Pierson John Allston Graduate Portfolio Selected Works 2015-2017
Pierson John Allston Master of Architecture University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Graduate Portfolio - Selected Works 2015 -2017
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Table of Contents
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Institutions Studio Institutions Studio Fabrication Representation Propositions Studio Propositions Studio Propositions Studio Practice Sessions Integrative Studio Integrative Studio
Eisenhower Presidential Library Precedent Study Potowatomi Presidential Library The Chrysalis - Steambending Joiners - Oblique Triptych Projection Jumbo Blocks + Kindergarten Bizau Precedent Study Wood Blocks + Timeshare Kindergarten Precedent Study Shimmed Intersections - Carolineskolen School Pixels + Voxels + Sphixels + Dots + Dashes Outposts - Augmented-Reality Technological Frontier Porous Courtyards - Detroit High Density Housing 1
Precedent Study A Presidential Library - Fall ‘15 Eisenhower Presidential Library Abilene, Kansas Institutions Studio - Craig Wilkins Over the years, presidential libraries have become an important vehicle to allow presidents to take a stance on personal issues. Presidential libraries present an opportunity to remain on the world stage and to speak in a manner denied while in office. Libraries do not simply house documents; they house a presidency – an image, a philosophy, a vision, a legacy. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s presidential library and campus was the focus of this precedent study. Diving into program proximities, as well as the change in use and interest in the library. Looking at past Presidential Libraries and their course of adaptation to the times is imperative in designing one for the future. How have these past libraries stood up to the test of time, and how do people use them today in the prevailing age of computers? Eisenhower’s campus split up the times of his life, as well as program, into entirely separate buildings, while using local materials and classic vernacular. Using the spatial lessons and program sizes as examples, Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Presidential Library serves as an example of splitting up, and separating program into Private, Public, & Personal spaces to allow for maximum flexibility for the users of the library. 2
LIBRARY
DWIGHT D. PRESIDENT
Kansas State A Albiene, KS (1
LIBRAR PRECED
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY
SOUTH LibraryELEVATION South Elevation SCALE: 1/32” = 1’-0”
Scale : 1/40” : 1’0”
Elevation
Kansas State Architect Albiene, KS (1962)
LIBRARY PRECEDENT Local Native American
Local Smooth-Cut Locally Kansas Sourced Smooth-Cut Limestone Block Block Kansas Limestone
Local Native American Hand Carved Walnut Paneling Hand Carved Walnut Paneling
CODE & CIRCULATION
Occupancy Types Archives/Research Building Services Office / Administration Portico Elevation PORTICO ELEVATION Public Space SCALE: 1/16” = 1’-0” Scale : 3/64” : 1’0” Restroom Circulation
18,747 SF 2,000 SF 7,737 SF 5,576 SF 850 SF 9,810 SF
TOTAL AREA
44,450 SF
Locally Kansas Sourced Local Limestone Rough-CutBrick Rough-Cut Kansas Limestone Brick
PUBLIC PRIVATE
DWI PRE
LIBRARY 32’
Kans Albie
28’ Computer 538 sq. ft.
SCALE: 1/32” = 1’-0” Stacks
circulation LIBRARYCirculation 9,810 ft2 2 9,810 ft
5,977 sq. ft
Lobby 1,749 sq. ft.
D COD
SCALE: 1/32” = 1’-0” 256 sq. ft.
MUSEUM Interior Courtyard
Auditorium 1,375 sq. ft.
102 sq. ft.
215 sq. ft.
2,547 sq. ft.
Kitchen 560 sq. ft.
Archives/Research archives / research 18,747 ft2 2 18,747 ft
Restrooms restrooms 22 850 850 ftft
Mechanical 546 sq. ft.
LIB PR
135 sq. ft.
AV 354 sq. ft.
55 sq. ft.
165 sq. ft.
390 sq. ft
Circus A Pre
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FIRST FLOOR First Floor SCALE: 1/32” = 1’-0” : 1’0” Scale : 1/64”
21%
Stage 354 sq. ft.
390 sq. ft.
Storage
Occu Archi
Buildi Taubman Co Office Urban Plannin Public ARCH 55 Restr
Receiving 1,298 sq. ft.
160 sq. ft.
188 sq. ft.
Photolab 1,125 sq. ft.
188 sq. ft.
152 sq. ft.
Conference 778 sq. ft.
% of Egres Egres Sprin
140 sq. ft.
Cons IIIA: N
2% Public Space public space 2 2 5,576 5,576ftft
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44,450 ft2 44,450 ft 13%
42%
Acce Full Gallery 1,280 sq. ft.
LIBRARY
Mechanical 314 sq. ft.
Stacks 4,792 sq. ft.
128 sq. ft.
65 sq. ft.
5%
Office/ Administration office administration 22 7,737 7,737 ftft
105 sq. ft.
Open to Below
150 sq. ft.
Meeting 856 sq. ft.
Open to Below
Mech 178 sq. ft.
17%
Conference Room 680 sq. ft.
D P
85 sq. ft.
K A
Director 685 sq. ft.
L P
250 sq. ft.
75 sq. ft.
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Archive Textual Storage 1,583 sq. ft.
Buildingservices Services building 2 2,000 ft 2 2,000 ft
SECOND FLOOR SCALE: 1/32” = 1’-0”
Office Research 1,729 sq. ft.
Office 370 sq. ft.
Office 370 sq. ft.
Office 370 sq. ft.
Office 370 sq. ft.
Office 310 sq. ft.
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Drawings prepared by: Pierce Allston Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning - University of Michigan ARCH 552 “Institutions” Fall 2015
A Pre si d e n t i al L i br ar y
FIRST FLOOR First Floor SCALE: 1/32” = 1’-0” : 1’0” Scale : 1/64”
restrooms 2 850 ft
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Kansas Albiene
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PERSONAL
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SITE PLAN SCALE:
1/128” = 1’-0”
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Menominee Library Firsts 1st - Fall ‘15 Native American Presidential Library Interior, South Dakota Institutions Studio - Craig Wilkins With retirement, former presidents are able to speak freely, compared to when they were in office. Constructing a past in a manner most favorable, former presidents and their libraries provide insight into a person, a tenure and a nation. Presidential libraries allow presidents to tell their own stories, in their own words, in whatever manner they chose. The project speculates about a library following the tenure of the nation’s first Native American president, Chequah Menominee of the Potowatomi Tribe. It investigates what the ‘Firsts 1st ’ presidency might tell us about being American, and how architecture might or might not help make those stories legible by following the fictional life of Chequah Menominee of the Potowatomi Tribe of Crandon, Wisconsin. The layout of the presidential library is prescribed by the quadranted medicine wheel of the tribe. Slices are trimmed and stacked based on program, splaying the masses as to open up into the mountains to the west of the site. Just as the communal circular forms found in Potowatomi Tribes, the circular entrance lobby joins the west and north wings of the library that keep the library and museum separated. 4
COSMOLOGY COLLAGE
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First Floor
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75’ 150’
Chequah Menominee Presidential Library Pierce Allston Wilkins Studio - First’s First
Initerior Perspective
Drawings prepared by: Pierce Allston
Perspective in North Library Wing
Massing Model in Site Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning - University of Michigan ARCH 552 “Institutions” Fall 2015
A Pre s i d e n t i a l L i b r a r y
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The Chrysalis Steambending - Fall ‘15 Fabrication - Asa Peller Team: Amanda Asher, Guannan Liu The Chrysalis is centered around the idea
the chrysalis that wood members would emerge from andchrysalis converge to around singular points, giving The is centered the idea that wood members would emerge from and converge to singular the illusion of compression and tension points, giving the illusion of compression and tension along the final form. The jig designed to along the final form. be easily disassembled within the frame-
The jig was designedinterfering to be easily disassembled the work, without with thewithin overall framework, without interfering with the overall structure. It consisted of where reverse mirItstructure. consisted of reverse mirrored triangles, measured points the perimeter were used as connection roredalong triangle, where distinct points along ponts for the steam-bent wood to cross through.
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Final Form
meter were used as connection ent wood to cross through.
paid to the connections at either ood members come together in an tion, giving the sense of returning to
Original Concept Sketches
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Clamping Freshly Steamed Sticks
Bundled Legs Clamped in Groups
Joiners Oblique Triptych Projection - Winter ‘15 Representation - James Michael Tate Etch-itecture Section Starting by taking twenty-four pictures of the same chair, three collages were formed by arranging & organizing similar characteristics; aligning the parts of the chair in each picture with a similar part of the chair to add fluidity, ie. attempt to follow the views of elevation, perspective and plan. After scanning the photo collages, a 2D representation was created from the collage, by use of linework, following the artistic style of John Van Hamersveld. Next, the line drawing was populated with color, gradient, and pattern. These layers were then projected onto individual planes. Through a process of stencils and screen printing techniques, the colors and patterns were transferred onto separate sheets of acrylic. These sheets were then aligned on rods horizontally, and spaced evenly. The flat layers that once existed in Illustartor, lining up seamlessly with each other, have now been separated. While looking straight ahead, the layers no longer line up with one another. The process of translation through the varying mediums brings to light some of the defining characteristics of each of these steps in design and representation.
Original Photo
2D Vector Translation
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Stacked Acrylic Model
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Building Blocks - Winter ‘16 Standard Unit Wooden Blocks Timeshare Kindergarten - Jure Kotnik Architects Studio - Jonathan Rule blocksPropositions are an excellent
hat teaches basic Standard Unitmath Wooden Blocks are an nal & excellent sequentialopen-ended skills, play tool that math concepts, organifittingteaches pieces basic together zational skills, and his stimulates creativity spatial relations by fitting maintaining pieces together in varying ways. skills while Šmartno Timeshare Kindergarten was 1.375”,designed 2.75” and 5.5”. to encourage interaction, peer & self-learning by merging previously poorly used spaces, into an open & flexible floor plan. Together, they allow for quick changes, and utilize nesting for maximum flexibility & efficiency.
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Standard Unit Blocks Standard Unit Wooden blocks are an excellent open-ended play tool that teaches basic math concepts, organizational & sequential skills, and spatial relations by fitting pieces together to form their vision. This stimulates creativity and hones basic motor skills while maintaining the unit dimensions of 1.375”, 2.75” and 5.5”.
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Shimmed Intersections Elementary School Addition - Winter ‘16 Carolineskolen School - Copenhagen, Denmark Propositions Studio - Jonathan Rule Building blocks and their uses vary by age and maturity. Some lock into place, solidifying a connection, while others are simply stacked on one another. Shimmed Intersections building blocks creates union of both, by using gravity and friction as a means of connecting and placing the blocks. Three differently sized shims take a twist on the conventional stacking of building blocks as users must be able to balance and use the blocks as shims. These create unorthodox block building surfaces, that can be angled whichever way the blocks decide to stand. In contradiction to the way the blocks can be stacked, the storage box organizes the blocks, making it easy to see which blocks are left by using pegs and shims. Three main wedge forms are stacked side by side, each constituting separated program. The forms’ orientation is rotated, then flip-flopped, allowing for program that cuts into the site that are clad in different materials that help designate the space’s program, as well as horizontal expansion scale part / whole delineate the school’s grade levels that assist in the fluidity of the site and the school addition. The students of this studio all contributed work into a single publication, setup and edited by myself. 14
Exploded Axon
centrality
centrality landscape
Building Blocks Spatial Stacking landscape
cluster cluster
materiality materiality
volumetric
Kindergarten
Solrosen Kindergarten
Tezuka Architects
Paletten CEBRA
Giancarlo Mazzanti
Shimmed Intersections
centrality
volumetric
transparency fluidity
Scholen Fuji Kindergarten Tezuka Architects
Herman Hertzberger landscape
transparency
cluster
fluidity
horizontal expansion
Dorte Mandrup
Giancarlo Mazzanti
Timayui Kindergarten
Archivision Hirotani
scale
materiality volumetric
horizontal expansion
scale
model config 1
SUGAWARADAISUKE
Yutaka Kindergarten
model config 3
transparency fluidity horizontal expansion
scale
part / whole
part / whole
Building blocks and their uses vary by age and maturity. Some lock into place, solidfying a connection, while others are simply stacked on on another. Shimmed Intersections building blocks creates union of both, by using gravity and friction as a means of connecting and placing the blocks. Three differently sized shims take a twist on the conventional stacking of building blocks as users must be able to balance and use the blocks as shims. These create unorthadox block building surfaces, that can be angled whichever way the blocks decide to stand. In contradiction to the way the blocks can be stacked, the storage box organizes the blocks, making it easy to see whch blocks are left by usings pegs and shims.
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Dorte Mantrup
Råå Day Care Center
COBE
Smørblomsten Kindergarten
UID Architects
Peanut School
MAGK illiz
Childcare Centre Maria Enzersdorf
COBE
Forfatterhuset Kindergarten
Dorte Mandrup
the program
Ama’r Children’s Culture House
Archivision Hirotani
Leimond Nursery School
Herman Hertzberger
Montessori School Delft
COBE + NORD
Prinsessegade Kindergarten
Arne Jacobsen
Munkegaard Scholen
CEBRA
Children’s Home
Råå Day Care Center Dorte Mantrup
COBE
Smørblomsten Kindergarten
Bernardo Bader Architects
Family Box Qingdao Crossboundaries Smørblomsten Kindergarten COBE Childcare Centre Maria Enzersdorf MAGK illiz Šmartno Timeshare Kindergarten Arhitektura Jure Kotnik Råå Day Care Center Dorte Mantrup Peanut School UID Architects Kindergarten Bizau
COBE
Peanut School Forfatterhuset Kindergarten UID Architects
Kientruc O
Chuon Chuon Kim Kindergarten
Ama’rMaria Children’s Culture House Childcare Centre Enzersdorf MAGK illiz
COBE
Paletten Leimond Nursery Forfatterhuset Kindergarten CEBRASchool
Magen Arquitectos
Ama’r Children’s CultureSchool HouseDelft Montessori Valdespartera Kindergarten Dorte Mandrup Herman Hertzberger
Stein Halvorsen Arkitekter
Leimond Nursery School Kindergarten Prinsessegade Archivision Hirotani COBE + NORD Solrosen Kindergarten
Munkegaard Herman Hertzberger Arne Jacobsen
Montessori School Delft
Sant’Elia Nursery School Giuseppe Terragni Munkegaard Scholen Arne Jacobsen Yutaka Kindergarten SUGAWARADAISUKE Tromsø Kindergarten 70°N Arkitektur Prinsessegade Kindergarten COBE + NORD Children’s Home CEBRA Apolloscholen
Bernardo Bader Architects
Children’s Home Kindergarten Bizau CEBRA
Arhitektura Jure Kotnik
Yutaka Kindergarten Šmartno Timeshare Kindergarten SUGAWARADAISUKE
Crossboundaries
Bernardo Bader Architects
Kindergarten Bizau Family Box Qingdao
Arhitektura Jure Kotnik Kientruc O
Šmartno Timeshare Kindergarten Chuon Chuon Kim Kindergarten
Crossboundaries
Family Box Qingdao Timayui Kindergarten
Kientruc O
Valdespartera Kindergarten Magen Arquitectos Chuon Chuon Kim Kindergarten
Stein Halvorsen Arkitekter Timayui Kindergarten Giancarlo Mazzanti
CEBRA
Paletten
Valdespartera Kindergarten Magen Arquitectos Fuji Kindergarten
Herman Hertzberger
Solrosen Kindergarten Stein Halvorsen Arkitekter Apolloscholen
70°N Arkitektur
Tezuka Architects Tromsø
Fuji Kindergarten
Giuseppe Terragni
Herman Hertzberger
Apolloscholen Sant’Elia Nursery School
70°N Arkitektur
Tromsø Kindergarten
Sant’Elia Nursery School
Giuseppe Terragni
Pierce Allston
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Ground Floor
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OPEN OFFICES INDIVIDUAL OFFICES PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE STAFF MEETING ROOM AUDITORIUM STEP SEATING TRANSITIONAL WORK AREA SUNKEN BASESPACE STUDENT LOCKERS RESTOOMS ELEVATOR AND STAIRS TO BASEMENT
BASEMENT AUDITORIUM STEP SEATING STAGE AND OPEN AREA SCIENCE LAB CRAFT LAB BASKETBALL COURT & GYM FEMALE LOCKER ROOM MALE LOCKER ROOM
Site Plan 16
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Building Blocks Massing Final Iteration
Final Form - Site Model
Cross Section
Building Blocks Book Publication
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Stacked Eggs Pixels + Voxels + Sphixels + Dots + Dashes - Fall ‘16 Graduate Housing - Ann Arbor, Michigan Practice Sessions Seminar - Neil Denari Partner: Gidön Schwartzman The seminar approached the lamentation of ‘watering down’ architecture skepticism by believing that there is room to join together the ambitions of an “Idea” with the exigencies of “Reality”. The site, a quiet, reserved, and open landspace on north campus, serves as the site to densify the field with housing modules that are shaped and organized according to grids. The Cartesian grid was used as the organizing substrate, a 3D matrix of coordinates. Streets, blocks, buildings, dwelling units, column grids, etc. are all repetitive sets of elements that give form to the matrix. From here, we utilized scalable geometric techniques, Pixels + Voxels + Sphixels + Dots + Dashes, that produce buildings that bear the appearance of ‘the different’, because they change the overall volume of the building enough to shift perception away from the normative x, y, z grid. The sphere, or sphixel, is the most efficient volumetric geometry. However, packing these together is not efficient. By scaling the sphixels and turning them into egg shapes, we were able to effectively pack the housing modules together in varying arrays, as well as varying scales. Sphixels were painted solid, or with stripes, to accentuate the different stacking scales of the modules. The eggs were then mirrored & rotated to divide the units into quadrants, and then split horizontally to turn the modules into two inhabitable halves. 18
Sphere to Egg Form Finding
Coordinators Ellie Abrons & Adam Fure: “Practice Sessions is part of the University of Michigan’s Third Century Initiative which funds experimental pedagogies in a bid to change how teaching and learning happen within the bounds of the institution. Each practice session centers on an immersive four-day design charette, based off of an architectural practices,that culminates in a juried review and exhibition.”
Quad Unit Composition
Parallelogram Unit Composition
PARALLELOGRAM UNIT COMPOSITION
Building Scale
Quad Unit Composition
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Site Distribution Aerial Perspective 20
Quad Unit Cluster Aerial Perspective 21
Technological Frontiers Outposts Studio - Fall ‘16 Frontiers Exhibition Integrative Systems - Joel Schmidt + James Witherspoon Team: Onur Kamburoglu, Michael Turvin Technology has changed the way we interact and experience the world, and how we interact with each other, as well as our environment. In our research we focused on a frontier of emerging technologies to engage the idea of perception through means such as augmented reality. The next frontier is one where technology reigns supreme, blurring the lines between reality and rendered reality. By using a hologram station and editing photos to ‘pop off the page’, we can get a glimpse into hyper reality. Axon of Hologram Station
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Hologram Station from Exhibition
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Porous Courtyards Outposts Studio - Fall ‘16 Mixed Density Housing - Detroit, Michigan Integrative Systems - Joel Schmidt + James Witherspoon Team: Onur Kamburoglu, Michael Turvin The project programmatically and typologically engages the common ideas of the urban and the suburban residential, the two conditions that flank the site, and seeks a strategy to integrate them. The project serves as a smooth transition between the commercial district along Grand River Avenue and the residential district of Grandmont Rosedale consisting of single family housing bridging the gap between these two seemingly disparate conditions. The urban may be defined with three main attributes – density of population, diversity culture and ideas eagerly engaged for the greater good and welfare of the community, and the frequent opportunity to engage with one’s community. The concept for the public face of the building is represented in the pixelated facades, by engaging the research of perception in the dataspace. This can be demonstrated at multiple scales and proximity. At the urban scale from a distance, one is aware of an image that appears as an abstract super graphic. At the midrange, the scale of the district or neighborhood, the graphical image dissolves, and the scale of the building as a whole emerges. Openings emerge as the scale of the individual pixels and proportions of the openings reveal a previous mis-perception. The large punctures in the building facade reveal a warm glow emitting from inside. At the heart of this development is the communal space, existing as a courtyard and as a public park for the entire community. These two spaces are connected through regular openings in the south facade and may be accessed directly via the straight stair. 24
Perspective of Park
Initial Site Massing Grid Continuation
Splitting Cuts to Create Porousness
Following the site’s existing grid, masses are created to help separate the site into zones. The horizontal masses follow the permanence of the single family houses. The large mass running diagonally along Grand River serves as a buffer between the commercial and transient band to the north, and the residential zone to the south.
The horizontal massing fingers are pulled back to create a park in the center of the site. To aid in the transition between spaces and to add porousness, the large diagonal mass along Grand River is cut vertically to create direct paths from the now created park in the center of the site to the busier Grand River. Additionally, a North-South street is now guided through the site, connecting it to Grand River and the commercial district.
Extrusion + Subtraction Unit Typology
Pedestrian Park + Circulation
The south townhouses help merge the low-rise residential and the higher-density of the Grand River block, which, as it moves eastward towards the highway, increases in height. To divide the high density and add porousness, an elevated courtyard splits the north and south partitions of the housing, to allow for retail on the first floor along Grand River. The housing unit stands proud on the corner, serving as an icon for Grandmont-Rosedale, and as an outpost of Detroit.
Connecting the varying density housing units within the site is imperative to prevent housing type isolation. Paths pierce the park, and dissolve the greenspace around it, integrating hard-paved surfaces with soft green space. The townhouses located on the site are provided ‘private’ streets, pulling from the suburban feel of the Grandmont-Rosedale neighborhood. Integrating these new units to those that are existing helps with the symbiosis of the site, especially during the development stages. 25
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structure and facade
02 Section Detail_Wall Assembly
Interior perspective of structure facade Facadeand Cladding Substructure
Strategies Diagrams for Building Structure and Programmatic Integration
Exterior Perspective of Facade
Concrete and facade panel 01 Section Detail_Window & Slab integration Concrete diagram + Facade Panel Integration 30
Facade substru diagram
Gravel 2" Two-layer bituminous roof seal Rigid-foam insulation 3" Vapor barrier Concrete slab 6"
Steel roof panel Steel square tube 1" Welded steel T-profile ½"
Stainless steel gutter
Steel tube column 6"
Wood decking 1½" Sound buffer EPDM ¼" Steel I-beam 4" Welded steel T-profile ½"
Sixth floor, +65.00
Aluminium C-channel framing Gypsum board ceiling ½"
Wood joists Aluminium window frame Double glazed window Metal stairs 1½"
Fifth floor, +55.00
Solid-wood flooring ¾" Screed with underfloor heating 2¾" Impermeable membrane Rigid-foam insulation 1½" Concrete slab 6"
FibreC panel ½" Suspension rail Vertical profile Rigid-foam insulation 1½" Vapor barrier Gypsum board ½" 2-layers Structural light gauge steel frame Mineral wool insulation 4" Gypsum board ½" 2-layers
Partial Elevation Partial Elevation Scale : 1/6” :1’0”
Drainage gravel Appropriate permeable protection membrane
First floor, +15.00
Engineered soil with plantings 6" Filter layer Drainage layer 1½" Protection mat Waterproof membrane Rigid-foam insulation 2" Vapor barrier Concrete slab 6"
Plaster 1" Concrete masonry units 4x8x16" Rigid-foam insulation 2" Concrete masonry units 4x8x16" Base coat render 1¼" Finish render ¼"
Ground floor, ±0.00
Linoleum flooring ¾" Concrete slab 6" Rigid-foam insulation 1½" Impermeable membrane Protection board
Basement
Partial Partial PlanPlan Scale : 1/6” :1’0”
Pebble fill Perforated drainage pipe
Wall Section Wall Section Scale : 1/6” :1’0”
Coordinated Facade Drawings 1/2" = 1'-0"
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Pierson John Allston
a: 1155 Sandhurst Lane Carol Stream, IL Education
Grasshopper
3.3 GPA
Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign
Graduated May 2015
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies
3.5 GPA
Minor in Urban-Regional Planning Alpha Rho Chi - Professional Fraternity for Arch. & Allied Arts - President, House Manager Dean’s List Experience
AIAS
Habitat for Hummanity
University of Michigan Taubman College Fabrication Lab Laser Lab Coordinator + Technician
Oversee Shift and Laser Maintenance
August 2015-Present Promoted August 2016
Assist Students with Files & Cutting June 2015-Present
RM Swanson Architects Architectural Intern Client & Marketing Illustrations
Ansys
Merit Based Scholarship
Spring Break Externship 2017 - Perkins + Will - Washington D.C.
Autodesk 3DS Max
Rhinoceros & V-Ray
Expected Graduation April 2017
University of Michigan Ann Arbor Practice Sessions with Neil Denari
Autodesk Revit
Sketchup
t: 630.386.0259
Master of Architecture
Auto CAD
Autodesk Maya
e: pallston@umich.edu
Site Measurements & As-Built Drawings
Assist & Collaborate in Production of Construction Documents Divane Brothers Electric Company
June - August 2013
CAD Intern
New & Replacement Fixture Drawings
Station Visits & Drawing Mark-Ups
Request for Information Write-Ups
3D Modeling of Station Components
University of Illinois Architecture Lab
August 2012 - May 2015
Lab Technician
Microsoft Office
Supervise and Assist Students
Oversee Plotters, Lasers & 3d Printers
View it Digitally