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Michael Urueta Condensed Compilation 2017-19
// Personal Information
// Resume
Address: 119 Freedom Drive, Apt. 4, Clemson, SC 29631
// Education:
// Experience:
Born: 12/04/1996
Email: murueta@g.clemson.edu
Bachelors of Architecture + Sustainability Minor Clemson University Expected Graduation Year 2021
Languages: English/Spanish
// Acadimic Achievements:
Phone: (864)420-6156
// Interests
NOMAS Chapter Design Competition Project Coordinator Clemson University Honor Roll Clemson University President’s List // Digital Skills: AutoCad Revit Rhino Sketchup
// Refrences:
Illustrator Indesign Photoshop Concepts
Timothy Brown ................ tb2@clemson.edu Sallie Hambright-Belue .... salliehambright@gmail.com
// Introduction // About Me
Hi, I’m Michael Urueta and I’m a current Second Year Architecture Student at Clemson University. If you had asked me what I would be doing four years ago I wouldn’t have said architecture, I would have said engineering. I realized early in my engineering education that I felt too limited in how to solve problems and that a strictly mathmatical and scientific design process wasn’t for me. I spoke with my dad about possible career paths and he revealed to me that he always thought I would be an architect. This coming from a practicing architect meant a lot to me and I realized he was right. Growing up I played with his design software designing my dream house, built with legos, and sketched until I was forced to go to sleep. Reflecting on this lead me to pursue architecture, as well, I knew I wanted to problem solve through design and in the process create spaces that enhance the way living things experience the world. I’ve found I think best with my hands both in drawing and modeling and this helps me pursue my dream of designing sustainably and this is very important to me. Many of the activities I enjoy doing outside of architecture require a healthy planet to fully enjoy. This is what drives me to make the world a better place to live for every being.
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Building Analysis : Farnsworth House
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The Building Analysis project explored in first year studio provided an understanding of iconic houses in architecture. I was tasked with deciphering Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House. The weekend getaway cabin was situated in the heart of a wooded area about 60 miles outside of Chicago, Illinois in the city of Plano. This cabin in the woods truly is a testament to Mies’s “skin and bones” design concept with glass and steel making up the composition. With walls made of glass, Mies was able to create fluid space that blurred the lines between interior and exterior spaces. The wooded boundry of the property acts as the visual boundry of the interior space. The project has pushed me to read every building with rigorous detail as I have progressed in my Architectural career.
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South West exterior view of the Farnsworth house from a distance
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Emerging from the woods to approach the house
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Viewpoint from the patio of the house
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Inside the house in the South West corner
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On the patio with focus going towards nature
Looking back in the traveled path
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Project One : Asheville, NC
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The large frame timber structure of the Hidden Gem Farmer’s Market reveals all its true qualities with its exposed grain and joinery. Much lke Ashvillians with their commitment to be true to themselves and be some of the most quality people you will meet. The market sits tucked in a corner right outside downtown Asheville, NC. A market developed to give back to its community and bring back a component of Asheville that was loved for so long. The market provides a place to rivitalize the connection between local vendors and their community. The development offers oppurtunities beyond a market with a geometric gazebo that doubles as a stage for peformers. As well green space provides a small park atmosphere to assure that the space is getting its full use.
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Project Two : Charleston, SC
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The Anchor building rests on a hill overlooking the Cooper River and the heart of the Riverfront Park in N. Charleston. It lays surrounded by tree cover and soaks up the early morining and late afternoon sun but provides shelter to the parks vistors during the hottest points of the day. A design focused on sustainability as much as it is on providing a place for creative minds to work. A key component is its geothermal heating and cooling system. With the site having two distinct styles being historical and modern the building literally acts as an anchor for the site paying tribute to the historical while welcoming in the new. The west facade of the building pays tribute to FLW’s Winslow house. Transitioning into the core of the building natural light pours into the space through curtain walls and skylights. Terracotta tiles and stained wood paneling warms the interior while Charleston white walls give a sense of freshness. Never ending views of nature pull the elements closer and provide a sense of place for the building.
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Existing Site:
Proposed Site:
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cobbleStone
Flower Bed
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Fly ash brick
cork Insulation
Extensive Green roof
Leaf Ivy
Shingles
Recycled Aluminum mullions and Triple pane glass
Tabby Concrete
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