2023 ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

P O R T F O L I O

KYLE PETERSEN

KYLE PETERSEN

KYLE1231@IASTATE.EDU

KYLEPETERSEN.1231@GMAIL.COM

EDUCATION

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY

BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE

MINOR IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

GRADUATION 2025 GPA 3.5

SKILLS

MODELING : AUTOCAD, RHINO, REVIT

GRAPHIC : LUMION, ILLUSTRATOR, PHOTOSHOP, INDESIGN, PREMIER, ACROBAT, MICROSOFT OFFICE, AFTER EFFECTS,

OTHER : LASER CUTTING, 3D PRINTING, HAND DRAWING, CNC ROUTING,

HABITABLE BILLBOARD

ARCH 301 PROFESSOR ANNA AVERSING

THE HABITABLE BILLBOARD PROJECT STARTED WITH A RANDOMLY ASSIGNED CHARACTER OCCUPATION. I RECEIVED A VENTRILOQUIST. THE BILLBOARD HAD TO INCLUDE EVERYTHING NEEDED TO PERFORM AND PRACTICE FOR THEIR FINAL PERFORMANCE AT LEDGES

STATE PARK IN IOWA

THE LORE BEHIND VENTRILOQUISM WAS FAR DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE THINK OF TODAY AS STAND-UP VENTRILOQUIST PERFORMANCES. THIS ART WAS USED TO TALK WITH THE GODS. ONE OF THE EARLIEST RECORDED GROUPS OF PROPHETS TO USE THIS TECHNIQUE WAS PYTHIA, THE PRIESTESS AT THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO IN DELPHI, WHO ACTED AS THE CONDUIT FOR THE DELPHIC ORACLE HAVING A PRESENCE IN NECROMANCY WITH ITS TRAPPING OF SOULS INSIDE DOLLS. EVEN WITH THIS UNUSUAL PAST, VENTRILOQUISM IS A MODERN PERFORMING ART WHERE THE CONDUITS USE THEIR STOMACH TO SPEAK ALLOWING FOR THE MINIMAL USE OF MOUTH MOVEMENT SEEMINGLY THROWING THEIR VOICE INTO THE DOLL AS THEY MOVE THE PUPPET’S MOUTH.

SPIDER

ARCH 201

PROFESSOR PAAVAN JOSHI

PARTNER GIANNI GAMBUCCI

THIS PROJECT SOUGHT TO SHOW HOW SPACE CAN BE TRANSLATED FROM ORTHOGRAPHIC TO RENDERED ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL. STARTING OFF, WE EXPLORED TWO DIFFERENT PRECEDENTS AND THEIR ARCHITECTURAL STYLES. WE ALSO EXAMINED THEIR TYPOLOGIES, FLOORPLANS, ARCHITECTS, AND HOW THE SPACES WITHIN THE BUILDINGS MADE US FEEL. THE PROJECT TOOK THESE NEWLY GENERATED FLOOR PLANS TO CREATE A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE SHOWING HOW IMPORTANT AND HOW MUCH INFORMATION IS DISPLAYED IN THE ORTHOGRAPHIC PLAN VIEW. THIS SPACE AIMS TO BE EXPERIMENTAL IN FORM, AESTHETICS, COMMUNICATION, CRAFT, AND CREATIVITY; IT FOCUSES ON ARCHITECTURE FREE OF CONSTRAINTS AND BRIEFS NORMALLY ASSOCIATED WITH PROJECTS.

THE SPIDER SOUGHT TO CREATE A SPACE IN WHICH YOU COULD GET LOST. IT IS A SPACE OUTSIDE OF REALITY, POSSIBLY VIRTUAL REALITY, TRANSPORTING YOU TO A NEW PLACE WITH YOUR FRIENDS TO GET LOST IN THE ENVIRONMENT LEADING TO A NEW ADVENTURE AROUND EVERY TURN. THE ADVENTURE LEADS US TO MAKE THE DECISION TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE SPACE OUTSIDE WITH A CAGE-LIKE ROOF ENCASING THE STRUCTURE GIVING BOTH AN INDOOR AND OUTDOOR AREA TO EXPLORE.

MY PARTNER AND I STUDIED THE PARIS OPERA HOUSE, THE PALAIS GARNIER RESTAURANT, AND THE PARTHENON. WE CREATED AND DESIGNED DIFFERENT FLOOR PLANS OF THE BUILDING AND ABSTRACTED THEM INTO OUR OWN FLOOR PLANS AND PLAN VIEWS TO CREATE AN EMOTIONAL SPACE. THIS HELPED US IN THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF OUR OWN FINAL RENDERS AND MODEL.

Reflection In Color ARCH

202

PROFESSOR REINALDO D. CORREA DIAZ PARTNERS KENZIE COULTHARD, BRETT CHERRY

IN OUR RITUAL, WE WANTED TO CREATE A SPACE WHERE YOU CAN COME IN, THINK, AND REFLECT ON HOW YOU’RE FEELING. WE CHOSE TO CREATE A SPACE SURROUNDED BY COLOR. COLOR HAS A WAY WITH EMOTION. EACH COLOR HAS AN UNSAID MEANING RELATING TO YOU. FOR EXAMPLE, TO ONE PERSON YELLOW COULD MEAN HAPPINESS AND JOY, BUT TO OTHERS, THE COLOR COULD MAKE THEM FEEL ANXIOUS AND CHAOTIC, THEREFORE, WE WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO SELF-DIAGNOSE AND REFLECT IN A COLORED ROOM RELATED TO YOUR FEELINGS. TO CONTINUE WITH OUR RITUAL YOU ARE ABLE TO SIT AND WRITE DOWN EVERYTHING YOU ARE FEELING. THIS COULD BE HAPPY, ANXIOUS, OR SAD THOUGHTS OR MAYBE CONTEMPLATE A THOUGHT YOU’VE BEEN OVERTHINKING FOR A WHILE. TO COMPLETE THE RITUAL, YOU EXIT THE ROOM YOU’VE BEEN DWELLING IN AND RELEASE YOUR DECOMPOSABLE PAPER INTO THE FOUNTAIN. AS YOU RELEASE THE PAPER, YOU ARE ABLE TO SEE THE PAPER VANISH IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES, THEREFORE, YOU ARE LEFT STARING AT YOUR REFLECTION IN THE WATER.

WITH THE DESIGN OF OUR BUILDING, WE WENT WITH A SYMMETRICAL OCTAGON WITH 7 OFFSHOOTS OF COLOR. WE TOOK INSPIRATION FROM THE PRISM AND HOW IT REFRACTS WHITE LIGHT TURNING IT INTO THE 7 COLORS OF THE RAINBOW. WITHIN THE DESIGN, THE SIDES ARE HEXAGONS THAT ARE FURTHER REFRACTED, BECOMING WHOLE AS THEY COME CLOSER TO THE CENTER.

Screen To Space

ARCH 202

PROFESSOR REINALDO D. CORREA DIAZ

THIS PROJECT WAS FOCUSED ON DETAIL IN ARCHITECTURE THAT IS NOT ONLY AUTONOMOUS BUT IS ACTIVELY SUBVERSIVE IN NATURE, STARTING WITH PRECEDENTS IN UNIQUE ART TECHNIQUES TO BRING FORWARD INTO OUR DETAIL SCREEN. LOOKING AT MY PRECEDENT STUDY OF INES ESNAL, I LOVED HOW SHE WAS ABLE TO MAKE THE STRING FEEL ORGANIC. SHE MADE THESE STRAIGHT LINES, CURVES, AND TWISTS CREATE MOVEMENT-LIKE PATTERNS WITH THE DETAIL OF THE STRING BEING CONNECTED THROUGH EYELET HOOKS, OR IN MY CASE, T-PINS.

TO BRING IT FORWARD TO THE SCREEN, I TOOK THE TECHNIQUE I LEARNED IN CROSS-STITCHING AND WAS ABLE TO ADD THESE CURVE AND TWIST ELEMENTS WITH THE STRINGS BY WRAPPING THE FIRST AND LAST T-PINS OF EACH SIDE. IN KEEPING WITH THE THEME OF MOVEMENT, I USED CARDBOARD AND RIPPED IT IN HALF TO ADD THIS CORRUGATED WAVE GIVING THE SCREEN TEXTURE AND ADDING TO SENSES OTHER THAN SIGHT. AS FOR THE SHAPE OF THE CARDBOARD, I TOOK INSPIRATION FROM THE BREEZE BLOCK AND WANTED TO MAKE A PATTERN THAT COULD BE REPEATED INFINITELY AS A MOTIF, WHILE ALSO ALLOWING AIR TO PASS THROUGH EASILY AND USING CURVED LINES TO MAKE THE SCREEN COME FORWARD WITH A BUBBLE-LIKE EFFECT.

MOVING ON TO THE 3-DIMENSIONAL SPACE. I HAD TO THINK ABOUT MY SCREEN IN A NEW LIGHT. I WANTED TO MAKE IT A WALKABLE EXPERIENCE IN AN OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT SUCH AS A PARK. THE DETAIL OF THE STRING USES 90 ANGLES TO MAKE THE CURVES THROUGHOUT MY SCREEN WHICH HELPED SHAPE THE SPACE. ADDING A NEW AXIS TO THE EQUATION I HAD TO START THINKING ABOUT HOW THE STRUCTURE SHOULD BE CONNECTED, LEADING ME TO THE DISCOVERY OF MY SECOND PRECEDENT STUDY OF WOOD JOINTS IN CLASSIC JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE. WHILE RESEARCHING WOOD JOINTS, I FOUND A RANGE OF DIFFERENT JOINTS THAT DON’T USE ANY GLUE OR METAL NAILS TO STAY TOGETHER. I FOUND THAT A CLASSIC DOVETAIL JOINT WOULD WORK THE BEST WITH THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF SPACE ON THE END OF AN 8X8 PIECE OF LUMBER WHILE STILL ALLOWING A SECOND DOVETAIL JOINT TO BE ON THE SAME SURFACE.

ELEVATION FRONT VIEW

ELEVATION RIGHT VIEW

8x8 Oak Wood