Undergr aduate Work
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Nicolas Beck
nsbeck@g.clemson.edu
Freshman Studio 2nd Semester
This portfolio is intended to showcase selected projects in an order that shows how I have progressedinmystudiesthusfar.The‡rsttwo projects are dedicated to craft and model making, while the others move into a more digital format where I attempt to bring my work to life through progressively more realistic renderings. Throughout thisportfolio,youwill‡ndthatallofmywork explores a relationship with light and how that can create a unique experience for the user. I hope you enjoy!
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Chapel Analysis 02
Contents
1st Semester
2nd Semester
Junior Studio
Sophomore Studio
1st Semester
Sophomore Studio
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Clemson Design Challenge
Cayce Center for the Arts
Urban Design Project: Oasis
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Design Workshop
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Chapel Analysis Woodland Chapel Stockholm, Sweden Freshman Studio 2nd Semester
This semester, each studio was assigned a famous chapel and was tasked with taking it apart in order to identify what makes it special. The image to the left represents what made this chapel in particular stand out. The architect used the trees that surrounded thesitetoin·uncetheplacementofcolumnsinthe building. The work in this project is dedicated to showing craft and how light plays an important role in any design.
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Void models of main building and adjoining exterior column entryway
Void model of main building capturing dome detail
Void model of main building angle two
Void model of main building
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Design Workshop
Clemson, South Carolina Sophomore Studio 1st Semester
In preparation for the main project of this semester, the design workshop was intended to introduce new methods of thinking about design, utilizing folding, bending, lofting, and hanging techniques. This section is designated to those models in an effort to showcase craft.
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Bending Model
Folding Model
Lofting Physical Model
Blend of lofting and hanging models
Design Workshop
Blend of lofting and hanging models
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Clemson e D sign Challenge Sophomore Studio 2nd Semester
Clemson, South Carolina
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First·oorplan
Clemson Design Challenge
Render looking from the center of the site towards Cooper Library
Render showing a lecture going on in the interior of a pod
Render taken from in front of Cooper Library looking down the site towards the Academic Success Center
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Cayce Center for the Arts Cayce, South Carolina Sophomore Studio 2nd Semester
Designed as a center to address Cayce, SC’s burgeoning arts scene, this project provides a much needed space for creative minds to gather and create. This proposed50,sqftdesignincludesstudiospaces,meetingareas,shops,·extheaterspaces,anartgallery,as project, the building molds around a central core to create a multi-storied space meant for gathering and story telling. The highlight of this design includes a two-level‡replace,providingaccesstothe·extheaterspaceaswellasthebottommeetingarea,trul
Site plan
Cayce Center for the Arts
Section view of hearth and gathering space
Basement·oorplan
First·oorplan
Second Floor Plan
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Cayce Center for the Arts
Exteriorrenderingof‡nalexteriorfacadecomingfromtheparkinglot
Interior rendering of art gallery sitting area
Alternateversionof‡nalexteriorfacade
Interior rendering of entrance lobby
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r U ban design r P oject: a O sis a P rtner: Reece r B own u J nior Studio 1st Semester
Chelsea, New o Y rk
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Urban Design Project: Oasis
Scan for an animated walkthrough of the plaza
Section View from 10th Avenue
Render of Urban Plaza
Level Three
Level Two
Level One
Render Looking from 520 West
Public Space Diagram of First Three Levels by Partner Reece Brown
Urban Design Project: Oasis
Render of High Line Level Lobby Entrance
RenderofProposedLayoutofOf‡ceSpace
Render of Walkway Running Parallel to 10th Avenue
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Render of Building from 10th Avenue
nsbeck@g.clemson.edu nicolassbeck01@gmail.com