Bower M.Arch Portfolio

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PIERCE BOWER

EDUCATION

2025 | Master of Architecture

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Dean’s List 4 Semesters

2022 | Bachelor of Arts - Philosophy (Distinction)

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Minors in Art, Religious Studies; Dean’s List 8 Semesters

EXPERIENCE

HDR

Architectural Design Intern, 05.24 - 06.25

• Collaborate across disciplines to complete assignments under the supervision of an Architect or Project Manager.

• Model digital twins, conduct easement analysis, contribute to schematic design, and develop iterative architectural solutions.

• Develop presentation graphics to communicate concepts to clients, design awards juries, and for agency approval.

• Lead centerpiece design and construction for HDR’s 2024 IMPACT A+BES Global Conference.

SKILLS

3D Printing

Rhino 3D AutoCAD Photoshop Enscape Premiere Pro Blender Procreate Hand Drawing Revit InDesign Unity Audition Illustrator Laser Cutting Pachyderm Grasshopper

UNL Building Operations

Student Recommissioner, 05.23 - 09.23

• Calibrate and commission HVAC nanostat controls, VAV units, and occupancy sensors for psychrometric comfort.

• Conduct, record, and organize on-site air velocity, pressure, and humidity measurements using specialized equipment.

• Cross-reference environmental measurements and mechanical plans to identify, diagnose, and resolve HVAC issues.

• Assist senior operational technicians in advanced evaluation and maintenance of AHU, HVAC, and electrical systems.

UNL College of Architecture

• College of Architecture Future Practice Award

• Clark & Enersen Professional Scholarship

• SGH/Dri-Design/Pella Merit Award

• Sean F. Mellon Scholarship Finalist

• BVH Architecture Design Finalist

• Hemphill Memorial Fellowship

• Ed Hirsch Scholarship

• UCARE Recipient

• Vesper Science Scholarship

• Dewey and Kelley Scholarship

• Susan T. Buffet Foundation Scholarship

• St. Elizabeth Medical Center Scholarship

Graduate Teaching Assistant, 01.23 - 05.24

• Provide critical feedback on student design work and lead computer applications tutorials for Architecture Core Studio II.

• Lead drawing labs, demonstrate techniques, and deliver lessons on analog-to-digital media workflows for Design Drawing.

• Present introductory lessons on design fundamentals such as composition, perspective, projection, and color.

Cosmic Stew RPG

Designer, 07.20 - Current

• Collaboratively design graphics and print media including logos, icons, boards, cards, and tokens for the board game “Essence.”

• Cooperatively set and manage schedules for product design, development, manufacturing, and marketing.

• Direct, produce, and review artworks and narratives for quality and stylistic consistency.

FARNAM TRANSIT DISTRICT

Transit-Oriented Development

fall 2023

p. 1

CAPITOL NExUS

Transit-Oriented Reuse

spring 2025

p. 9

THE MIND CENTER

Higher Education

spring 2024

NExT COURTYARDS

Medium Density Housing

spring 2023

FARNAM TRANSIT DISTRICT

OMAHA, NE | ARCH 510 | TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT

Area: 800,000 SF

Instructors: Bruce Carpenter, Tom Trenolone, Tim Williams

The Farnam Transit District is a mixed-use, transit-oriented development located east of Turner Park in Omaha, Nebraska that speculates on the future potential of urban agriculture and public transit in the city’s highly visible Midtown. The project builds on Omaha’s urban core redevelopment and envisions a nodal configuration where spaces for live, work, and play stack around a central transit hub.

Morphology & Program

1. SITE FILL

Maximize site use, general east-west orientation, TIFF informed elevations.

2. NODAL NESTING

Enveloped parking, adjacency to Douglas, central transit hub.

3. GLOBAL SUBTRACTION

Voids for Twin Towers views and gondola line, reinforce east-west axis.

PROGRAM STACKING MIXED USE SCHEMATIC

4. CONNECTIVE TUNNELING

Improve circulation, create ground level terrace, light infiltration.

5. LOCAL SUBTRACTION

Reinforce light infiltration, greenhouse pitch, reduce formal dominance.

6. PUSH & PULL

Create elevated terraces, green roof potentials, conform to structural grid.

Spatial Organization

PLANS

The tower level includes a 40,000 sq. ft. greenhouse that can generate approximately 100,000 pounds of produce per year - enough to supply an attached grocery. Residential towers offer approximately 204 total dwelling units.

Programs vary widely in the mid level plan. The southwest lot offers residential while the northwest has a mix of residential and office space. The northeast consists of office and educational space while grocery and urban agriculture make up the southeast lot.

The ground level plan is primarily programmed for retail and workshare, which totals approximately 110,000 sqft. Highlighted at this level is the parking garage envelopment with access maintained via Douglas St.

GREEN
Exterior, Courtyard Facing Retail
Exterior, Gondola Courtyard

CAPITOL NExUS

LINCOLN, NE | ARCH 611 | TRANSIT-ORIENTED REUSE

Area: 430,000 SF

Instructor: Supasai Vongkulbhisal

Collaborator: Will Roarty

The Capitol NExUS envisions a civic tapestry that ties into and nourishes its surrounding context. The project is programmed with publicly funded childcare, streetcar stations, and an agriculture tower to teach, mobilize, and feed Lincoln’s central communities. Through its program, the Capitol NExUS gives the people of Lincoln the support they need to flourish and change the city from its overly commercialized existence to a locally defined place by and for the people.

Interior, Street Car Station

THE MIND CENTER

LINCOLN, NE | ARCH 511i | HIGHER EDUCATION

Area: 60,000 SF

Instructor: David Newton

Collaborator: Jenda Simonsen

The mind center is a transdisciplinary research institute dedicated to the study of cognition and perception. The project uses architectural affordances to enable user embodiment of elevated and grounded states of mind, which facilitate the highs and lows of the creative process.

Morphology

1. SITE FILL

Maximize site volume, resulting in general east-west orientations.

2. REDUCE FOOTPRINT

Reinforce east-west orientation to reduce environmental impact.

3. ELEVATE EDGES

Raise east and west edges for elevating design concept.

BUILDING SECTION

4. GROUND CENTER

Embed in landscape for grounding design concept.

5. CONCEPT SYNTHESIS 6. ENHANCE MEMBRANE

Centralized space integrates both grounding and elevating features.

Introduce dual skin facade for daylighting and ventilation.

Interior, Acoustic Corridor

Daylighting Analysis

INITIAL CONDITION

Regular Glazing

Solar Panel Coverage: 0%

Frit Pattern Coverage: 0%

REVISED CONDITION

Regular Glazing

Solar Panel Coverage: 50%

Frit Pattern Coverage: 0%

FINAL CONDITION

Tinted Glazing

Solar Panel Coverage: 50%

Frit Pattern Coverage: 3%

Ventilation Systems

Atrium acts as a dynamic filter to reorient users as they cycle through research, exhibition, and learning mindsets.

EXHIBITION

EDUCATION

NE xT COURTYARDS

WAYNE, NE | ARCH 501 | MEDIUM DENSITY HOUSING

Area: 36,800 SF

Instructor: Steve Hardy

NExT Courtyards provide the community of Wayne, NE accessible, medium-density dwellings to help alleviate their ongoing housing crisis while maintaining the area’s character. The Courtyards are the individual culmination of NExT Housing, a group programming and master planning project wherein teams engaged with community members to plan a 9-acre development that interfaces with diverse land-use contexts.

SITE PLAN

Unit Types

STACKED UNIT

Ideal for young families and student groups. Provides contextually comfortable spatial experience.

• 1200 sq. ft.

• 3 bed

• 2 bath

• high aspect / low footprint

ACCESSIBLE UNIT

Ideal for aging and disabled persons. Access points reduce travel distance to habitable zones.

• 1100 sq. ft.

• 3 bed

• 2 bath

• ADA compliant

PLANS

Units’ second floors consist of bedrooms and private balconies, all of which are accessed by interior stairs.

The first floor of stacked units is accessed from the ground floor via covered exterior stairs. This floor consists of a living room, dining room, and kitchen that circulate around a central core.

Ground floor units are ADA compliant, offering access at grade. Wide corridors provide greater circulatory comfort.

Exterior, North Courtyard

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