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MICHAEL RIXOM
Michael Rixom
B.Arch. Student
My goal is to further the architecture world through the design of buildings and environments that can be used as precedents for the future of sustainability and community-based design. With my skills I can contribute to a studio team environment and help collaborate to design projects that help not only the company but the community they are designed for. Together we can create spaces that are interactive, creative, and inviting, which will impact the future of our profession
Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw Mountain High School
Science and Math Magnet Graduate
Architectural Intern
Clark Patterson Lee (CPL)
Predesign and Design Projects
Documentation Markups
Studio Team Environment
Italian Restaurant
Working with Customers Required a large amount of Communication skills. Team Building
A Framed Story
Sustainable|Community Center in Marietta Square
Meridian Learning
Education + Research
Building Located on KSU’s Field Station in Kennesaw
Kunyo Tower Graphic Duality
Multi-use Physical Training, Physical Therapy, and Residential Center.
Graphic Art Museum and Studio.
A Framed Story
Location: Marietta, Georgia
Type: Community Center
2024 AIA Georgia Design Awards- Excellence Award
2025 International Design Award- Silver Award
“A Framed Story” serves as a community hub and tells the story of Marietta Square through the use of historical materials. This project looks towards the future of its residents and encourages them to interact with their built environment by creating the gesture of lifting the project’s program above the ground level to foster public space and create social engagement. The project also creates new stories that represent the future of Marietta through sustainability in our water, solar, wind, and material stories. Overall, the project becomes a celebration and the heart of the people of Marietta, Georgia.
PLUMBING AXON
ELECTRICAL AXON
LIFE SAFETY AXON
MECHANICAL AXON
Render Perspective: The Yard
Render Perspective: Perform
Meridian Learning
Location: Kennesaw, Georgia
Type: Education
Meridian Learning Center is located at KSU’s Field Station site just north of the main campus in Kennesaw. Its design is based on the main axis that crosses through the site, and allows for any user (Researcher, Student, Staff, Professor) to move through the building without any interruption. The building also plays with the sharp topography of the site and carves in and out of the site to create an outdoor garden space on the second floor, while allowing for a large classroom and lab space. The building acts as a gateway into the site where the realms of science and research blend with the recreational and educational aspects of the site.
WEST ELEVATION
SECTION A-A
NORTH ELEVATION
SECTION B-B
Kunyo Tower
Location: Gangnam, South Korea
Type: Multi-use
This project is located in the neighborhood of Gangnam in Seoul, South Korea. This area is known for its rich lifestyle and for its immense wealth. The area however lacks physical training centers such as gyms, with the only ones available at schools. This proposal tackles this and more by integrating physical training with physical therapy with residential apartments. This allows for the people in Seoul to have a center where they can receive specialized training or the rehabilitation that they might need, while also replacing the housing that the building replaces. The form comes from an approach on efficient FAR and is designed around the outdoors and exercise. The Ground level has a large integrated park that promotes movement and health, while inversely at the top the large mass allows for numerous residents and raises them high enough away from the noise of the city. The structure is composed of a large thick core which acts as a counterbalance as well as a space frame system to resist against moment forces. Lastly, the façade is composed of mechanical apertures that open and close and is inspired by muscle contractions. This allows for the building to allow maximum natural light to come into the building while being able to close off light due to harsh direct rays.
Design Diagrams
Transversal Section East Elevation
Graphic Duality
Location: Marietta Square, Georgia
Type: Museum
Graphic Duality is located in Marietta Square and acts as a statement to the area. The proposal is an art museum that has the artist’s studio incorporated into the building. The design is inspired by the process of making digital art and then producing it in the physical world. The art gallery space is separated into three sections: an outdoor gallery, an interior gallery, and an underground gallery. The underground gallery is used for displaying digital art, while the outdoor gallery has a permanent art installation of ribbons. The ribbons create the roof of the building with the flowing and wrapping around the form. These undulate and create openings for skylights to let natural light into the gallery and the studio. They represent the digital and physical world with the ribbons above the studio being in RGB, which represents the digital world, and the ribbons above the gallery being in CMYK which represents the physical world. Lastly the side of the building has an interactive kinetic art piece in which users can manipulate them and change the design of the wall. Overall, the project disassociates itself from the brick theme of Marietta square and stands out on purpose in order to express the uniqueness and creativity inside the gallery.
Design Diagrams
Load Walls
Load Walls
Column Grid
Second Floor Plan
First Floor Plan
First Floor Structure
Second Floor Structure
