Keith Leclair - Graduate Application Portfolio

Keith Leclair

500 South 1155 East Salt Lake City, Ut 84102

Program: Design a retreat located at the Bonneville Salt Flatts, Utah, including 6 bedrooms, each with a bathroom, a check-in/service counter, and one kitchen including an eating/gathering space.

Bonneville Motel: The juxtaposition of vertical and horizontal translated into one experience.

The project developed from the simple line parti below which repersents both the horizon and the mountain. The structure is constructed of vertical and horizontal planes that are abrstractions of the dominant landscape features visible, these come together to create the form and the experience.

Bonneville Motel

The Great Salt Lake Salt Flatts, UT Instructor: Charlott Greub Fall 2011

5

3 2

7

4 6

9 8

Layout study

Development of parti into representation of spatial relationships

1 Service Counter 2 Gathering Space 3 Kitchen 4-9 Rooms

1

Plan

Developed from parti

Figure Ground Study

The walls and furniture articulate the view from within the rooms

Section

Vertical projection of parti forms interior spatial relationships

Model and Axonometric View

Combination of vertical and horizontal planes incorporate the figure ground study

Program: Develop a bicycle collaboritive in downtown Portland that is woven into the existing strip of park in the Pearl District and is bike-able.

Bespoke Bicycle Collective Continuing the Park

Portland, OR Instructor: Daniel Hoffman Spring 2012

Bicycle Collective/Park Continuation: The inhabitants of the city of Portland are at the forefront of custom bike building, however many artists have different specialties.

The focus of this project is to provide a space for several artists to colloborate. The form directs the focus of the collaboration inward yet allows the work to be viewed from the ramp circulating through the space from above, as well as through the exterior glazing. Thus the space becomes a place where tangible art is made through the process of performance art.

9

8 2 6

7

10 1 5 4

From and Massing Studies

Variety of solutions for the form of the loop

Concept Sketch

Plan

3

1 Main Enterance 2 Courtyard 3 Retail 4 Classroom 5 Restroom/ Bike Storage 6 Small Studios 7 Large Studios 8 Restrooms 9 Shared Shop 10 Secondary Enterance

Site model 1�=60’

Shows context and continuation of the park

Exploded Axonometric

Ramp, Structure, Wall and Glazing System

Main Enterance

Program: Design a 600 square foot seasonal refuge for up to five occupants located near Cherry Peak, UT.

Cherry Creek Warming Hut Richmond, UT Instructor: Libby Haslam Fall 2012

Warming Hut: A breif refuge from the harsh elements is the perfect oasis on a cold winter day at the Cherry Peak Ski Resort. The “saw-tooth” form and orientation of the structure allow mid-morning light into the space while articulating it’s occupants gaze from within. The built-in seating positioned at each window creates private space emulating the solemn and individual feeling of skiing. Additionally orientation of the seating in relation to the view replicates the down-hill directionality of the skiing experience.

N

Water Experiment

This experiment observed a piece of crushed ice melting

Photo Study

This photo exemplified the shifting dynamic aspects of water changing state

Site Plan

Fragmented roof-line taken from the shifting forms of the melting ice

1

3

4

2

1 Deck 2 Common/ Seating 3 Kitchen/ Mechanical/ Storage 4 Restrooms

Plan

Elevations

Top: Southwest Middle: Southeast Bottom: Northwest

Model 1/4”=1’

Corrigated cardboard, wood, wire

Program: Design a 10,000 square foot lodge for multi seasonal use of up to 300 patrons located near Cherry Peak, UT.

Cherry Creek Ski Lodge Richmond, UT With Spencer Anderson Instructor: Libby Haslam Fall 2012

Cherry Creek Ski Lodge: This lodge placed in the pristine woods of Cherry Creek at an existing trailhead is positioned to absorb as much natural sunlight as possible. The form is representational of the intersections found within the context photo which was utilized to create the parti for this project. Within the space the parti more closely replicates the circulation pattern than the form itself, allowing for a simple, orthagonal floor plan.

Site Context

Exploring Light, Shadow and Texture

N

N

13

A

A

2

3

4

5

UP

12

1

B

First Floor Plan

3

10

9

11

6

7

8

1 Through Access 2 Ticketing 3 Retail/ Rental/ Lockers 4 Service counter 5 Lobby/lounge 6 Waiting Area 7 First Aid 8 Ambluance Access 9 Restrooms 10 Storage 11 Physians Office 12 Mechanical 13 Outdoor Seating

1

4

2

DN

1 Ski in/out patio 2 Cafeteria Seating 3 Food Counter 4 Kitchen 5 Restrooms 6 Office 7 Meeting

5 7

6

B

Second Floor Plan

Section A

Section B

Northwest Elevation

Southwest Elevation

Southeast Elevation

Northeast Elevation

Renderings

Left: Front/Enterance Right: Stair/Seating Detail

Model

Left: Front/Enterance Right: Through Access/Ticketing Counter