ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO KIMBERLY GORDON | FOURTH YEAR
Education SKILLS Revit Creative Cloud Suite Premiere Rush
SketchUp Rhinoceros Lumion
3DS Max
Revu Bluebeam
Unreal engine
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Teams
AutoCAD
August 2017 - May 2022
University of Kansas Lawrence, KS Architecture Honor Roll | KU Honor Architecture Mentor | Women In Design Secretary Dirt Works Design Build Studio Completed Coursework as of December 2020: Visualizing Natural Forces | Structural Engineering Building Technology | Global History | Site Design Environmental Systems | Completion of Six Studios Dirt Works Design Build Studio | Programming Professional Practice & Ethics | Virtual Reality
August 2013 - May 2017
Shawnee Mission North High School
INTERESTS Soccer Volunteering Traveling Hiking
Overland Park, KS
Sustainability Fine Arts Photography Crocheting
3.73 GPA
President of Orchestra | National Honors Society Varsity Soccer | DECA | Cotillion | Pep Club Leadership Board | Graduation Committee Pit Orchestra | Orchestra Exec. Board
4.2 GPA
kimberly.gordon99@ku.edu (913) 481-4925
Experience
Volunteering
May 2020 - Present
Mission Trips
Black & Veatch / Architecture Intern Overland Park, KS Pick-up redlines and markups Create standard details Push projects to 100% submittal Modeling and detailing in Revit Attending various site visits Working virtually via Microsoft Teams Creating a workflow to streamline BIM use October 2019 - June 2020
BioStar Renewables / Junior Estimator Overland Park, KS Completion of lighting takeoffs Write submittals Attend pre-bid meetings Draft warranty packets Analyze utility bills Contacting manufacturers On-site delivery February 2018 - Present
The University of Kansas / Office Assistant Lawrence, KS Schedule appointments Maintain inventory Write purchase orders Invoice clients Assist clients attending the clinic
Dallax, TX
Building a home for an elderly couple in need
Heifer Ranch - Arkansas
Helped an organization who provides livestock and food for countries in need of the help
Pine Ridge, SD
Repairing a nursery for an expecting mother on a Native American reservation
Washington D.C.
Worked in soup kitchens and with organizations to help feed the homeless
Additional Volunteering Worked in soup kitchens in various areas Worked at Harvesters
TABLE OF CONTENTS
MUSEUM OF THE VIDEO GAME EXPERIENCE pg. 6 Fall 2019 3rd Year
LEE’S SUMMIT TRANSIT HUB pg. 24 Fall 2020 4th Year
THE PASSERINE pg. 42 Spring 2020 3rd Year
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS VISITORS CENTER pg. 50 Spring 2019 2nd Year
BLACK JACK INFORMATIONAL CENTER pg. 58 Fall 2018 2nd Year
MUSEUM OF THE VIDEO GAME EXPERIENCE Fall 2019 / Third Year Studio
As technology advances, more and more people gain access to all different kinds of technology. Historically, the typical “video-gamer” had a specific stereotype set upon them; this is no longer the case. Located in the Dallas Arts District, the Museum of the Video Game Experience sets out to be an all-inclusive location where anyone can experience the joy of playing games as well as look back at the history and growth of the popular subject. Today, the stereotype set in the early days of video game history has been broken with the coming of smart phones, home consoles, and laptops. Video games can be played by anyone – whether it’s a farming game on your iPhone or a virtual simulation on your computer. This project hopes to be a place of unity for anyone who plays video games and create the experience that those feel while playing.
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With shifted planes surrounding you in galleries and educational spaces, one feels as if they’ve been immersed into another world. Acknowledging the 8-bit start of video games in the 1980s, the cubic building nods to the past with its form but looks towards the future with the color-shifting façade. Entering the building, you are surrounded by a central atrium with daylight flooding the space. Going into the galleries, you are transported into a whole other world with each gallery glowing with different colors of LED lights. This journey through spaces echoes the goals for video gamers which is to be immersed into an alternate reality and people leave the museum with the same joy.
Site Analysis Figure Ground Art District Immediate Site Other Buildings Streets/Highways
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DIAGRAMMING Starting at the commonality of all video games, directionality, I began generating my form based on this rule to then fit into my concept.
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Placing my building on the site, I wanted to maintain the central axis that the public uses daily, but create a more interesting journey.
Programatically, I wanted each floor to serve its own function with no crossing over. Each gallery represents an important idea for video gaming
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SECTION A
SECTION B
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Central Atrium - 1st Floor
Across Central Atrium - 2nd Floor
Gallery - 5th Floor
Competition Space - 5th Floor
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LEE’S SUMMIT TRANSIT HUB Fall 2020 / Fourth Year Studio
Virgin Hyperloop is a private tranportation technology company aiming to develop ground transit that can move passengers and cargo at a fraction of the cost of airline speeds. Recently, Virgin Hperlook proposed installing a hyperloop that will run from Kansas City to St. Louis and passes through Columbia. If the project is realized, the time to travel from Kansas City to St. Louis will be about 30 minutes. The new development will drastically increase transportation between the two cities prompting new urban and infrastructure growth along the route. Our studio was tasked with picking a city along the existing track from Kansas City to St. Louis (Amtrak’s Missouri River Runner) and create a multi-use transit hub. The transit hub will consist of the following: train platform, retail, housing, restaurant, gallery, bar/brewery, and a cafe. The square footages for each space and each hub
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vary based on the demographics of the selected city. I chose Lee’s Summit as my site and built around the existing Amtrak station since it is a historic building and holds city offices. I developed my form through the existing lines around the site as well as maximizing the views and relationships with the surrounding buildings. The structure is elevated thirty feet in the air so it will not disrupt the existing tracks that run through the middle of the site.
DEMOGRAPHICS & STATISTICS
LEE’S SUMMIT DOWNTOWN :
VISION : DOWNTOWN LEE’S SUMMIT IS THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY
MISSION : TO PROMOTE, ENHANCE, AND PRESERVE THE HEART OF OUR CITY BY CULTIVATING A DIVERSE MIX OF BUSINESSES, CULTURAL AND FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENTS, UNIQUE HOUSING OPTIONS, AND INCLUSIVE PUBLIC SPACES.
TRANSPORT :
AVERAGE TIME TO TRAVEL FROM HOME TO WORK : 25.1 min.
HOUSING :
MEDIAN HOME VALUE : $210,400
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME : $85,325 IN POVERTY : 5.2% NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS : 36,134 PEOPLE / HOUSE : 2.65
PERCENT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVEN’T MOVED IN 1 YEAR : 88.1%
MEDIAN GROSS RENT : $1,015 / MONTH AVERAGE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF APARTMENT : 915 sqft
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HIGH SCHOOL
AMTRAK
COLLEGE
HOME-OWNERS
RACE
AGE
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TRANSPORT ANALYSIS
ST. LOUIS TO LEE’S SUMMIT VIA AMTRAK 4 HOURS AND 50 MINUTES
TOTAL TIME FROM ST. LOUIS TO LEE’S SUMMIT 1 HOUR AND 6 MINUTES
ST. LOUIS TO KANSAS CITY VIA HYPERLOOP 30 MINUTES
KANSAS CITY TO LEE’S SUMMIT VIA AMTRAK 36 MINUTES
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Chicago
Springfield
Kansas City Lee’s Summit
Columbia
St. Louis
TRANSIT MAP
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SITE ANALYSIS - PUBLIC
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SITE ANALYSIS - PRIVATE
FIGURE GROUND Lee’s Summit Transit Hub | 31
PROGRAMMING TOTAL SITE SF : 33,400 TOTAL NSF FOR BUILDING : 44,800 TOTAL GSF FOR BUILDING : 61,950 RETAIL STORES : 6,100 / STORE
SHOP : 5,500 OFFICE : 350 BREAK ROOM : 250
GALLERY : 6,100
EXHIBIT : 5,600 RESTROOM : 500
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PROGRAMMING TOTAL SITE SF : 33,400 TOTAL NSF FOR BUILDING : 44,800 TOTAL GSF FOR BUILDING : 61,950 HOTEL ROOMS : 600 / ROOM
BATHROOM : 150 BEDROOM : 350 BALCONY : 100
HOTEL LOBBY : 1,100
FRONT DESK : 200 OFFICE : 350 SEATING : 550
HOTEL RESTAURANT : 10,500
KITCHEN : 4,000 SEATING : 6,000 RESTROOM : 500
BREWERY : 4,200
BAR / SEATING : 2,200 BACK ROOM : 2,000
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PROGRAMMING TOTAL SITE SF : 33,400 TOTAL NSF FOR BUILDING : 44,800 TOTAL GSF FOR BUILDING : 61,950 STUDIO APARTMENTS : 1,300 / APT
KITCHEN : 200 BATHROOM : 200 BEDROOM : 400 LIVING ROOM : 500
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WELLS OVERLOOK PARK PAVILION Spring 2020 / Third Year Design Build Studio / Dirt Works In the spring of 2020, my studio had planned on a pavilion at Wells Overlook Park that will be well-suited for those who are less accessible and bring a new life to the park in south Lawrence. The studio is known as Dirt Works Studio instructed by Chad Kraus and I am very grateful to be assigned the role of Studio Coordinator. Tasked with constructing a pavilion cantilevering over the prairie, our studio wants to convey the feeling of “flying over the prairie.� With a central prairie garden, the public can come to learn about native plants while being surrounded in the natural landscape. Gabion walls form a gateway into this garden and also lead you to either the picnic area or the canopy. With COVID-19 looming in the shadows, we had to put construction on pause and our original May 2020 completion date was now an unknown. Our studio shifted gears and
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created a book about the project and helped to conclude a strange spring semester. Now in the fall and meeting in small groups, we started by fabricating gabions and cutting wood to prepare for on-site construction. We are inching closer and closer to completing the pavilion. Myself and some other studio-mates are continuing to work on it next spring as well as assisting the new Dirt Works students in constructing their picnic pavilion by next May.
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ROOF PLAN
6'
0"
0° 5. 13
120. 0°
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6' - 0
21 1
VIF
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4" 3/
19' -
18' -
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ADA-ACCESSIBLE PARKING
VIF
10 30 '
11' -
EXISTING PAVED ROAD WAY
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9"
5' - 3
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8' - 9
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6"
1000
102
101
TREES TO REMAIN
PRAIRIE GARDEN AREA
PRAIRIE PAVILION
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SOUTH ELEVATION
1 3' - 0"
T/O ROOF 12' - 0"
CUSTOM SCUPPER B/O ROOF 7' - 6"
T/O GUARDRAIL 3' - 6" T/O GABION 2' - 10"
T/O DECK 0' - 0" B/O DECK -0' - 7 1/4"
FOUNDATION STEP 4 -4' - 4 3/4" FOUNDATION STEP 3 -4' - 10" FOUNDATION STEP 2 -6' - 0 3/16"
FOUNDATION STEP 1 -6' - 10"
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3 3' - 0"
4 3' - 0"
4"X4"X5/16" HSS COLUMNS POWDER COATED DARK GREY
4"X4"X3/16" HSS COLUMNS POWDER COATED DARK GREY
STEEL CABLE GUARDRAIL 6 A504
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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS VISITORS CENTER Spring 2019 / Second Year Studio
A welcome center should be open, inviting, and should connect with campus. For my design, I wanted to be able to connect prospective students with the University of Kansas. With an upper level cantilevering out towards Jayhawk Boulevard, students are able to see down to Fraser Hall as well as across to Potters Lake My design first started with an idea: a beak. I wanted my building to open up to campus, so I did just that: I lifted up the roof so your view was expansive to the historical campus. From there, I thought that my building could point to locations around campus, almost as if it were the tour guide. If one were to look at the ceiling while standing on the top floor of the building, they would find that the triangular skylights all point to something. The front pointing to the Spencer Museum of Art, the middle pointing to the Campanile, and the back pointing to Memorial Stadium
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Inspired by my traingular openings on top, for my north facade, I used similar triangular forms to create a complex series of steel structures. While at first I had the windows scattered at random, I decided it would be better for them to be more deliberate. The steel facade along the front of the north side and the east guide you into the building. Since most visitors will be coming from either the north or the east, I wanted to make it seem like the building was saying “Hello, welcome to KU.” Additionally, from the interior of the first floor, the windows form a “K” to reinforce the campus unity. For material, I took note from the warmth of the brick on Adams Alumni Center and cladded my building with copper-tinted steel. Overall, I want this building to feel like a place that prospective students would want to come back to and current students could come to decompress from the stress of campus life.
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SECOND FLOOR
FIRST FLOOR University of Kansas Visitors Center | 53
SOUTH SECTION
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WEST ELEVATION
NORTH ELEVATION
EAST SECTION
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BLACK JACK INFORMATIONAL CENTER Fall 2018 / Second Year Studio
Black Jack Battlefield’s current location for information is an old farm house located on the northern portion of the property. The client wanted a building that would properly satisfy the needs of an visitors coming to learn more about the event. As our studio did smaller projects throughout the semester for the “Bleeding Kansas” era, we learned a lot about what led up to this event. The Battle of Black Jack was the first armed action in which two forces of comparable strength and determination fought in Kansas. With trails going through the site, visitors come to not only to learn more about the battle, but connect with nature. Scattered trees creating a beautiful scenery of woods and greenery.
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Southwest to the current “acting” visitors center, there lies the remains of a barn that burned down shortly after the Battle of Black Jack. I used the remains of the foundation as my source of inspiration to construct my building. I took the traditional form of a barn, but simplified the form of the roof into a gable roof with a modern design. The alternating widths of the windows mimics the differing diameters of tree trunks that are west of the proposed location. Combining this with the orientation of the building with the trails, there is a natural flow of information intake and experience with nature. Instead of removing the existing foundation, I lifted it into my gallery space to frame the journey.
Trails
Existing Building
Proposed Building
Parking
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PARTI DIAGRAM
WEST ELEVATION
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EXPLODED AXON
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FLOOR PLAN MECHANICAL / STORAGE
OPEN GALLERY
RESTROOMS
EDUCATIONAL SPACE
GIFT SHOP
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