MADDOX TOWNSEND PORTFOLIO
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EXHIBIT A+D DESIGN MUSEUM In Collaboration with Studio Gang Helsinki, Finland Spring 2023
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SHELVES A mass-timber new Carnegie Library Springdale, Arkansas Fall 2022
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EMPTY FILLED Terminal 1 Pier D Renovation - Fiumicino Rome, Italy Fall 2023
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PUBLICATION DRAWINGS Professional Work - Studio Gang Santa Cruz, California Summer 2023
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Exhibit A+D Studio Helsinki Architecture + Design Museum (In Collaboration with Studio Gang) Helsinki, Finland Spring 2023 The project is a new proposal for an Architecture and Design Museum on the South Harbor in Helsinki, Finland. The Studio Director was the Dean of the University of Arkansas, Peter Mackeith, and the studio was a collaborative effort with Studio Gang. During the semester, we have had the pleasure of both visitng the Studio Gang headquarters in Chicago as well as the project site in Finland. The concept of the proposal is to become a figural wayfinding point in the city while creating a mixture of traditional top-lit museum spaces and flexible galleries that can provide a range of functions. The figure floats over a more transparent ground plane. The form of the building is defined through a combination of functional requirements of diffused daylighting and a desire to pierce the skyline with a vertical exclamation point. The building is like many of the other prominent buildings in Helsinki in that it only breaks the horizontal datum with the tower element. On the interior, the building is experienced in the orientation in which it sits parallel to the harbor. The proposal is capped by the culmination of the collection within the large tower space that allows zenithal light to cascade down on its exhibition. The galleries provide both black boxes and diffused light conditions with the multilayered sawtooth roof system. Opposed to the darker exterior façade, the interior space is warm and bright, incorporating lighter colors and natural wood tones.. The project aspires to be sensitive and related to its contextual situation while contributing to Helsinki’s design sustainability goals in utilizing mass timber. The project does not provide a completely new proposal for the museum context, but one informed by iterations of museums before and new standards and expectations of museums of the future.
Concept Diagram The buildings orientation and massing is determined by the contextual situation while the roof skylight orientation is determined light.
Elevation The waterfront elevation emphasizes the larger mass that is floating above the transparent ground plane which glows at night
Original Concept Sketch This sketch, drawn at the Studio Gang office in Chicago, represents the birth of the idea of a figural wayfinding tower over a transparent ground plane.
Concept Sketch This early sketch was a representation of the essential key goals of the project. The wayfinding tower, the solar orientation, and the orientation within the harbor
Physical Models Modeling by hand is a key aspect of the Studio Gang process and is something that was adopted in this studio. This modeling was in the form of small conceptual massing models to large scale section models to a 10’x6’ site model of the Helsinki South Harbor
Conceptual Massing Models These models demonstrate an exploration and progression from different massings based on daylighting. The first model (far left) was completed in a charrette at the Studio Gang Chicago Offfice
Longitudinal Section Perspective More traditional museum exhibition spaces are located on upper levels and capped with a tower.
Floor Plans Ground Floor (bottom) includes public program and the upper levels feature a variety of exhibition styles as well as the upper courtyard
Transverse Section Perspective At the heart of the museum is the flexible atrium space (lower levels) and the elevated courtyard (upper levels)
Nature Exhibition - Endless Forest The studio began with designing a series of immersive exhibitions. This exhibition uses mirrors and an integrated column and roof to create an “endless forest.”
Cultural Exhibition - Moduli 225 This is a continuation of the exploration of immersive exhibitions. This exhibition represents a taxonomy of the Moduli 225 House by Juhani Pallasmaa.
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SHELVES Mass Timber Library Springdale, Arkansas Integrated Design Studio - Fall 2022 The project is a new branch library for Springdale, Arkansas. The concept of the proposal is to create a collection of spaces and masses under a singular saw-tooth roof that provides unique lighting conditions based on the programmatic requirements. The building is placed towards the NE corner of the site and along Old Missouri Road. Due to this placement, the building’s two sides have related but split characters. On the East side against the road, the building presents a strong and monolithic metal façade system. On its opposite side the façade system dematerializes, raising up and down against the exterior walls to reveal entry and the mass underneath. During the day, the combination of the metal panel system and curtain wall reveal little about the spaces inside remaining largely opaque. At night, however, the project can be seen in a “new light” as the warmness of the interior wood structure, floor, and roofing system is revealed. The project is organized along a long linear corridor stretching from North to South with indoor and outdoor spaces branching off the bar. These spaces are located based on their necessary lighting conditions. The bar lends itself not only to spatial organization but also to the layout of the buildings systems and amenities. The building attempts to create a new model for a 21st Century library serving the needs of a diverse population.
Hybrid Drawing Workshop A section perspective hybridized drawing in collab with Marlon Blackwell Architects
Floor Plans Organizations of programs off of a central circulation bar
Rendered Bay and Section Model Rendered section isometric of a structural bay with detailing Wood/3D Print/Acrylic Model
Longitudinal Sections - East/West Sections displaying the sawtooth roof and how it relates to the masses underneath. The roof was developed through iterations based on daylight analysis from Climate Studio.
Transverse Section Section and rendering through the auditorium space leading up to the main collection
Building Details The project was largely focused on detailed section and plan drawings. The studio was focused on mass timber details paired with a metal rain screen facade.
Concept Diagram The program of the project is organized within and between masses under a larger roof canopy. These masses are then veiled in a metal “skin”
East/West Elevation Elevation showing metal skin with varying levels of opacity
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EMPTY FILLED TERMINAL 1 PIER D RENOVATION - FIUMICINO AIRPORT Rome, Italy Fall 2023 The conceptual scheme of the project is related to the organization of the Imperial Forum. In a quote from an architectural competition reimagining the forum, it is said that the forum is an interesting and complex sequential game of empty and filled spaces, with a major prevalence of emptiness. It is my opinion that the airport’s program and organization would be more powerful if it relates to the architecture of Rome, which is an architecture of movement from interiors to interiors. The program that I am suggesting for the airport apart from the purely functional necessities of an airport are related to ancient Roman programs in a contemporary context. The basilica as a professional workspace, the forum as the open atrium, the market as the shopping areas, the theater as a large stairwell and auditorium, and the temple as a quiet and contemplative space. Floor One is the primary floor of the project, and includes the level where departures have an entry forum, gate seating, the atrium and central forum, shopping, and the base level of the “temple” and “theater.” The first floor is dedicated to the facilitation of movement along the airport with a central path that compresses and expands lengthwise. Floor Two includes primarily the basilicas, along with more shopping above the atrium as well as the top of the theater. This space is not dedicated specifically to arrivals or departures but can be seen as a place separate from the movement and dynamism of the rest of the airport. It is a place where both arrivals and departures can utilize collaboration and workspaces as well as places of rest. The third floor is dedicated to arrivals, with an arrival corridor running the length of both facades. While this floor includes more workspace, the primary function is to facilitate the movement of arrivals out of the terminal. The façade shifts from a solid travertine rain-screen wall to a large curtain wall depending on the desired interior lighting conditions for each space. A large metal roof hovers above the solid masses and extends out to provide shading on the façade in the summer. It also works in conjunction with a light shelf to provide light deeper into the space in the winter. This new model for an airport aspires to relate to the architecture of Rome not literally, but metaphorically, blending the spatial complexities and programs of the Forum with the contemporary function and logic of the airport.
Axonometric and Floor Plans Axon and plans show the shifting from interior masses to large open spaces modeled after the logic of the imperial forum.
Third Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
First Floor Plan
Transverse Section - Forum Forum is the central space of the project with multilevel shopping and arrival catwalk
Exterior Perspective Exerior facade comprised of curtain wall and a travertine rain screen with a thin metal panel roof hovering above. Gates are made of travertine and provide vertical circulation.
Transverse Section - Basilica Basilica provides a space away from the movement and dynamism of the airport
Longitudinal Section and Elevation Section and elevation reveal the massing logic and how this logic helps to inform the facade
Central Path Diagram The central path expands and contracts framing views of each successive space and creating dynamic interior massing
Temple and Theater Axons The temple and theater are examples of “Roman” programs reinterpreted in the airport to provide additional amenities to travelers.
PROFESSIONAL WORK - STUDIO GANG Publication Drawings - KRESGE College Santa Cruz, California Summer 2023 Drawing set completed at Studio Gang for publications. Set included site plans, floor plans, sections, section perspectives, elevation perspectives, and panoramic perspectives of the Kresge college new developements and renovations completed by Studio Gang. Drawings completed in Adobe Illustrator.
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ACAD Floor Plan and Section The building includes an auditorium and classrooms on three levels perched on top of a large hill in the forest
Perspective and RNEW Plan These drawings include an elevation perspective of the auditorium building as well as a plan of the upper level of new dormitories.
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MADDOX TOWNSEND
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS | Fayetteville, AR 2024 | Bachelor of Architecture | Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design GPA: 3.93 | Honors College Fellow
EXPERIENCE
STUDIO GANG SUMMER INTERNSHIP| Chicago, IL Summer 2023 | Architectural Intern Architectural Internship working collaboratively with Architects and Engineers of nearly all disciplines. Worked with licensed Architects on real projects to create solutions to complicated problems as well as produce documents for clients, contractors, and the public
CROMWELL ARCHITECTS ENGINEERS SUMMER INTERNSHIP| Little Rock, AR Summer 2021 and Summer 2022 | Architectural Intern Architectural Internship working collaboratively with Architects and Engineers of nearly all disciplines. Worked with licensed Architects on real projects to create solutions to complicated problems as well as produce documents for clients, contractors, and the public
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY TEACHING ASSISTANT| University of Arkansas Spring 2023 | Teaching Assistant for Dr. Tahar Messadi Teaching Assistant position at the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design Work including leading tutorials, meeting with students, and organizing class assignments and structure
INSTANT TEAMS SUMMER INTERNSHIP| Remote Summer 2020 | Architectural Intern/Document Editor Paid internship working with Walmart updating branding, paint, signage, and design. Competitive internship focused on a self-paced and isolated work from home
AWARDS
SECOND PLACE IDS PRIZE | Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design SuperJURY May 2023 | University of Arkansas | Fayetteville, AR The purpose of the prize is to celebrate and gain broader exposure to the work of Integrated Design Studio (IDS) and to advance the pedagogical values of the Department of Architecture with respect to design integration, building technology, and sustainability.
ENVISION COMPETITION PUBLIC CHOICE AWARD | Establishing Connections Summer 2022 | StudioMAIN | Little Rock, AR | http://www.studio-main.org/envision This competition was an open competition for a park in Downtown Little Rock. The project had to consider connections to existing context, open public space for all diverse citizens of the city, and the creation of a landmark to be seen from the highway. The proposal won the public choice award for establishing connections, defined as “the project that establishes vital connections for current and future contingencies.”
NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP 2019-Present | University of Arkansas
NATIONAL DISCOVER DESIGN COMPETITION FINALIST 2018 | Chicago Architecture Center | https://discoverdesign.org/2018winners This competition was a national competition centered around a project proposal that changed every year. The project was for a community market in the South Side of Chicago. The proposals had to consider urban renewal, green architecture, access to public transportation, and fresh food and produce accessibility. Solutions to the project statement had to be developed from the empty lot in Chicago all the way to the design of the buildings, interior, and landscape.
SKILLS
Rhino, Revit, Rhino Inside Revit, AutoCAD, Lumion, Enscape, Laser Cutter, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Lightroom, Grasshopper, MS Office Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, 3D Printing