Kylie Kusleika Graduate Architecture Portfolio

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This portfolio is a compilation of undergraduate and graduate work from the University of NebraskaLincoln College of Architecture. Hosting a variety of work ranging from small scale inhabitation to large scale mixed use, it aims to convey graphic skill and representation, as well as the ability to solve design problems in a way that results in fresh ideas and hopes to push boundaries of individual thinking. Enjoy!

Kylie Kusleika CONTACT ME

About to be a masters graduate from the University of Nebraska-

kkusleika5@gmail.com

through design. The discipline of architecture is something I am very

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Lincoln, I am pushing to really impact people and the environment passionate about, and I feel I am driven to give people some of the same experiences I have had with architecture through traveling. Always soaking in new information and knowledge, my greatest asset to any team is my willingness to be a part of something bigger than myself, as well as a distinct eye for design. I am always challenging myself, and in turn others

REFERENCES Peter Hind

University Professor phind3@unl.edu

Jon Eilers

Head Coach of EGA egalincoln55@gmail.com 402-770-8824

around me, to find the best solution. My current experience in offices ranges from schematic design all the way to construction documents.

When I’m not designing or drawing, I enjoy my time as a soccer coach and trainer for Elite Academy in Omaha. Of course I still dabble in soccer myself, and try to play every week as a way to de-stress and meet new people. If I’m not doing any of the above one would probably find me reading, writing, or making graphics for my wall.

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EDUCATION University of Nebraska-Lincoln : (Lincoln, NE)

Bachelor of Science in Design: Graduated May 2014 UNL Semester Abroad London, UK: Spring 2015 London, Prague, Berlin, Barcelona

Masters of Architecture: May 2016 WORK EXPERIENCE Teaching Assistant: (Spring 2016, ARCH 262 Building Organization: Professor Steve Hardy) Intern: (Summer 2015-Present,TACK Architects Omaha, NE) Soccer Coach: (Fall 2012-Present, Assistant Coach & Trainer: Elite Girls Academy) Summer Intern: (Summer 2014, KTGY Architecture & Planning: Denver, CO) UCARE: (Summer 2013, Professor David Karle: Lincoln, NE) YMCA: (Fall 2011-Fall 2014, Youth Sports Department: Supervisor) SKILLS Rhino Adobe InDesign Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop Revit

Sketchup Autocad Maxwell Grasshopper

INVOLVEMENT & HONORS

STRENGTHS & QUALITIES

Former Division 1 College Soccer Player

Collaboration

Adaptability

Big 12 Honor Roll (2010-2011)

Problem Solving

Ability to learn quickly

Special Olympics Volunteer (2010)

Design

Passionate about design

Alpha Rho Chi_Pytheos Chapter

Process

AIAS-American Institute of Architecture Students

Graphics

Christian Leading Scholarship Recipient (Spring 2015)

Communication

Teaching Assistant Position (Spring 2016)

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Projects

Romano 1 Carpineto Mountain Hut

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1:2:1 Mass House CLT Home

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the Gap 3 Mind London Study Abroad Sketching

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Greenwich 4 Grow London Study Abroad Studio Project

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5 Barcode Surface & Small Scale Design

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The Conduit

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Collage Fiction

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Link

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Shifting Planes

Mixed Use Residential

Graphic Story

Chongqing Landscape & Museum

Mixed Use Residential

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1 Year | Fall 6th year 2015 Location | Carpineto Romano, IT Professor | Jason Griffiths Team | Individual

Carpineto Mountain Refuge Located in Carpineto Romano, IT, the mountain refuge project sought to give mountain travelers a refuge and temporary resting space from the outdoors. Having no electricity or heat, the hut requirements were sizeably small, just 240 sq . ft. at the maximum. The design then became about thinking from the perspective of the outdoorsman, and specifically to this design, the idea of procession. Here the building becomes an extension of the trail, disguising its exterior shell with polished stainless steel that is then interrupted by a punched corten opening. The idea is to take the traveler out of the landscape, even if only for a moment, in hopes to stimulate a more heightened awareness of the natural environment.. One has the option simply to pass through the building, continuing on the trail, or to sink down into the earth to be greeted by a panoramic view of the mountainside. The material change and light shift as one journeys down into the hut is the most influential aspect of the experience.

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1 hiking trail

Living/ Sleeping

Fold Out Table

2 Roll Away Cots

Bath

2 Permanent Bunks

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Experiential Diagram

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MASK / ILLUSION AROUND PATH

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INSERTING THE PROGRAM

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DISTINGUISHING THE PROCESSION

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CUT / FILL AROUND CIRCULATION

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Locally Manufactured CLT Wall Panel Stainless Steel Prefab Panels Clipped to Exterior Concrete Retaining Wall + Foundation

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Expose

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Descend / Immerse

Re-expose

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2 Year | Fall 6th Year 2015 Location | Omaha, NE Professor | Jason Griffiths Team | Individual

1:2:1 Mass House A company called Year of the Startup specializes in helping other people get their own startups off the ground. To do this, they aim to create a creative atmosphere where airbnb goers and entrepreneurs share a space. The cost of the airbnb in the home supplements the cost of living for the entrepreneurs, creating an investment pool for when a startup successfully gets off the ground. The main goal of the home is for it to have the flexibility to successfully go from one large home, to two separate homes if necessary, and then eventually again back to one.

The unique needs of the client pushed this home to be not just a living space, but an integrated work space, with areas of collaboration, adaptable to becoming areas for the work of an individual as well. Treated like a small office, entrepreneurs have opportunities to hold small business meetings with clients, or larger conferences with their peers to gain knowledge and insight into their company. No longer do they need to leave the home to accomplish daily office tasks, and they have the opportunity of free feedback. An intentional lack of separation between the entrepreneurs and the airbnb travelers should also be noted, as initial meetings with the client expressed the value in outsider opinions. To accomplish a holistic design approach, the most basic elements of the home were considered; porch, simple form and chimney.

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Porch

Simple Form

Chimney

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2 Define

Split

The most basic shape of the home is defined. Almost childlike it seeks to evoke not only a sense of slight modernity, but an ode to the very first forms of American architecture.

Stitch

In initial American architecture, the chimney developed as the center of a household; a place to gather and be together as a family.

Adding a split forces the two sides apart, whilst still creating a symbolic center to the home.

The most important aspects of this house are its unique needs. Community gathering, meeting and work space is crucial for it to function the way the client needs, and so breaking this separation to form a functional work space became the apparent solution. It not only stitches the project together architecturally, but functionally on the interior as well.

DARK METAL PANEL TO CAP ENDS

BRICK VENEER OVER CENTRAL CLT CORE

TRAPEZOIDAL METAL CORRUGATE

GLULAM BEAMS

VERTICAL PINE WOOD PANELS

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POLYCARBONATE PANELS

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2 ALUMINUM “L” CHANNEL

5-LAYER CLT PANEL ROOF & FLOOR 5” RIGID INSULATION 3-LAYER CLT PANEL WALL 1/2” AIR GAP 3/4” SHEATHING WATER BARRIER COUNTER BATTENS BATTENS 2”x 8” PINE PANELS AT 8” OC CARPET 1/4” ACOUSTICAL UNDERLAYMENT 3/4” PLYWOOD

WALL SECTION AT ROOF 1”=1’-0”

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BATH 83 SF

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BED 02 119 SF

BED 03 132 SF

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BED 03 113 SF

BATH 83 SF

BED 04

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126 SF

BED 02 119 SF

BED 03 132 SF

Temporary Wall Seal

CONFERENCE / WORK 201 SF

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3 Year | Spring 5th Year 2015 Places | London, Prague, Berlin, Barcelona Dublin, Copenhagen, Krakow, Athens, Santorini, Rome, Venice

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Roma

Professor | Brian Kelly

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Mind the Gap

London Study Abroad Mind the gap was a semester focused primarily in London, UK, where we studied works of European architecture intently through the lenses of communication, livework and collection/distribution. This study pushed us to four small studio projects as well as two separate design projects done through mapping. The idea of representation became important, both digitally and hand-drawn as we studied theory on paper architecture and its shifting nature in the profession. This experience has significantly influenced the way I think about architecture and my design process.

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4 Year | Spring 5th Year 2015 Location | London, UK Professor | Brian Kelly Team | Individual

Grow Greenwich The last of the four London studio projects is Grow Greenwich. Aimed to put communication, collection/distribution and live/work together in an all encompassing prototype, the program attempts to provide a space to the area that could bring the community together. Having a prime location next to the Greenwich tube station, the building also attempts to bring in people from outside the community as well, and a great way to bring people to any location is through food. London has many markets and shares a love of street food, however the idea of a full circle experience was one we had yet to come across. The exterior shell of the building would be responsible for partial growth of the food, bringing the venders and the people closer to their food source. From the bottom, up, the building makes its way from public vending, to private living, with things like community space for different types of classes, to office space and research in between. Greenwich has the ability here to have its own market space that becomes a node of destination for all user types, and more specifically to encourage the spread of knowledge.

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Food Growth

Connectivity

Learning Atmosphere

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Greenwich Station

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FOOD GROWTH

OPEN CIRCULATION

INTERIOR PROGRAM

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LIVING

RESEARCH & SMALLOFFICE

COMMUNITY CLASSES

VEND

MARKET VEND

5 Year | Fall 2nd Year 2011 Location | N/A Professor | David Karle Team | Individual

Barcode The barcode project focused on computer skills and design skills through two phases; a manipulation of points to create a continually changing surface, and an augmented surface designed in response to the first phase. Barcodes were specifically designed based upon an individual’s name and other specific criteria. The augmented surface as a secondary design phase was intended to be thought of as able to be occupied at a larger scale, and so blurring the lines between roof and ground was a nuance of intricate thinking.

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6 Year | Fall 4th Year 2013 Location | Lincoln, NE Professor | Peter Hind Team | Individual

The Conduit Located just off of 10th and “Q” street in Lincoln, the conduit explored a unique combination of program in a roughly 250,000 sq. ft. building. Necessary program included an annex to the Sheldon Art Museum, retail space, a public event space with theatre seating, parking and residential units. With this much program concentrated in one area, the main goal of the project is to create a “Q” street community on the southern side of the building. This open plaza space brings all program together through both a flexible programmable outdoor space, as well as a common lobby and vestibule area. The building attempts to occupy more vertical space than ground level, seeking to diminish the hard building edge on pedestrian routes, giving it a seemingly more human scale. In this scheme, “Q” street becomes an extension of “P” street, bringing people to a common place.

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7 6 Year | Spring 6th Year 2016 Location | N/A Professor | Stewart Hicks of Design w/co.

Team | Allison Fejfar, Rachel Plamann

Collage Fiction The Place of Things Collage fiction is a story telling method where a story is accompanied by graphic images in a collage style to accentuate the storyline. In this case, the story is written as an account of some type of architectural presence. In our story, “The Place of Things�, we explore the definition of architecture by questioning its meaning in relation to building material. The story is told through the eyes of a person who is banished from town for having too many things, and upon being banished to the place where all these people go, he comes across the realization that architecture is essentially made up of things in the first place. In this world, the way people use their things becomes architectural, and in a way challenges our most basic ideas of what architecture can and cannot be.

Role: Specifically my role in this project included the writing of the story as well as the making of the images featured in this section.

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A helium filled, gross rubber being was bound to my wrist, cowering in and out of the crowd, making my offensive presence known to the general public. Branded a materialist for my offenses, of which I was naive, afforded me a temporary stay at the un-place place of things my mind had been trained to fear. The “he who shall not be named� of the world. A second time offender was I, for which the office of obsessions ensured my punishment.

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His house disappeared in the holy mess that was his yard and he had been the front runner of the town contest for most accumulated.

The chaos of strewn items gave me the impression he hadn’t been here very long, as just down the corridor I caught a glimpse of something bizarre.

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A chair was no longer a chair to Ms. Ames.

Alone, it barred its own definition. Together, the collector had made them dwelling; defined as how they were appropriated, conglomerated, and made new.

Momentarily associated with material, they created a dense forest of inhabitation for which everyday living was appropriate.

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8 6 Year | Fall 5th Year 2014 Location | Chongqing, China Professor | Mark Hoistad Team | Individual

Link The first phase of this project was the master planning phase, in which we worked in groups to determine the best program and building layout for this near 1million sq. ft. area. The second phase allocated individual projects for different areas of the site, of which, the link occupies the most southern portion, and includes a landscape connection as well as a museum / gallery at the terminus of the footpath. The people of Chongqing’s connection to the water historically is very important, and still is, and so the very foot of the landscape locates a history museum that extends a connection via bridge across the highway and to the water. The building not only becomes an extension of the landscape, but an extension of the water at the crux of where the two meet.

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PERMEABLE

2,756 sq meters TOTAL

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RETENTION

14%

WETLAND ENVIRONMENT

64%

BIOSWALE ENVIRONMENT

22%

SEMI-PERMEABLE

471 sq meters TOTAL

PERMEABLE PAVING

63%

STAIR LANDINGS

37%

NON-PERMEABLE

2,661 sq meters TOTAL

PLAZA HARDSCAPE

40%

MASTERPLAN SHOWING DESIGNED AREA

BUILDING FOOTPRINTS

60%

Museum / Gallery

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SUN STUDIES

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Bioswale permeable

Retention permeable

Permeable Paving semi-permeable

Retention permeable

Retention permeable

Wetland permeable

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BUILDING AS EXTENSION OF LANDSCAPE

MUSEUM | east-west section

CREATION OF THRESHOLD FROM STREET LEVEL

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9 6 Year | Fall 3rd Year 2012 Location | Lincoln, NE Professor | Steve Hardy Team | Nicho Eggers, Shundi Zhan

Shifting Planes Located on the full block between “M” and “N” streets and 10th and 11th, this mixed use project combines retail, residential, and parking. The goal of the project was to create three different levels of occupation; a retail/ parking level, an intermediate level for indoor/outdoor occupation and the residential units themselves. We achieved this by using a raised plinth condition that takes the ground level and pulls it up, allowing the space to be occupied as a community roof space for college dormitories. The use of three distinct towers with strategic voids and offset heights allows for light to penetrate all units in the residential space, and in most cases, the units are receiving almost complete North exposure. A series of four different units are stacked in the most functional way, which also leads to the building’s aesthetic quality.

Role: Tower and unit design, overall floor plan and layout.

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3 ADDED LEVELS OF RESIDENTIAL

MAXIMIZE CORNER SPACE

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9 3 ADDED LEVELS OF RESIDENTIAL

MAXIMIZE CORNER SPACE

Residential Unit Plans 15 x 20

15 x 30 2

BATHROOM

KITCHEN BATHROOM

MASTER BEDROOM BEDROOM

BEDROOM LIVING ROOM

BATHROOM

KITCHEN 1 LIVING/ BED ROOM

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4 POWDER ROOM

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3 LIVING ROOM

Corridor Modification

KITCHEN

15 x 30 Two Story

15 x 30 Two Story (4 bed)

Building Plans

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