Christopher Salisbury Undergraduate Portfolio Fall '22

CHRISTOPHER SALISBURY UNDERGRADUATE PORTFOLIO FALL 2022

CHRISTOPHER SALISBURY

CONTACT INFORMATION

973-747-5893

cjsalisbury@m.marywood.edu

196 Beech Street Nutley, NJ 07110

417 Taylor Ave. Scranton, PA 18510

Hello, my name is Christopher Salisbury and I am currently a fourth year undergraduate student at Marywood University. Architecture is a practice that looks to reflect on the past to influence the present and future of society. The goal as designers is to conceptualize designs that address current and future issues that we as a society will face. In this portfolio I have selected several of my projects over the past two years, both academic and personal. I hope they demonstrate my love for architecture as well as my ability in developing and representing such work. I have only just begun and I am eager to learn more in the discipline.

CLUBS/ACTIVITIES

Collegiate Athlete

Men’s Soccer, 2019-Present

Jacobian Scholar

Jane Jacobs Society

Chi Alpha Sigma

Athletic Honor Society

Tau Sigma Delta

Architecture Honor Society

EDUCATION

Marywood University School of Architecture/ B.Arch, May 2024

August 2019 - Present, Scranton, PA GPA: 3.78

WORK EXPERIENCE

Kearny ESY Program/ Aide

Summer 2018 + 2019, Kearny, NJ

Landscaping/ Worker

Summer 2021 + 2022, Moonachie, NJ

PROGRAMS

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

AutoCAD

Rhino 6

Enscape

INTERESTS

Urban Planning

Landscape Architecture

SKILLS

Drafting

3D Modeling

Rendering

Diagramming/Analysis

Material Specifications

Construction Details

Special Needs/Handicap Design

Sustainability

STUDENT PROJECTS

THE ARBOR

Fall 2022|Campus Ministry + Performing Arts Center|410 B.ARCH

Description

A church has always been a place in which people can gather and reflect on life. It is a place that envokes thought and compassion, not only through its services but through its architecture. The Arbor looks to continue such values whilst also having the unique opportunity being placed within the university’s arboretum.

The Arbor is a mix-use building, acting as the new religious center whilst also hosting a new event space and PAC(performing arts center) for the ever-growing university. The building looks to incorporate its natural surroundings through materiality and design to pay hommage to the preexisting environment. It will also look to be the next step in the sustainable redevelopment of the university. Its design and construction will look to minimize its carbon footprint through energy production, water recycling, and passive heating/cooling means.

AXONOMETRIC DRAWING w/ SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS

TROMBE WALL SYSTEM

PERMEABLE PAVERS

WATER RECYCLING/ SEMI-PERMEABLE PAVERS

EXPLODED STRUCTURAL AXONONMETRIC DRAWING

1. PULL

2. INSERT

3. EXTRUDE

Narthex connected with outdoor patio

Entrance extrusion from campus

Trombe wall system, southern facing exterior

PENN RISING

Description

A dormitory is a system that is most commonly referred to as hollow shells to house students through the academic year. The majority of dormitories across the country are primative structures that are designed more for cost efficiency rather than user experience. Penn Rising is a project that looks to create a new meaning towards the idea of what student housing could be within the University of Pennsylvania’s campus.

Penn Rising is a mix-use building that plays with the use of verticality to emphasize the corner of the University’s campus. The intent of this project was to focus on resident experience as well as integrating the surrounding community, the majority of which are off-campus residents. This allows the site to not become an isolated structure most common with dormitory design, but rather a place that integrates the entirety of the university community.

Axonometric Layout

Personal v. Shared Space

Exhibition Space

Dorm Personal Spaces

Raised Sleeping Lofts

Subterranean Cafeteria

Communal Lounge with Kitchen

Studentbody Retailers

Sunken Exterior Theatre

Landscaped Communal Spaces

Center Campus Walkway

Open Terraces

Stepped Waterfall Feature

Sunken Garden

URBAN FOREST

Fall 2021 | Community Center/Bus Stop | 310 B.ARCH

Description

An urban environment is most commonly thought in context with cities, which have become a prevelant part in today’s society. The population of urban areas have risen in recent decades and is set to rise even more over time as people move from rural areas. With higher population in such small areas, the urban environment tends to become very dense, over-built areas earning it the nickname of “concrete jungle”. Urban Forest is a concept to create natural flowing structures and landscaping within city centers that break through the hardscape.

Urban Forest is a sustainably built project that looks to address the lack of designed outdoor spaces within cities. This project was specifically designed with the intent of serving as a community center as well as a transport center between Marywood University and the University of Scranton. The site chosen was within the University of Scranton’s campus in downtown Scranton. The structure will host a public transport stop as well as a solar charging station and public bike rentals which looks to promote sustainable transport within the city center.

Drainage

Pedestrian Traffic

Landscaping

ORTHOGRAPHIC DRAWINGS

Front Elevation

West Elevation

Cut Plan Plan

WOOD DECKING WALKWAY

WOOD BEAM RAFTERS CONNECTED THRU JOINTERY RECYCLED LASTIC SHEATHING

WOOD PANEL LINED CEILING

Acces from Mulberry Street

Natural Lighting

Branched Mass Timber Columns

Curved, Flowing Design

Rain Garden

PHYSICAL MODELS

Shadow Box | Spring 2020

Exterior Shadow Effect

Interior Shadow Effect

6th Floor View

1st Floor View

PERSONAL WORKS

TESSELATIONS

Spring 2020 | School/Personal

This project looked to show how one could form space from tesselating shapes. These tesselating shapes, and their distinct repetition, would create unique conditions in which the designer would need to conceptualize a design to fit within. These designs would be taken through a 2D as well as a 3D method, to allow the designer to visualize how these shapes can change and be maniuplated not just visually, but physically.

Tesselation Iteration 1

Tesselation Iteration 2

Tesselation Visualization

3D Tesselation Visualization

3D Tesselation Interior Shadowing

3D Tesselation Model

Spring 2023 | Spring Competition

Lower-income neighborhoods are generally victim to the least amount of greenery due to their socio-economic status, which has an impact on its residents’ health. This particular project looks to add to the partially completed Garden of Cedar to create a space of community and life in an area where there is little. This one-week project called for groups with members from various levels in the school of architecture to create an intervention on the site.

It was decided to use the preexisting curvature of the flower beds to create a stage, lawn, and curved seating that the community could use for gatherings and events. It would also call for the creation of a custom gazebo structure to house the community garden program, which looks to teach residents how to plant crops in an area where food scarcity is a significant issue.