A V I D A L L E N
djallen4321@gmail.com
https://www.officialdavidallen.com/ ACHIEVEMENTS
AIA South Louisiana Endowed Scholarship Fall 2020
Edward C. Mathes Endowed
Superior Graduate Student Scholarship Fall 2019 - Spring 2020
Graduate Assistantship
Research Assistant / Teacher’s Assistant School of Architecture and Design Fall 2019 - Fall 2020
The Dean’s Scholar Award
Fall 2018 - Spring 2019
C. Gayle Zembower
Endowed Architectural Scholarship Fall 2019 - Spring 2020
Design Excellence in Architectural Studies: Spring 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018 - Spring 2020
Presidents List: Fall 2016, Fall 2017 - Spring 2019
Tops (Taylor Opportunity Program for Students): Fall 2015 - Spring 2019
Student Government Assoc. Scholarship Fall 2017 - Spring 2019
Black Faculty and Staff Assoc. Academic Award Fall 2016 - Spring 2019
EDUCATION
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Master of Architecture
August 2019 - December 2020
Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies
Magna Cum Laude
August 2015 - May 2019
SKILLS
Revit
Rhino
AutoCAD SketchUp Illustrator Photoshop InDesign Premiere Pro INTERESTS
Health and Fitness
Basketball
Rendering / Graphics
Photography and Travel
WORK REFERENCES
Sefaira
Enscape
Lumion
Samantha Raburn Markham, AIA, NCARB
Associate | Project Architect Stantec Architecture Inc. (214) 473-2608 | Samantha.markham@stantec.com
David Beverly
Architect & General Contractor
db|ARCHITECTURE of ACADIANA, LLC (337) 205-3235 | david@dbarchitectureofacadiana.com
ACADEMIC REFERENCES
Kiwana McClung, Assoc. AIA, NOMA
Associate Professor, Faculty Advisor of NOMAS Chapter School of Architecture & Design (225) 610-0486 | kiwana.mcclung@louisiana.edu
Kari Smith
Interim Director and Professor School of Architecture & Design (337) 482-1341 | kari.smith@louisiana.edu
EXPERIENCE
Internship: db Architecture of Acadiana Lafayette, LA - Summer 2020 Revit Production Work and Construction Documents
Internship: Stantec Architecture Inc. Plano, TX - Summer 2019
SD, DD, Group Project, and Post Production Work
Member: National Organization of Minority Architect Students
Graduate Liaison, Vice President, Volunteer and Service Fall 2015 - Present
Selected Participant: Eskew+Dumez+Ripple Architecture Company
MLK Day of Service
Spring 2019
Employer: Red Lerille’s Health and Racquet Club - Lafayette, LA
Staff and Manager of Snack Bar and Grill
August 2015 - May 2019
Member: Black Male Leadership Association
Scholarship Chair, Volunteer, and Service
University of Louisiana at Lafayette Fall 2016 - Present
Member: Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society (Architecture)
University of Louisiana at Lafayette Spring 2018 - Present
Volunteer and Service: Lafayette Middle School, Lafayette, LA Spring 2016 - Present
Volunteer and Service: Habitat for Humanity, Lafayette, La Spring 2016 - Present
Living within a BLUE ZONE
DaBerry Fresh Market
Tri-Core
Urbanistic Push
Boat Pavilion
Living within a BLUE ZONE
Lafayette, LA
HyperDensity / Sustainability
Adaptive Reuse
Design Excellence Award
204.7DU/AC 604 units 2.95 acres
MAINTAIN COMMUNITY’S CONNECTION TO THE SITE
ADAPTIVE / REUSE
The gradual and near imperceptible shift to unhealthy lifestyles in the United States has led to a health crisis that threatens individuals and the environment. This project fosters cognizant sustainable living in a hyper-dense urban complex that supports mental and physical activity, action, and awareness. A sustainable environment that promotes sustainable living, conscious decision making through versatile active zones, a reverse engineered retail grocery store, and a ecological transportation network.
The residential and office spaces create connection by fostering interaction and communication Active spaces improve physical body strength and cardiovascular performance
Retail spaces offer fresh and highly nutritious food for residents in the building and in the nearby community.
The transportation center encourages alternative modes to navigating the city to reduce reliance on cars.
Water Rejuvenation:
This building takes multiple measures in create a self-sufficient water system for agriculutral and domestic use.
Living Breathing Building:
This building is intentionally carved out in multiple spaces to allow for natural ventitlation
Open-air community bar space. This semipublic space offers a wide range of seating arrangements and amenities across an open floor plan over looking the Lafayette area.
Community fitness zone offers a variety of spaces that cater to the active physical needs of the residents and local community.
Yoga classes are offered in a open air environment filled with vegetation. Greywater treatment and collection assist urban agriculture on site which in turn provides the community with fresh produce.
Underground public space is filled with multiple rental retail spaces for local community businesses, such as food and art.
Vertical climbing public green space activates the entire bottom half of the building with major transportation hub, active zones, and retail.
Blue Zones are regions of the world where Dan Buettner claims people live much longer than average due to healthy life choices and habits. (The Power 9)
Sky-bar, high-class affordable dining in the sky zone with views over the whole region. Angled skylights allow for direct sunlight protection and optimized natural lighting into the space.
Operable windows allow for sustainable living and energy saving through cross ventilation, providing natural air flow and regulated temperatures.
Rainwater is filtrated and cleaned through the green roof vegetation and used for landscape irrigation. Green roof allows for community planting and reduced heat gain to the building below.
Community market offers healthy alternatives for better living habits with on site locally grown produce.
Parking garage is integrated with the community market to allow for local farmers market opportunities.
Rescale the Infrastructure of Transport to an Urban Scale
Supply Hub for Mental and Physical Wellness
This scheme combines 4 effective individual energy massing studies. This massing study is a tool used to discover new points of interest and concern for the overall schematic design. At the
Very efficient residential housing stack.
Linear office building is between the two massings. Still manages to capture the proper amount of daylights for working task.
Well-lit parking garage
Even distribution of daylight across the floor area. The slope integrates skylights to allow for increase daylighting to the interior.
South facade overhang shading device to protect against harmful sun-rays
South facade deep overhang balconies to protect against harmful sun-rays
dark tinted windows to allow for additional solar protection
DaBerry Fresh Market
West End - New Iberia, LA
Health + Wellness Community Sensitive
Adaptive Reuse + New Construction
Design Excellence Award
Through a series of conversations and interviews with local community patrons, this project seeks to capture the heart of mental health issues in the West End. The architectural interventions here are focused on encouraging interaction between community members while simultaneously breaking the barriers of stigma and empowering ‘self’ to promote a healthier lifestyle.
Hopkins St used to be the economic lifeline of the West End (the predominantly low income Black African American). DaBerry Fresh Market is located in a food desert with the closes grocery store being more than a 20 minute walk away. Most community member primary form of transportation is by bike or on foot. DaBerry Fresh Market is vital to the West End community because it offers a space for individuals to escape their everyday trials and tribulations. Many young teenagers refer to working at the Fresh Market as therapeutic offering valuable time for self reflection, meditation, and peace. Carl is the owner of DaBerry Fresh Market and primary caretaker of the site.
“I
Hope Resilience
Mindset
Coming back here really helps keep me calm. School is stressful, and my dad just lost his job. Sorry to hear that. I know what you’re going through, and coming to the market has really helped me get through it.
This really is the perfect spot to get away from everything.
What do you think the kids would like to do today when they get here after school? I think Carl wants to show them how to plant their own vegetable garden.
Joe has been having trouble at school and I think the market could really help him.
I’ll let Carl know, he would love to have him around to help.
How’s your family doing? They’re doing alright. They love the progress and impact the market is making in New Iberia. Yes! It’s just what this community needed.
Cutouts based on site analysis - waterfront/ urban life
Biophilic experience insertion
Educational program cutouts - addition of framed view of park
Biophilic experience added to upper floorresidential units stacked on top
Multiplication of Residential units
Applied shifts to create biophilic experience for residents - additional residential block added
Vehicular and pedestrian access to siteunderground parking garage
Tri-C O RE
Queens, NY
ACSA - Timber in the City 3: Urban Habitats Competition SoAD “Faculty Choice” Award
Re-imagine an ecological mid-rise mixed-use, timber structure on a vacant water front near the east river and Queensbridge park. This project set its focus on creating a model of an elaborate biophilic design space for the city. Innovative technologies in a diverse set of wood types push the narrative of social, urban, and biophilic living.
Timber Benefits
promotes healthy living / sustains the natural life cycle
sustainability/ reduced carbon footprint/ long life cycle /embodied carbon over its lifetime
approximately 5,684 metric tons of co2 stored
approximately 2,821 cars off the road
high fire resistance/ construction efficiency / minimal waste
CONCEPT: HOW CAN THE ARCHITECTURE RESPOND TO THE THREE (TRI) DISTINCT ELEMENTS SURROUNDING THE SITEWATERFRONT - GREEN SPACE (PARK) - URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Glazing System/ Impact Resistant
Cross Laminated Timber
Wall Assembly: Horizontal Waterproof Treated
Wood Siding Panels
1x4 Rainscreen
Metal Lath
Vapor Barrier
1/2” Plywood
1” Rigid Insulation
Batting Insulation
1/2” Gypsum Board
3 5/8” Steel Stud
5/8” Sheathing
Natural Lime Plaster Interior Finish
Community Garden
Across Reduced Construction Time With Prefabricated CLT Paneled Structure
Ply Clt Panels For Exterior Walls
Ply Clt Panels For Interior Walls With Internal Cladding For Better Sound Insulation
Queensbridge Park Boat Access
Urban istic Push
Downtown Lafayette, LA
Comprehensive Studio - Mixed Use Development
Design Excellence Award
TRANSPARENT WALL VIEWS (VISUAL CONNECTORS)
DOORWAYS WITHIN THE WALL
STREET OPENINGS
CONCEPT AND SITE ANALYSIS: THE URBAN WALL
PROJECT: INTENTIONAL USE OF OPENING (WINDOWS, SKYLIGHTS, DOORS, ETC) TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC VIEWS OF DOWNTOWN LAFAYETTE
SENSORY EXPERIENCE WAS PRIMARY IN THIS MID-RISE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. THE PROPOSAL SOUGHT THROUGH MATERIAL, PROGRAMMATIC, AND SPATIAL VARIATION, TO CREATE AN ARCHITECTURE THAT UNEXPECTEDLY SHIFTS USERS THINKING FROM THE EVERYDAY AND MUNDANE TO A GREATER SENSE OF SELF AWARENESS AND JOY.
NORTHEAST
Chicago, IL
Project Infinity has 178 residential units and can house up to 500 residents.
Upscale Units: 54
High Mid-Range Units: 42
Low Mid-Range Units: 26
Micro Units: 56
The Total Enclosed Square Footage of Project Infinity is 388,694 SF.
Urban Mixed Use Development - Barack Obama Presidential Center
NOMA Student Design Competition 2018
Advisor: Kiwana Mcclung
Team Members: David Allen , Sami Jaber, Breanna Booker, Mark Jones, Nguyen Son, Taisiia Kolisnyk, Will Molock, Thad Perkins, Tylor Payne, Quoc Dang, Darrell Landry
Contribution: Rendering, Graphic Style, And Competition Board Layout
The building has 103,751 SF dedicated to Residential space and 106,219 SF dedicated for Commercial space.
The land bridge contains approximately 88,693 SF of greenspace for residents to enjoy.
The project provides the residents of the Woodlawn community with 83,809 SF of community/ recreational space.
The multidimensional and economically diverse development include the creation of multi-modal transit center to connect Woodlawn residents to the greater city of Chicago and the creation of lease space for new, local businesses along with open greenspaces and new healthy living and working opportunities.
Boundless optimism and practical strategies define the proposal for the Woodlawn neighborhood on the south side of Chicago.
Acadiana Residence
Lafayette, LA
This project was a residential home for a couple in the Acadiana, Lafayette area that developed over the course of the summer. My job was to produce the necessary construction document sheets for the permit set while being supervised by the head architect.
Residential Project - Construction Documents
Summer 2020 Intern Project
SUPERVISIOR: DAVID BEVERLY (ARCHITECT AND GENERAL CONTACTOR)
