Leeanti Coleman's Natural_Lee Portfolio

Leeanti Coleman

Architectural Portfolio

Resume Page 3 Studio work: Shades of Lux, Champaign IL, Pages 4-7 Senior Year Design Studio

Unity Towers, Chicago IL Pages 8-10 Junior Year Design Studio

Harmonic Gardens, Allerton Park, Monticello IL, Pages 11-13 Junior Year Design Studio

ACE Mentorship Program: Ufarm IIT, IIT campus, Chicago IL, Pages 14-15 ACE Mentorship Program, Teaching Assistant

Santa Lucia Catholic School, Chicago IL, Pages 16-17 ACE Mentorship Program, Student Designer

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Leeanti S Coleman Jr. Background Hello, I am Leeanti Coleman, a fourth year architecture student at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. My goals for my future career in architecture is improve inner city neighborhoods on the residential and commercial level.

I equate solving these issues with being a hero from a comic book. To be a smart, problem-solving hero is also to be an architect.

Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies 2016-2020

Work Experience Blackline Supply 2017-2019 Architectural Sales Associate Advise students project materials, serve as a student resource, and operate a cash register and stock June-August 2018 ACE Mentorship Program Design Build Teaching Assistant:

Taught Arch. software to H.S. students

Create project and budget schedules

Create architectural drawings Chicago Park District June-August 2019 Architecture Disability Policy Intern:

-Make exact measurements and determine whether a Chicago Park is ADA acceptable.

-Drafted site plans for ADA survey

High-School Experience

Sketchup Revit Autocad Adobe Creative Suite Microsoft Office

ACE Design-Build Workshop Student Intern June 2015-August 2015 June 2016-August 2016 The design-build workshop is a unique summer apprenticeship program that immerses students in a 7 week, hands on, community design project. While being a student in this program, I designed various bench designs and playground with my highschool peers during my two semesters. I learned Autocad and Sketchup through this program and I contributed to the creation of construction documents.

Involvement

Honors and Achievements

Technical Skills

PROJECT PIPELINE

May 2017-August 2017 Volunteer Mentor Created by the National Organization for Minority Architects We guide students through all stages of design using provoking and fun exercises. By the program’s conclusion, students present a fully realized design project that addresses an issue in their city.

Contact Information

leeantic.lc@gmail.com +1 (773)-552-1368 https://issuu.com/leeantic https://www.linkedin.com/in/leeanti-coleman

ACE Mentorship Program Scholarships:

ACE Design-Build 2015: $1200

ACE Design-Build 2016: $1200 ACE Highest Honor Scholarship: $5000 ComEd Engineering Scholarship: $200

Shades of Lux Champaign, IL

Senior Design Studio Capstone Project

Goal: Schematic design and development of a small-scale boutique hotel emphasizing the integration of the basic elements of building; materials, details, structure, technology, program, life safety, and universal design.

Approach: While analyzing the site plan of downtown Champaign, I denoted two important elements at play: Verticality and Light. In a dense urban context, space is limited and property lines make it difficult to expand outward, so the only solution is to go up. As the building gets taller, light and how it affects the space also becomes an important denotation. I will use different lighting strategies and material properties to create a gradient of light on the exterior facade of my building and emphasize verticality with an interior atrium at the center of the hotel.

Revit

Exterior Perspective view from South Neil St.

Floor Plans

Zone UP

UP

Gaming room

G

Service Closet

V ending

Zone

F

UP DN

UP DN

2

Level 2 1/16" = 1'-0"

Mail Room

Programmatic Diagrams

Concept Diagrams

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Service Closet

Structural Diagram

Reception Desk

Programmatic Diagrams

Manager's Assistant Manager's O ce

UP

UP

Restaurant

UP

DN

Ground Floor

UP

Mechanical Room Storage

Service Closet

Boiler Boiler

Air handling Unit Chiller Chiller

Laundry

Employee Locker room

UP

5'

20' 10'

Elevation

Elevation

Aluminum Casing 6" Rigid Insulation Panel Framing System

Level 7 75' - 0"

BATTE Insul.

Gypsum Board

Air/Moisture Barrier Rigid Insul. 2.5" 1" GFRC Panel

Level 6 63' - 0"

Sliding door with insulating glass

Railing

Level 5 51' - 0"

Steel Balcony Frame

Programmatic Diagrams

Level 3 27' - 0" Panel Framing System

Gypsum Board

Interior Guestroom, Queen Bedroom

BATT Insul.

Exterior Sheathing

Air/Moisture Barrier Rigid Insul. 2.5"

3' - 6"

1" GFRC Panel

1

Floor Plans

Typical Guest Room 1/4" = 1'-0"

Concrete Floor tiles

3" Rigid Insul.

Level 2 15' - 0"

Aluminum Casing

Diffuser

Duct

Double Glazing Low-E Window

Suspended Gypsum Panel Ceiling

3' - 0"

4' - 8 9/16"

5' - 8"

1

Typical Queen Bedroom 1/4" = 1'-0"

Sections

Ground Floor 0' - 0" CLT Heavy Timber Floor Slab

1.5" Rigid Insulation

Level 7 75' - 0" Level 7 75' - 0"

Level 6 63' - 0"

Level 6 63' - 0"

Level 5 51' - 0"

Level 5 51' - 0"

Level 4 39' - 0"

Level 4 39' - 0"

Level 3 27' - 0"

Level 3 27' - 0"

Level 2 15' - 0"

Level 2 15' - 0"

Ground Floor 0' - 0"

Ground Floor 0' - 0"

Basement -15' - 0"

Basement -15' - 0"

Basement -15' - 0"

FOUNDATION WALL

1

1

Transversal Section A / " '

1

Longitudinal Section B 1/16" = 1'-0"

Wall Section 1/2" = 1'-0"

Junior Year Studio: Design and the City

Physical Model

Elevator Mechanical Accountanting Office

Office

Men's Restroom

Women's Restroom

Cafe

Secretary's area

Director's Office

Assistant Director's Office

Third Floor Plan

Elevator Mechanical

Small Assembly Room

Men's Restroom

Programmatic Diagrams

Women's Restroom Storage

Interior Render

Computer Area

Programmatic Diagrams

Concept Diagrams

Large Assembly space Library

Knowledge

Art Community

Base

Kenyan Flag: Mimic the two separate entities being brought together by vertical

Pull Apart: Divide the building into three pillars to visually represent the different tiers of culture; knowledge, art, and community.

Connectivity: To show the concept of unity, bridges and stairs are placed throughout the building to connect spaces together.

Second Floor Plan

Programming: To show the division of culture coming together, the 3 spaces will be divided up into the three pillars of culture; knowledge, art, and community.

Service Dock/ Elevator

Men's Restroom

Women's Restroom

Restaurant Lobby

Urban Scale Elevation

Ground Floor Plan

Harmony Gardens Location: Allerton Park, Monticello, IL

Goal: To create an artist village inside of a Research nature preserve.

Approach: The Harmonic Gardens is a new axial addition to the Formal Gardens in Allerton. The Harmonic Gardens is an artist village that leads down into a sunken pavilion that includes 8 modular homes and an outdoor art studio.

North View Exterior Render

Scale 1/32” Physical Model

Section Model Scale 1/12”

SITE PLAN 1/16”-1’-0” SCALE

HARMONY GARDENS Allerton Park, Monticello, IL

Programmatic Diagrams

Concept Diagrams

Carving into the landscape

Rhythm throughout the axis

Creating harmony from the contextual environment

Adding a new sculptural axis to the Sunken garden

1/8”=1’-0” SCALE

UFarm IIT Chicago, IL

ACE Design-Build Workshop: Teaching Assistant

Goal: Teach highschool students how to use architectural software and concepts to create an information display space for the Ufarm at Illinois Institute of technology at Chicago.

Approach: We created a leisure/informational display space that plays on the concept of what a “leaf� is. The display space captures attention and interest about the farm just like a leaf captures water and shade. The display gives information on how the tech farm works and when it was created by the college.

My role was teaching the students how to use digital three-dimensional modeling software and to render out the final design for the presentation boards.

, Sketchup

Pencil Drawing of Concept

Physical Concept Model

Photorealistic Rendering of display panels and bench

Finished Project of “UFARM IIT”, IIT, Chicago IL

Santa Lucia’s Playground Chicago, IL

ACE Design-Build Workshop: Student Intern

Goal: To learn how to use architectural software and concepts to design and construct an educational learning space for a small catholic school.

Approach: The school wanted an area for reflection/prayer time for their students so we designed a couple benches and garden areas to be used for this purpose. We wanted to include sustainability in our approach for the space so we reused the broken concrete of the old site and used it as filler for the gabion benches.

Sketchup

Santa Lucia Catholic School’s Educational Playground

Checkerboard Flooring I designed and installed

Reflection/Prayer area

Before and After of Santa Lucia Catholic School’s Educational Learning Space, Chicago, IL North View of Completed Educational Learning Space

Thank You.

Leeanti S Coleman Jr.

leeantic.lc@gmail.com https://issuu.com/leeantic

https://www.linkedin.com/in/leeanti-coleman +1 (773)-552-1368