigorous exploration of optimizing programming and site for district-wide nodes of attraction.

CANT STRIP

PAINTED ALUMINUM SLIDING LOUVER SCREENS SLIDING TRACK

PLYWOOD

VERTICAL WOOD SIDING

VAPOR BARRIER

3/4" PLYWOOD

PAVERS

4" ROOF DRAIN

SUBFLOOR WOOD T&G FLOORING

ACOUSTICAL UNDERLAYMENT

2" CONCRETE TOPPING LAYER

HOLLOWCORE CONCRETE PANEL

(3)METAL ATTACHMENT PLATE

ANGLED STEEL BEAM W/ PLATE METAL ANCHOR SCREWS

PRECAST CONCRETE BEAM

VAPOR BARRIER DRAINAGE PIPE

VERTICAL WOOD SIDING

VAPOR BARRIER

3/4" PLYWOOD

2" RIGID INSULATION

RECLAIMED BRICK VENEER

2X6 HEADER

5 1/2" BATT INSULATION

RECLAIMED BRICK VENEER

METAL HANGER

clarksdale vocational grounds

Prof. Cory Henry Spring 2022

Clarksdale, MS

One of the driving forces on 401 Pecan Street is to helm economic development and intellectual prosperity for the community of Clarksdale, MS. Economic development and education for the underserved community is critical. Economic and educational opportunity has a history of not being granted to these populations in the United States of America. Economic and educational opportunities will be presented through a 'Center of Entrepreneurship & Innovation' where business practices can be learned. There is also a facility that blends agriculture and technology to celebrate a disruptive breakthrough known as "AgriTech". A food hall is established where communities can enjoy meals over conversation, embracing the idea of community and hospitality.

animo[embryonic] solid

Prof. Ebrahim Poustinci

Fall 2018

Kent, OH

Revisiting architecture as a living and breathing object. Manipulates form and space by incorporating notions of growth, contortion, objects within objects, and texture. Various digital exercisies enabled an analytical incorporation of an enclosed/open gallery and a gallery complex. Envisions an object with potential for development at a rudimentary stage in a sophisticated manner.

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A rigorous investigation of morbidity and strangeness.

from akron with love

Prof. El Hadi Jazairy

Spring 2023

Akron, OH

Workers were exposed to carbon black, benzene, toluene, asbestos, and soapstone while also being laid off as Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plants began to close. From Akron with Love takes place in the summer of 1982 and tells a story of how workers and their families were affected by environmental and social enormities. Their daily life is explored and investigated through forensics, didacticism, and improvisation to educate Akronites on the history of Goodyear and its impact on workers in Goodyear Heights and the greater Akron area.

May you always have the conscious purpose “that gives life its meaning”