2021 Portfolio

Christian Studebaker

Portland State University

Architecture Portfolio Selected Works in Architecture Art & Design

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Experience October 2021 - Present Tiland Schmidt Architects, Portland - Architectural Designer

Christian Studebaker

March 2021 - September 2021 Axiotecture, Beaverton - Architectural Designer

In June of 2022, I will receive my Bachelors of Science in Architecture from Portland State University.

Construction of Architectural plans Building design Code approved construction Managing development of projects worldwide

May 2020 - August 2020 ABI, Seattle - Lead/Supervisory Intern

Development of plans and program for construction Management of other interns in project developement On-site construction management of projects

Skills Adobe Sketchup AutoCad Microsoft Suite Vray Enscape Revit Rhino

Architectural drafting Design thinking Urban design Architectural layout Constructing documents Rendering Presentational layout

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I am an aspiring Architect who is passionate about the profession and hopeful of the imapct I can make in the world.

I have gained 1+ years of Architectural experience from multiple Architecture firms specializing in a broad array of styles and projects while pursuing my Bachelors.

Life is like Architecture, it is a symphony of learned experiences that shape our understanding of the world and how we interact with it and the people who occupy it..

My life has been about overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles, life experiences handed to me without question, and relentlessly discovering new and exciting ways to defy the odds. It is this same unwavering dedication to tackling life on life’s terms that I hope to bring to each and every project I come across.

I believe in a minimalistic approach to Architecture, by providing the neccesary tools and stimulus for a person to interpret the space and create their own experience rather than being given one. I also believe that Architecture should be true to form, serving, and should be unnoticed in its visual intent, yet produce an emotional response in the unconscious.

Depth in the details is how I choose to approach my projects, not for the grandiose first impressions, but for the little details that would otherwise go unnoticed. Those little details serve the unserved.

Construction of Architectural plans Site planning Building design Code approved construction

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15500 SW Davis Rd Beaverton, Oregon, 97007 (503) 901-7521 Christianstudebaker@gmail.com

First Stop Urban Design

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First Stop Urban Design

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Reimaging of Trimet Bus/MAX stops

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Arch 480: The Trimet MAX red line serves as the main artery for public transportation from Portland International Airport to the Hillsboro Airport. Although improvements have been made along the route mainly through transportation methods, there haven’t been many improvements to the stops themselves.

This project focuses on the reimagining of the bus and MAX stops as well as redefining a standard.

In an effort to redefine the standard of bus/ MAX stops, an approach of modernizing as well as de-industrializing the stops has taken place. Removing the cold, uniform, and manufactured look of the stops results in an effort to examine and define what a stop could be rather than what is the bare minimum.

In addition, keeping in mind the demographic of those being served here, this project is about personalization, and creating moments that enhance the user experience rather than providing the bare minimum of essentials in an effort to de-stigmatize the experience of public transportation.

By enhancing and lifting up the experience of the stops, we can begin to destigmatize the relationships with public transportation and make progress towards a society and city truly in sync

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Located in the heart of the Hollywood neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, the Hollywood Transit Center serves the local community by providing them with opportunities to use the MAX (Lightrail train) and the bus service as provided by Trimet. This Transit Center is also home to a mural honoring the lives that were lost by the assaults on the MAX in May 2017. It is important to remember that this center and mural is a significant symbol to the local community and as such, the transit systems currently at play must not take attention away nor disturb the artwork dedicated for the community.

The main center for the busses is contained within a large roundabout, so as to make the most usage of the space given while not interrupting the flow of the other busses or traffic.

The MAX station is accessed through a sky bridge that goes down to the station as well as going across the freeway and into the neighborhood on the other side.

Site Section North Trees provide visual screening for those commuting, an effort to hide the transit network.

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Pedestrian sky bridgethat connects the transit center to the neighborhood to the South of the highway. What’s important to note is the after the fact addition of the skybridge, it serves the people but only after the people commuting.

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Hollywood Transit Center

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Significant drop in topography for the MAX trian lines.Trees act as a barrier separating the highway from the businesses and transit center on the other side of the train tracks.

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Bus stops are made out of a metal frame with space filled by glass planels and a metal/glass barrel roof.

Trimet spends over $1M annually on repairs of broken booths. When there is damage to one of the glass panels, Trimet has to remove and repair the entire panel, which encompasses taking apart most of the structure.

Pole Bus stop has been updated to include: occupied incidicator light for bus drivers, pneumatic assisted mechanical seats that flip rain covers up when seat is activated, and solar panels on rain covers to power occupied light.

Booth Stop has been updated to include: optional bike cover, extra occupancy cover, solar panels for lights, color coded occupied indicator lights, recycled/personalized wood blocks for modularization, and a wireless charging pad seat for device charging.

MAX Train stop has been updated to include an ergonomical placement of sections to provide optimal viewing of oncoming train as well as wind /rain cover. Wireless charging pad seats, solar panels for station lighting, advertising space for local businesses, and usage of the recycled/personalized wood blocks.

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My design modularizes the booth into a personalizable and smart booth. By utilizing solar panels to provide power to the lights, the lights are then color coded, red to indicate to the bus driver that someone is at the stop and to stop there, and green to indicate that the stop is empty and they can keep moving on their track.

By implementing a wireless charging pad for the seats at the stops, occupants can charge their wireless enabled devices even if theres graffiti, scratches, or other damage to the seat.

The main differentiating component to the new stops is the usage of the personalizeable wood blocks. At Pioneer Square in Portland, OR there is a program called give a brick where people can donate $150 to the organization and they will write the donators name on a brick at the square.

My Adopt a Block program is similar in that it gives businesses, schools, and people the chance to personalize a block to their own design, whether that be by painting and/or carving. By making use of a track for the glass and end peg for allignment and stabilization, the blocks then create a modular system on each wall that allows Trimet to easily replace individual blocks rather than replacing the entire panel of glass as on the previous design.

Rather than being the same uniform metal and glass design, the stops become not only a signal for riders, but a signal of the community and personality in the city.

It is this personalization that is an effort to stand out and invite people to not only experience the transit system, but be proud of it as well.

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Reimagining of Science Building 1 to better suit the needs of the students

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Arch 382’s focus for the Spring term was a renovation project of the second floor of Portland State University’s Science Building 1 or SB-1. The project starts as an examination of the nearby area, the transportation methods present, and an examination of missing components in order to better serve the project.

The direction for the renovation was to choose a specific minority demographic and create a space that more adequately serves them while also being of service to the rest of the science student population. Prior to the start of the renovation, the 2nd floor of SB-1 contained standardized classrooms in equal sizing, as well as a narrow main hallway for circulation.

This newly created space has a predominant focus on the bipoc community, rather than including them after the fact, this is an effort to create a space specifically with them in mind.

Noteable features are: the widened main corridor with angular breaks to better open into public spaces as well as provide more space for those in wheelchairs, benches along the corridor with spaces between to allow for wheelchair inclusivity, non-uniform class room sizing, gender neutral bathrooms, and the meditation and religion rooms for students.

This renovation attempts to break the mold of education spaces of the past and attempts to create an individualized space that is welcoming to all rather than exclusive to some.

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Portland State Univeristy Campus. Spread throughout the inner South West Portland Downtown area, and divided by the park blocks which serves as the main corridor for pedestrian movement.

White buildings are non-PSU buildings and black buildings are PSU buildings where the single yellow building is SB-1.

Local highways

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While embracing the West-South parts of the campus, serve as the main artery of transportation to and from the school. This image demonstrates how the shape of the cmapus has catered to the highways.

Major streets On the PSU campus, serving the students who live in the neighboring nearby area.

On the PSU campus, serving the students who live in the buildings neighboring the campus.

All forms of transportation PSU serving the students by limiting the number of dissecting streets throughout the campus, while enabling also enabling those who wish to commute to school.

Paths On the PSU campus, serving the students who live in student housing.

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2nd floor bridge accessibility is expanded to create a bridge system between 2+ story PSU buildings in the North West quadrant of the campus, mimicking that of the North Eastern quadrant.

The bridges allow for a rain proof semi-enclosed path for those who wish to remain in the upper floors of the buildings or for those who wish to navigate to their next class in another building.

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In the Bipoc lounge there is a signature wall, the idea behind it is to allow a dedicated space for students in the bipoc community to, once graduated, write their name on the wall in order to serve the present bipoc community students. This wall serves the bipoc students by providing them with a reminder that even though they are a minority, this place is theirs, they are in the right place, they are worthwhile, and they are capable

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Design focus is centered around the premise of accessibility. From original design the hallway was enlarged and allowed a form to flow into the central community areas. This hallway expansion allows for the inclusion of benches along the walls in central locations.

Benches are positioned to create a gap in the middle of the longer benches, to allow for a wheelchair, moment defined as conversational accessibility.

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The objective for Arch 381 was to create an infill architecture that blends in with the local buildings and structures while providing the community with: a recital hall for public use, practice/lesson rooms for students, a retail space for new/used pianos, and a design language that compliments the experience.

Designed with an internally exposed timber frame construction, the building makes use of a centralized shear core that diverts structural integrity outwards rather than inwards. The mass timber core “floats” above the ground floor, and provides shear resistance to the outer walls by use of CLT beams and joists.

A facade focused on the organic emulation of a piano, the design language created for the space focuses around an adaptable formula based on a particular song as played on the piano. The facade then emulates the song by capturing the intensity, collection, and absence of the notes throughout the opening sequence of the song.

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The core houses the recital hall and because of its suspension, its exposure to external sound is dampened.

Being an infill structure that faces North, maximum usage of sunlight is imperitive, thus light wells were created in order to capture and disperse the natural lighting as much as possible throughout the 3 floors. In addition to the light wells, the facade’s design language has been adopted for use on the roof, with wooden slats and glass between that illumintes the top floor. Acoustics of recital hall have been tuned to allow for medium transmittal of sound while using dampeners connected to the points closest to the structural beams in order to minimize the amount of transmitted sound.

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The opening sequence of the song contains 28 notes, so a column of slats were divided up amongst the width of the facade. Each note being assigned to a number which corresponds to a specific floor and everytime that note or chord was played, the slat/s would be pulled outwards 6”. Over the course of the song intro the facade would directly mimic it and would create a musical flowing pattern of wood for a person walking by to experience the flow of music in its sequence, intensity, and absence of notes.

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Visualizes the floating shear core and how the beams attached to it are connected to the rest of the construction for the building. Exterior walls and floors are standard stud/beam framing and create the structural frame of the building. Stairwells are pushed to the front and read in order to maximize circulation given that the center of the building is an occupational center. Office and practice rooms are on the 3rd floor, just above the recital hall and are fully exposed to the natural light of the day through the implementation of the roof slats. Elevator for product delivery and ADA transportation is in the rear left corner of the building and allows for the minimal amount of distance traveled in order to get any of the destinations on the 2nd and 3rd floors.

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Marion Mountain Replacement Fire Watch Tower

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The objective of Arch 380 was to examine the typologies of the fire watch towers that had been destroyed by the Summer fires in Oregon and attempt to assemble a new structure that is dual purpose, serving the fire watch program while also serving the community. Because the wildfires have become an annual event in Oregon, California, Washington and Idaho, it was decided to utilize fire safe construction materials while also attempting to not disturb the local environment.

Initial assignment was constructing a circular map of the nearby area, then dividing the map into 4 equal pie fragments and manipulating the images to form the shape of a rectangle. This process allowed me to examine the information present in a new and abstract way. Examining these images brought me to construct a grid pattern and determining which squares in the grid were of a certain elevation. From that point I decided to extract the squares depending on their elevations and use them to assemble the top structure of the building, thus creating a 3D, rectangularly manipulated form of the area itself.

The fire watch building becomes a landmark for those exploring the mountain, a resting space where they can utilize and be apart of it rather than it be another object in the background.

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A steep terrain leading up to the peak of the mountain where the building lies below. Entrances/exits can be seen at the West leading directly to the trail, the small South exit for those who wish to scale down the mountain, and the 2 North entrances that depart towards the trail leading down the mountain. Antenna and communications dish stand to the North West of the structure, shrouded in imitation branches and leaves so as to not disturb the visual landscape. Windows to the East and South provide a view of the valley below for those who are performing the duties of the fire watchers.

Program broken up to maximize allotted space.

Allowing a public restroom for the public as well as one for the inhabitant. Operator space is connected to monitoring center to allow for quick fire response.

Hangar is closest to largest exit for operator to work on drone as well as dispatch it.

Concrete constructed blocks indicating the structural properties that hold up the building while also providing resistance to the earth that pushes upon the building.

Building Evolution Demonstrates the approach of going from the manipulated map rectangle images, into the elevated building blocks that when joined together and given a walkway gap in the middle, create the finished building.

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Circulation Axon The connections between the structural axon and the entrances/exits of the building are indicated here. Recognizing that the earth pushes against the building and the openings of the entrances would be the points of most error.

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Meteriality visualized. Demonstrating the blending of concrete, wood, and glass broken up into rectangular pieces.

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Placement within mountain.

Demonstrating how the top of the building completes the curvature of the natural landscape, providing hiking visitors with a place to sit and rest before they embark back down the trail.

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ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO While completing the curvature of the landscape, the middle of the structure has been exposed and split to create a glass walkway for visitors to walk along the building while also stepping up and sitting down for a rest.

Monitoring center can be seen here, providing viewers with an unobstructed view of the valley around them in order to better watch for fires.

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