ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
2022-2025
MADELYN MYERS
Fifth-Year
Architecture Student
Personal Information
Phone
(260) 438-8946
mpmyers@bsu.edu
madelyn.myers117@gmail.com
www.linkedin.com/in/madelynmyers-71543a24b
Technological Skills
• Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop
• Bluebeam
• DataCAD
• Enscape
• Keyshot
• Lumion
• Matterport
• Revit
• Rhino v. 7
• SketchUp
• ZBrush
College student with a record of academic and extracurricular success. Active in volunteerism and community fellowship where organizational skills, communication, and follow-through enhanced academic performance and character. Works independently and on cross-functional teams.
Education
Honors Diploma Recipient
Leo Junior/Senior High School Leo, IN
Bachelor of Architecture
Minor in Social and Environmental Justice
Attending Ball State University, College of Architecture and Planning
Ball State University Muncie, IN
Anticipated Graduation May 2025
Study Abroad:
• Greece and Turkey
• Germany, Switzerland, and Czechia
Awards / Recognition:
• Ball State University’s Dean’s List 2021
• Member of the American Institute of Architecture Students 2020-Current
• The Rinker Center for Global Affairs Scholarship 2024
Work Experience
Architectural Intern
Design Collaborative Fort Wayne, IN
• Was an active part of a team, focusing primarily on projects in the education market.
• Joined site visits, client meetings, and AIA Lunch & Learns often.
• Experimented with design through sketching, wholistic design, and modeling.
• Produced renderings, construction document details, and presentations for client meetings.
Drafting Intern
Kelty Tappy Design Inc. Fort Wayne, IN
• Primarily drafted construction documents for smaller commercial projects.
• Became familiar with architectural legal processes and insurance requirements.
• Familiarized self with Indiana building codes.
• Responsible for retrieving information through field studies.
May - June 2024
May - June 2025
• The AIA Fort Wayne Scholarship 2024 May 2020
May - August 2023 January - May 2024
June - August 2024
Fall 2022
TRACING FIGURES
Final rendering of sculpture. Created by Author in ZBrush.
This studio project focuses on the relationship of drawing and representation to form and objects. The following project progressed through a series of drawing pinups, physical and digital model studies, and material experimentation. The goal of the assignment was to translate the geometry of a 3D scan mesh of a sculpture into Rhino NURBS surface geometry through a series of elevational curve tracings, extrusions, and boolean operations. This method of geometric production was then converted into a surface geometry that can be mathematically unrolled in Rhino without deformation, so it can be made as a model out of non deformable materials like paper.
Next, experimental materials were applied digitally in ZBrush and rendered with the final geometry.
Texture experimentation paper model. Created by Author by hand.
Render of outer shell. Created by Author in ZBrush.
Render of sculptural detail. Created by Author in ZBrush.
Summer 2023
HARVESTER BUS SHELTER
Presented bus shelter design.
Created by Author in Lumion and Adobe Photoshop.
During a summer internship at Design Collaborative, I worked on a community project that involved designing a bus shelter for the Harvester community in Fort Wayne, IN.
Located on the corner of Jesus Name Church’s property, it was required that the bus shelter provide shelter, increase safety, make use of solar power lighting, and create interactivity.
The design was first started by combining meaningful shapes found in the Harvester community. By combining an arched shape reminiscent of the historic Harvester factory tower window openings and a hexagon found on the church’s repetitive brick façade, I designed a main pattern to apply to the bus shelter’s design. The design would appear in metal perforated panels, which would be cut by students from Fort Wayne Community Schools in a fabrication lab.
Pattern design diagram. Created by Author in Rhino and Adobe Illustrator.
Original design iteration. Created by Author in Rhino.
Presented bus shelter design. Created by Author and Team Member in Lumion.
Site plan of Jesus Name Church property. Created by Team Member.
Spring 2024
LOST SPACES
My returning internship at Design Collaborative included the completion of a research project, which was presented to the office at the conclusion of my internship semester. The project gave me the opportunity to explore my interest of “third places” and to draw upon the resources and expertise of the office. Additionally, my research project was packaged in a presentation suitable for use on the Design Collaborative blog.
The phrase “third places” derives from considering homes to be the “first” places in our lives, and work places the “second”. During my research, I became interested in how this topic would function in a suburban environment, rather than the bustling urban landscape that I had been coming across frequently in my reading material. Thinking about my own suburban childhood experiences in Leo, Indiana, I applied my findings on third places to a vacant banking building near an entrance to my housing addition.
Proposed Floor Plan. Created by Author in Revit.
Rendered northeast exterior view. Created by Author in Enscape.
Render of existing building. Created by Author in Enscape.
Proposed site plan. Created by Author in Enscape.
Southeast exterior render. Created by Author in Enscape.
Northwest exterior view of proposed design. Created by Author in Enscape.
Summer 2024
CAP: MEDITERRANEAN
Each student was provided a sketchbook to document their experiences and reading reflections with on a two-week CAP study abroad trip to Greece and Turkey. The sketchbook was filled with drawings from daily tours that followed the progress of the Trojan War. Along with exploring ancient sites in Greece and Turkey, Greek mythology was frequently referenced and considered.
At the end of the trip, the sketchbook was to be scanned and turned in for class credit. A final analitique poster of the student’s favorite site from the trip was to be submitted as well. My poster focused on the Basilica Cistern in Istanbul, Turkey. In Photoshop, I collaged photos of the two Medusa column capitals, drawings from my sketchbook, the structure’s floor plan, and a modern metal Medusa statue inside the cistern.
Page from travel sketchbook. Hand-drawn in pen, created by Author.
Drawing from travel sketchbook. Hand-drawn in pen, created by Author.
Drawing from travel sketchbook. Hand-drawn in pen, created by Author.
Final analitique of the Basilica Cistern. Created by Author in Adobe Photoshop.
DIPLOMA PROJECT
CONCEPTUAL REVIEW
“Functional Disfunction” combined conceptual study. Created by Author through Photoshop, Rhino, and Adobe Illustrator.
Here is a sample of my beginning conceptual work from the first semester of my diploma project. My thesis questions how abandoned buildings can be repurposed and reimagined in an apocalyptic context. I focused on themes such as the relationship between fear and safety, self-sustaining communities, survival techniques, junk construction, and cultural loss.
The diploma project’s development stemmed from a series of studies. The focus of these studies was to produce ideas quickly, even if they may be strange and abstractly related to architecture. A lot of art came from this phase.
“Anatomy of Fear” study of human stress responses.
Created by Author through charcoal drawings.
Junk construction study.
Created by Author in Rhino and Adobe Illustrator.
“Makeshift Contact” combined conceptual study.
Created by Author in Rhino and Adobe Illustrator.
Spring 2025 DIPLOMA PROJECT SAMPLE
“Retrofitted Abandonment” collaged exterior rendering of Muncie Mall, Muncie, IN.
Created by Author through Photoshop.
A sample of my thesis/diploma project, “Retrofitting Abandonment”, and abstract:
“There is a large number of abandoned structures in the United States—and if they are not yet fully abandoned, there are many structures that are majorly underutilized or possess a program of anticipated abandonment. In our culture, demolition and reconstruction are typically seen as the most efficient approach to architecturally “starting over”. However, surely there are more sustainable alternatives including repurposing existing structures. Theoretically, nearly any building can be reimagined in a way that gives it new purpose while avoiding the common (and wasteful) choice of demolition.
In this project, this thesis bridges our reality with a dystopian, postapocalyptic future in order to weave a narrative that explores the daily patterns and needs of everyday living that must be considered for the continued survival of the human race. Using the Muncie Mall, a local extensively underutilized enclosed shopping mall, this project explores how a self-sustaining community might operate within its footprint, implementing a language of material reuse in order to address contemporary environmental and societal upheaval that threatens our future.”
Munice Mall footprint and main zones of interest: Housing, Farming, and Education. Created by Author in Rhino and Adobe Illustrator.
Munice Mall reimagined program concept. Created by Author in Adobe Illustrator.
Conceptual view of the community hub. Created by Author in Photoshop.
Alternative artwork of Muncie Mall exterior.
Created by Author in Photoshop.
MADELYN MYERS
Ball State University, Class of 2025 College of Architecture and Planning mpmyers@bsu.edu (260) 438-8946