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architecture design portfolio by caroline skoglund

caroline skoglund

contact

email: archiskog@gmail.com

phone: (203) 209-1277

education

University of Southern California, Bachelor of Architecture

Darien High School, CT

experience

Gray Inc., Design Intern

• Created project bid sets alongside the design team and aided in the schematic design process of a large scale high tech manufacturing facility

• Collaborated with the team to revise and complete permit sets and construction documents

• Interpreted client’s drawings into a 3d Revit model

• Surveyed sites with Leica BLK360, stitched scans into a point cloud model, and created as built drawings

• Engaged in design meetings with the client, permit meetings with the city, and coordination meetings with subcontractors

USC School of Architecture, Creative Assistant

• Created promotional material for the School of Architecture under the direction of Lee Olvera

• Assisted with the curation and digital production of an exhibition of undergraduate student work

USC Facilities Planning and Management, CAD Assistant

• Surveyed educational, healthcare, and storage buildings to create and update AutoCAD as-built drawings and Revit models

• Collaborated with the team to manage a comprehensive archive of past and present construction projects for all buildings owned by the University

Beta Climbing and Fitness, Youth Team Coach and Front Desk Staff

• Coordinated practices and training plans for a team of 15 kids ages 8 - 14

• Welcomed guests and provided customer service accolades and extracurriculars

Pierre Koenig Endowment Scholar

USC School of Architecture Mediterranean Global Studies Program

Exhibited studio project at Facades+ Conference

Undergraduate Architecture Student Council Class Representative

John R. Hollingsworth Drawing Award

Darien High School China Exchange Program

Beta Climbing Competition Team Captain

skills

• Programs: Rhino, Revit, Grasshopper, Sketchup, AutoCAD, Adobe Suite, Lumion, Keyshot, VRay, Unreal Engine, Revu, ArcGIS

• Detail oriented, collaborative team player, resourceful and adaptable

2020 - 2025 2016 -2020

May - Aug 2022

May - Aug 2023

Sept 2024 - May 2025

May - Aug 2024

April - Aug 2021

2024 - 2025

Spring 2024 Nov 2023

2022 - 2023

Spring 2018 2016 - 2020

reinterpreted layers of illicit memory coastal currents

reading room

biomimetic

building block

tranquility

climbing pavilion

selected photography

reinterpreted layers of illicit memory

My thesis project reinterprets the New Haven Clock Company building by translating digital processing techniques (glitches, photogrammetry, collage, etc) into architectural form. Abandoned factories - vestiges of America’s industrial past - are an underutilized ordinary part of the urban fabric of New England. Informed by the building’s layered history as both an industrial production facility and a haven of counterculture, this proposal uses these digital distortions to expose, warp, and recompose material traces of the past. Rather than restoring the factory or seeking to preserve the ruin, this project embraces historically specific methods of transformation to give lasting form to the ephemeral. The result is a hybridized architecture that resists erasure and highlights discontinuity.

arch502a: the artful ordinary instructor: hadrian predock

model photo of chunk a interior laser etched fluorescent green acrylic, basswood sticks, plaster coated 3d prints

chunk b model paper mache, basswood

chunk a model

laser etched fluorescent green acrylic, basswood sticks, plaster coated 3d prints

chunk c model

chunk d model

arch502a: the artful ordinary instructor: hadrian predock

chunk d model

laser etched fluorescent green acrylic, basswood, plaster coated 3d prints, painted 3d prints, printed paper on mdf

chunk c model

laser etched fluorescent green acrylic, basswood, painted 3d prints, aluminum wire

model

chunk b model

arch502a: the artful ordinary instructor: hadrian predock

coastal currents

In a luxury waterfront highrise in Naples Florida, this statement tv wall grounds a modern material palette in coastal sensibilities. The wall surface, framed by custom built in shelving, is clad in Kaza Liquid Forms concrete tiles, arranged to evoke the ebb and flow of the waters below. Thoughtfully integrated led lighting adds a sense of depth and drama. My scope of work entailed overall concept for the wall and cabinetry, tile selection and shipment coordination from the manufacturer in Europe, as well as creating drawings and diagrams for tile and lighting installation by C.R. Smith. Construction was completed in june 2024. The wall was modeled in rhino and lighting studies were done using vray.

photo in the evening, lit by the built in LEDs

photo in the early morning, lit by the built in LEDs

arrangement diagram

reading room

Reading room employs a kit of parts - 16 wooden beams of the same cross section and varying lengths, concrete blocks, and polycarbonate sheets - to compose a space for individual contemplation and small group gathering. Inspired by Kengo Kuma’s Nest We Grow joint, the beams are woven together to create enclosure and surface, framing views of the surrounding park.

arch202b: spring 2022

instructor: hadrian predock

1” = 2’ scale model

arch202b: spring 2022

instructor: hadrian predock

arch202b: spring 2022 instructor: hadrian predock

harvest peak

Harvest Peak transforms a vacant rooftop in the historic Broadway district of downtown Los Angeles into a vibrant community center that seeks to cultivate the connection between people and produce. The mountain like form of the building looks to subvert the norms of the LA skyline, creating several more peaks to peek out between buildings. Two large oculi at each peak brings in light into the spaces while window walls maximize the views of downtown. Harvest Peak employs a strcutral system of glulam beams and CLT plates that utilize the column grid of the existing building. A double shell CLT assembly is used to facilitate longer spans in the greenhouse and assembly hall spaces. The roof is covered in standing seam aluminum panels while the exterior walls are cladded in slate.

arch302b: spring 2023

instructor: erin kasimow

section perspective

axonometric

standing seam aluminum roof

-1’ wide panels

outer shell

-7 ply clt panels

beams + inner shell

-23.875” x 4” glulam beams -7 ply clt panels

cladding substructure + windows

-aluminum clip rail system

-double insulated glass units

foundation + superstructure

-transfer beams where needed

-12” x 12” glulam columns (aligning with existing column grid)

-5 ply clt wall panels

-4” rigid foam insulation

arch302b: spring 2023

instructor: erin kasimow

biomimetic building block

Studying the Euplectellidae Hertwigia deep sea sponge as a precedent, the biomimetic building block is intended to be used as a facade system to facilitate rewilding in urban areas. The Hertwigia sponge was interpreted into a 3d model using Grasshopper, and 3d printed in a glow-in-the-dark filament. After many experimental models, a final block employing the same formal language as the sponge at a larger scale was modeled in Grasshopper. The form is intended create multiple semi enclosed pockets to serve as habitat for small animals and plants. The final model was cast in a wooden box using a removable cardboard mold.

arch402a: fall 2023

instructor: evelyn tickle

experimental pneumatic mold

long exposure photo of glow-in-the-dark 3d printed sponge model

experimental model, hand knitted material dipped in cement

hand knitted clay experimental model

elevation of top face of final design

arch402a: fall 2023

instructor: evelyn tickle

experimental pneumatic mold

arch402a: fall 2023

cardboard mold

poured concrete block

facade section final concrete block

instructor: evelyn tickle

climbing pavilion

This project seeks to utilize architecture as a tool to optimize bouldering as a spectator sport for world cup and olympic competitions. The ground terrain is manipulated in order to allow the audience to view the wall from different angles in order to fully appreciate the challenges of routes on different wall angles. The northeast surfaces provide terrain for the athletes to warm up, while the southwest surfaces offer challenging, varied wall angles for competition

arch102b: spring 2021

instructor: myrna ayoub

plan perspective

axonometric

arch102b: spring 2021

instructor: myrna ayoub

plan chunk worm’s eye axonometrics

perspective perspective

arch102b: spring 2021

instructor: myrna ayoub

tranquility together

A four story agglomeration of compact 2, 3, and 4 bedroom apartments, cloaked in an undulation shotcrete facade, houses 100 residents in a serene environment across from the USC campus. This building, part of a larger cooperative community, provides a swimming pool, a large event space, and several outdoor gathering areas to be shared amongst the residents. The compact floor plans are inspired by Le Corbusier and the concept of Existenz Minimum, aiming to maximize comfort and community through reducing private areas and increasing shared spaces.

elevation from vermont

section perspective

axonometric

selected photography

Photography has been my favorite method of capturing and investigating the built and natural environment since I got my first point-and-shoot camera as a child. My camera has been my constant companion as I’ve backpacked through Europe on my own as well as when I lived in Rome and Barcelona in USC Architecture’s Mediterranean Global Studies program. Visiting some of my favorite buildings, from Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye and Unite D’Habitation to the Wortubakirche and Neuschwanstein, reinforced my conviction in the power and importance of architecture.