Portfolio and Selected Works
Portfolio and Selected Works
Mia Maddock
Mia Maddock
Mia Maddock Education
Aug. 2023 - May 2028
Aug. 2019 - May 2023
Honors
2023 - Present
2023 - 2027
Activities
Aug. 2023 - Present
Aug. 2023 - Present
Experience
Dec. 2024 - Jan. 2025
Apr. 2021 - Present
Aug. 2024 - Present
Aug. 2023 - May 2024
Skills
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mia-maddock/
The University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas GPA: 3.97 + Master of Architecture + Honors College
Visitation Academy St. Louis, Missouri GPA: 4.5 + National Honors Society + Founder and President of Women in STEM Club
School of Architecture Dean’s List GPA above 3.75
KU Chancellor’s Scholarship Recipient
American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) Active Member
Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority Member
+ Banner Painting Committee assisted in painting banners for various events + Spirit Committee assisted in creating themes and decorations for work week
Hastings+Chivetta Marketing Intern
+ Assisted in entering project photos and content into OpenAsset program
LifeTime Fitness Supervisor, Swim Instructor, and Lifeguard + In charge of 75+ employees, assists with the member experience, and aids with sales for the aquatics program over summer and school breaks
Corpus Christi Catholic School CORE Team Leader Volunteer + Leader for Teenage Youth Group and 8th Grade Confirmation Classes
Natural Ties Volunteer + Helped throw events for Adults with Special Need in the Lawrence Community
3D Modeling SketchUp, Revit, Physical Modeling
2D Drafting Hand Drafting
Rendering Enscape, TwinMotion
Graphics Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator
St. Anne’s Hospital
Inpatient Hospital and Treatment Center in Kapkemich Kenya
The Allen Terraces
Basketball Pavillion and Landscaping outside the iconic Allen Fieldhouse
Chapel of Life
Wooden Model of a Nondenomenational Chapel for Pioneer Cemetary in Lawrence, Kansas
Greenhouse Gallery
Gallery for Visiting Artists with Studios at the University of Kansas
Personal Artwork
My own personal art featuring Portraits, Cityscapes, and Different Buildings
St. Anne’s Hospital
Kapkemich, Kenya
Being located in rural Kenya, this project required sustainable and energy efficient ways of thinking due to the lack of western technology. Connected to a preexisting birthing clinic and on a wellsloped site, there were many challenges in creating useful and convenient access points for entrances. However, the challenge taught me so much about site design, topography, and overall healthcare design.
Some of the design choices I made were also focused around Kenyan culture, such as the colors I chose for my materials. In Kenya, many of their buildings are brightly colored, and though I chose white stucco and stone as the main siding for my building, the bright red terra cotta tile roof and green window frames bring in those bright colors more subtly and also serve as important symbols of healing in Kenyan culture since red symbolizes bravery and green symbolizes good health. These are also two important colors on the Kenyan flag, once again tying back to the culture.
Concept and Floor Plans
Main Level
Structure and Materials
Photovoltaic Panels
Clerestory Roof
Clerestory Windows
Roof
Scissor Trusses
Main Level
Lower Level
Site
Finish Coat
Cement Plaster Brown Coat
Cement Plaster Scratch Coat
Concrete Masonry w/ Flush Mortar Joints
Steel Rods
Terra Cotta Tiles
Locally Sourced Wood
Stucco
Concrete Stone
NE/SW Section
Renders and Precedents
Pediatric Ward Outdoor Dining/Waiting
Dental Suite Path to Courtyard from Existing Birthing Center
Butaro Hospital
The Allen Terraces
Lawrence, Kansas
The goal of this project was to create a basketball pavilion structure that could be placed on the front lawn of Allen Fieldhouse, the most sacred place on KU’s campus. I decided that rather than just creating a pavilion, I wanted to create an environment. By extending the existing terraced seating of the DeBruce Center, I strived to maximize community gathering and added places where students, faculty, etc. could enjoy the outdoors while eating lunch, doing work, or playing a game of basketball.
In addition to the terraced seating, the structure that surrounds the court uses a tensile fabric that could be projected onto. This gives the space another purpose by allowing basketball watch parties to be hosted for away games or people who couldn’t get into Allen Fieldhouse for big games. Overall, this project taught me a lot about steel structure and healped me to develop my Sketchup and rendering skills using Enscape.
East Elevation
South Elevation
Precedents and Symbolism
David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium
Structure and Materials
LED Flood Lights
Asphalt Tarmacadam
Curved Structural Steel
PTFE Fabric
Precast Concrete
Chapel of Life
Lawrence, Kansas
This nondenominational chapel would be placed on a site to the South of Pioneer Cemetary on KU’s West Campus. This cemetary has various professors and people who held important roles in Lawrence, so ensuring that this chapel could be welcoming to all different types of people was very important in the design choices. I wanted to create an inviting space that was enclosed but as one enters the ceremonial space it opens up.
During this project, we focused on using Mass Timber as our material which taught me a lot about different structural elements. Also in designing a chapel, ideas of natural light and bright spaces using environmental factors was another beneficial part of the design.
Precedents Study Models
Structural Choices
Final Model
Greenhouse Gallery
Lawrence, Kansas
This project is created to be a gallery for public use with private studio spaces for visiting artists on campus at the University of Kansas. Being on a very steep slope on campus, creating a building to play into that topography was important. In addition to this, with places to showcase art, the idea of natural daylight rather than sunlight was an important concept to prevent glare. This idea of Northern light led to bigger window openings on the North side and smaller openings with overhangs to the South.
This project was the first real building design I completed, which taught me a lot about daylight vs. sunlight, site design, the importance of separation between public and private, and creating a connection to nature using courtyard spaces. Overall, this building was shaped by nature.
Floorplans and Sections
Project Goals
Working with the site and analyzing the most efficient way to create a building
Creating a space that works functionally and has a path or circulation that makes sense for the user’s experience
Designing a clean separation between both public and private spaces within the building
Making an aesthetic building with functional designs that utilize proper natural lighting
Allowing ventilation and air flow to play a role in the buildings design
Final Models
1/8” = 1’ Section Model
1/16” = 1’
Personal Artwork
One of the main reasons I decided to go into architecture was my love for art and design growing up. I love the idea of creating something from scratch and coming up with new ideas from nothing.
I think that through my passion for drawing, it has taught me so much about shadow, perspective, proportion, color theory, and balance, all things that are necessary to know as an architect. Though I have not had as much free time recently to draw for my own pleasure, it is still one of my biggest joys.
Acrylic Paint and Colored Pencil
Thank you.