Undergraduate Portfolio // 2019

O L I V I A P O STO N PORTFOLIO OF ARCHITECTURE 2019

university of tennessee // knoxville college of architecture + design bachelor of architecture magna cum laude graduation // may.2019

615.830.7126 oposton@vols.utk.edu

O L I V I A P O STO N PORTFOLIO OF ARCHITECTURE 2019

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spatial design 07

Strata

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living gallery

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basecamp

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outpost

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self directed research project

mixed media 77

sketches of the city

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oil paint

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spatial design 12.2018

STRATa //datascape preparation

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living gallery //Maker’s identity

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basecamp //urban wilderness

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outpost //nest prototype

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self directed Research project //palimpsest in ruin

S T R ATA //

datascape preparation Cullen sayegh professor andrew madl autumn 2018

This project investigates and critiques the way in which water is collected, stored and handled in Florida.

As the sea levels continue to rise, the depth of the aquifer in Florida becomes smaller, and therefore, more susceptible to contamination. The objective of this project is to find an alternative way to collect and distribute water to the expanding adjacent city of Ocala.

Throughout Ocala National Forest, a series of desalination pods are installed based on four location factors: elevation, tree coverage, proximity to bodies of water and soil porosity. Ocala National Forest envelopes Pinecastle Bombing Range, one of the only military bases in the United States to practice live bombing on site. In this scenario, the training will concentrate bombing to the locations specified and the craters created from this training exercise will collect water, desalinate it and send it

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to the adjacent city of Ocala.

ocala national forest site visit

Floridian aquifer relationship

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water concentration study

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OCKLAWAHA RESERVOIR

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LAKE

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LAKE CHARLES

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LAKE WEIR

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serial section study

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ocala national forest site plan

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ST. JOHN’S RIVER 29°N 39’

CRESCENT LAKE 29°N 36’

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KERR

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LAKE GEORGE

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PINECASTLE BOMBING RANGE

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LAKE DORR

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LAKE TRACY

LAKE GRIFFIN

four elevation zones

drainage systems

elevation planting plans

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geofoam datascape model

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bomb crater impact

industrial impressions

redirected drainage flow patterns

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DELRAY BEACH

JUPITER ISLAND

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DUVAL COUNTY

PANAMA CITY BEACH

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BEACH RESTORATION PROGRAM FACILITIES OF CONCERN

STORM SURGES

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desalination pod detail scale

military process

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sand excavation process

desalination pod detail axon

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human interaction process

livi n g gallery //

maker identity mason bolen + nathan dutch professor ted shelton in collaboration with benton johnson autumn 2017

“The goal of the Timber Tower Research Project was to develop a structural system for tall buildings that uses mass timber as the main structural material and minimizes the embodided carbon footprint...�

-SOM Initial Research Report // 2013

A derivative of this structural timber research, the Living Gallery proposal combines the need for housing in Nashville with the recently developed research for building towers with timber.

The ground level is dedicated to the makers of the city. Studios available to rent, displays for food and dancing studios are located here to draw attention to the artisans of the city.

Ten residential floors are located above the mixed use to accommodate up to 220 Nashville residents. All integrated mechanical systems are hidden within storage walls that are tailored to each unit so that the timber ceilings are left exposed.

This project was nominated for the AIA Middle Tennessee

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Fourth Year Design Award.

downtown nashville site visit

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Each section of the ground level is devoted to a different form of craft: culinary, studio or otherwise. This engagement is intended to open a conversation between all disciplines in artisan communities.

To accommodate a dramatic elevation change, the interior of the mixed use galleries are divided by gently rising platforms. The overlapping platforms continue to the public courtyard on the north portion and onto the adjacent

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property.

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B.01 // location plan

B.02 // site context plan

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gallery of maker studios

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residential level a

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b.10 micro-housing unit //

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tailored storage walls //

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b.12 // two level units

b.13 // multiple person unit

BASECAMP //

urban wilderness professor michael a. davis spring 2017

In Knoxville, the disorder of the wilderness and the order of the city clash at the edge of a single boundary. The urban wilderness of Ijams Nature Center falls onto that border of what is developed and what is untouched.

Unfortunately, the current condition of Ijams has very little directionality or infrastructure. This proposal is spurred by the need for visitors to feel safe and protected as well as the desire to explore the parks.

The points of interjection at the site lie along the quarry edge and the tree line, the beginning of the trail heads at the quarry.

Boardwalks introduce the visitors to the site and guide them towards the attractions of the site while the programmatic objects

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respond to their movement.

ijams nature center site visit

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c.01 footing detail //

c.02 header detail // c.02

c.03 site plan on the quarry’s edge //

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kiosk elevation //

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layers of materials

layers of elements

The quarry is in a very delicate ecological region. In order to minimize the human footprint on the site, it rests on top of the earth, elevating the program of the site. Every tree is kept on the site, the path of the visitor and the architec-

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tural intervention follows the path of existing trails and tree line.

kiosk at the human scale

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The second portion of this project is devoted to the architecture that rests in the tree line. In terms of materiality, it is heavier and more durable than the kiosks that line the quarry edge, but interacts with the earth in the same manner. The buildings are fragmented by a winding pedestrian pathway that follows the existing forest edge.

c.08 // entry to the boardwalk

c.09 // boardwalk assembly

c.10 // fragmented forms

c.11 // site plan in the woods

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natural boarders

connecting the fragments

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c.14 // bones + shell

c.15 // ijams hostel

outpost //

nest prototype amanda adedire professor michael a. davis spring 2017

The urban wilderness can best be described as the influence and guidance of man on a controlled region of land. The parks of Ijams lie just outside the streets of Knoxville, however one is seldom disturbed by the noise or light of the city.

This momentary nest is for the weary traveler who seeks shelter for the night. The transition from the wilderness to structure is made effortless from the many layers in place. Once inside the doors, the thick exterior shell gives way to an intricate wooden truss network. These thin members shelters the inhabitants and therefore the hearth of the nest.

Henry Ijams, the founder of the parks, was once an avid bird enthusiast, spending his time on the land searching and observing the variety of birds. With this image in mind, this outpost serves as a nest prototype for all travelers, serving as protection

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and sanctuary for the night.

forks of the river park site visit

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This project is first experienced in the light of dusk. Visitors enter the nest prototype after a tiring day of traveling and exploring.

Like a lantern, the nest illuminates in the night.

In the morning, the sunrise is diffused to gently wake the visitor.

A moment of direct sunlight enters through the sliver where the

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roof lines do not meet one another.

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d.01 // outpost in the morning

d.02 // site context plan

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south approach

east aproach

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d.05 form study model //

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lateral + vertical thinking //

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outpost in the evening

SELF DIRECTED PROJECT //

PALIMPSEST IN RUIN professor JENNIFER AKERMAN Autumn 2018

There is no room in our contemporary world for dust, dirt, and other such uncomfortable things.

As a result, we do not know how to live with our ruins and decay because we do not know how to inhabit them. Architecture that has fallen into ruin becomes an object on a shelf, a picture to be framed. The value of its previous layers are lost to the modern age.

This proposal will address the ways in which one activates and engages with undervalued artifacts of decay in rural America.

Is there a condition in which patina and palimpsest coexist?

Is dust valuable in architecture?

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In identity?

OVERLAY OF “NOSTALGHIA”

MATERIALS liquid latex (black) india ink ceramic coffee mug

TIME 1 : 00 : 00

FINAL DIMENSIONS 6” x 12”

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10 . 08 . 18

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MATERIALS (white) Styrofoam Acetone

TIME 0 : 08 : 00

FINAL DIMENSIONS 4” x 4” x 4”

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10 . 23 . 18

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PALIMPSEST IN MONTAGE

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mixed media 05.2018

sketches of the city //travel sketchbook

08.2017

oil paint //seasonal study

Sketches of the city //

travel sketchbook professor davide vitali spring 2018

Outside of a studio course and several history seminars, my time abroad in Rome, Italy was spent exploring the urban fabric of the city and improving the ability to analyze and accurately sketch on site. The following compositions are taken from the

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sketchbook used during the class, “Architecture of the City.�

trajan’s market detail

A.01 arch of constantine // A.02 chiesa di gesu // A.03 former mint of rome //

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A.04 campidoglio void //

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final project: thread of memory

o i l pa i n t //

seasonal study summer 2017

The yellow paint stain on the carpet upstairs makes my mother quite angry. So does the blue one on the bookshelf.

Never has she told me to stop painting.

Only to stop painting the furniture.

The following pieces were featured in August 2017 at the Good

Cup in Franklin, Tennessee as a part of their artist of the month

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display.

re-purposed cigar box

A.01 hay bales in summer oil on canvas

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A.02 lightning bugs oil on canvas

A.03 morning dew oil on canvas

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A.04 snow tracks oil on canvas

615.830.7126 oposton@vols.utk.edu

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