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Kirman Hanson 2024 Design Portfolio

kirman98@gmail.com

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Kirman Hanson Education Relevant Experience

Carnegie Mellon University

M.S. in Sustainable Design | 2022

Carnegie Mellon University

B.Arch | 2021

NCARB

Passed all licensure exams

Architectural Designer Reverse Architecture

Summer 2022 - Present | Watertown, MA

· In-firm advisor on sustainable design and passive house

· Project designer for residential renovation projects from schematic design to construction documentation

· 3D modeling and visualization

· Meet with clients to discuss design options and construction considerations

· Survey site and create existing site documentation

· Mediate between design principal, clients, trades, and consultants

Digital

· AutoCAD

· Adobe CC

· Rhino 3D

· Grasshopper

· Diva

· Vray

· Climate Studio

· Revit CEA

· Fusion 360

· Keyshot

· ZBrush

· Python

· Arduino

· Processing

· TouchDesigner

· HTML + CSS

Analogue

· Drawing

· Drafting

· Photography Model-making

· Woodworking

· 3D Printing

· Laser Cutting

Research Assistant Manufacturing Futures Institute, Dana Cupkova

Summer 2020 - Present | Pittsburgh, PA

· Design team member on rocking planter project for tree nursery in Hazelwood Green focused mainly on 3D surface patterning and sculptural elements

· Designed and modeled iterative lattice structures for bending and compression testing

Teaching Assistant M.Arch Praxis Studio, Sarosh Anklesaria

Fall 2021 | Pittsburgh, PA

· Provided critiques during studio sessions

· Taught workshops on key design skills including rhino setups for digital renderings, model making, and digital collage

· Assisted with management and documentation of the studio

Assistant Director ALCOSAN Clean Water Academy

Summer 2019 | Pittsburgh, PA

Involvement Skills

· Lead all academy activities including final design project

· Coordinated and planned curriculum to engage high school students in architectural design

CMU SoA Lecture Series Interviewer and Discussion Moderator

Fall 2020 - Spring 2021 | Pittsburgh, PA

· Researched and lead dialogues between invited SoA lecturers as part of the Reframing Utopias series.

CMU SoA Carnival Pavilion Build Team Member

Spring 2019 | Pittsburgh, PA

· Worked with a team of 36 students to pre-fabricate, construct, disassemble, and store a re-configurable pavilion for CMU Spring Carnival entryway

Rocking Planter

Architectural research with Dana Cupkova + Matt Huber | 2020 - 2023

The rocking planter project produced a series of 3d-sand-printed rocking planters as interactive public art pieces and benches on the post-industrial public park site of Hazelwood Green in Pittsburgh. The planter surfaces are textured to direct flows of water and include spouts for people to dump out excess water. Embedded in planter bases and undersides are drawings produced by community members through a partnership with the Center for Life.

Design Team: Dana Cupkova, Matt Huber, Gil Jang, Ryu Kondrup, Longney Luk, Louis Suarez, Alexander Wang

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Above: Double spout rocker interactions

Top left + Bottom Right: 4/5 scale model testing Top right: early1/2 scale model

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Bottom left: Picking up all 3 models at the manufacturing facility

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Top left: Final double-spout base drawings Bottom left: Single-spout rocker installation Right: Double-spout rocker base with texturing from drawings made by community members

Top left: Final double-spout rocker drawings Top right: Final printed and coated rocker Bottom left: Single-spout rocker installed on site

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Bottom right: Community members and design team with rocker

Professional Work Samples

All work completed while at Reverse Architecture | 2022-Present

My work at Reverse Architecture consists mainly of renovations of existing timberframed single family houses. The Somerville House was a renovation of an existing two-family townhouse for a son and his parents (the parents living in unit 1 and the son and his wife living in unit 2). It was a complete re-organization of the interior (including the addition of a small ceremonial tea room) and an upgrading of the exterior envelope to help with the house’s energy efficiency.

The Turret House consisted of renovating the turret of an existing condo unit (formerly a grain whiskey factory) into a meditation space. This project required extensive surveying to document the complex wood structure of the turret.

The Bird House was an addition to an existing colonial house. Part of the program for the addition was a workshop for the couple’s various hobbies and included a series of built-ins in order to store all of their supplies.

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Left: Stair section, Somerville House Top Right: Section through attic, Turret House

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Bottom Right: Interior details, Somerville House

10 Interior Renders

Left: Workshop interior facing west, Bird House Top: Right Winter workshop interior facing east, Bird House Bottom Right: Foyer interior, Somerville House

Urban Gathering Co-op. + Trade School

The Urban Gathering Cooperative and Trade School, located in North Braddock, PA, builds off of the food market General Sisters, which used the method of sistering joists to repair the vacant general store in which they now reside. By expanding this existing culture of repair, care, and maintenance through the creation of a community land trust this project re-imagines vacant houses as an opportunity for new modes of living as an alternative to demolition.