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I N D E X Graduate work Fall 2015-Winter 2016

Intrinsic Pavilion (Thesis)

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LAFAYETTE STRONG PAVILION (CAMELLIA GRIDSHELL)

Under Graduate work

Fall 2011-Spring 2014

100 West Cypress St.

401 studio

401 McKinley ST

301 studio

Other/Personel Projects Fall 2011-Present

Furniture

Hilliard Art Museum

T H O M A S

M O U T O N

Cajun Woodworks of Art: Cabinet design fabrication

2001-2010 2011-2015

(breakdown of plans and construction for residential/commercial) Student Bus driver (class B CDL) Supervisor Joey Beniot 337-582-5305

UL Parking and transit:

Chase Marshall Architects:

Architecture Internship Supervisor Jay Chase 337- 278-4218

CDW (Community Design Workshop):

Summer Intern Supervisor (Tom Sammons (337) 482-5310) Mathes Brierre Architects: Architectural Intern

Summer- 2015

Summer- Winter- 2016 February- 2017-Present

E X P E R I E N C E Design Excellence 1st year Little Library design Competition Honorable Mention Design Excellence 2nd year Tau Sigma Honor Society Architecture 705 Downtown Beautification Competition 2nd Place LA Digital 302 Urban Design Competition 2nd Place Design Excellence 3rd year Design Merit 4th year Graduate School Assistantship InDesign Gold Award(Lafayette Strong Pavilion) Design Excellence 5th year UL Alumni Association Outstanding Graduate Award

A W A R D S

R E F E R E N C E S Ashlie Latiolias Prof/AIA Architect Geoff Gjertson Prof/AIA Architect Hector Lasala Prof.

Kari Smith Arch Grad Director/LEED AP Tom Sammons Director SOAD

1(337) 247- 0251 thomasmx83@gmail.com 3050 Burgundy St New Orleans LA 70117

ayg4833@louisiana.edu (337) 482–6229 wgg2100@louisiana.edu (337) 278-2722 hector@louisiana.edu (337) 322-2985 kjs9673@louisiana.edu (337) 482-5315 tcs3147@louisiana.edu (337) 482-5310

2011-2015 2015-2016 2011 2012 2012 2012 2013 2013 2013 2014 2015-2016 2016 2016 2016 2011-Present 2015 2016

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Bachelors of Science: Concentration Architecture

University of Louisiana at Lafayette Masters of Architecture

A C A D E M I C S

Personal Projects exploratory problem solving that range

from furniture design to more industrial design based projects like bicycle lights and spawn out of unique daily needs and circumstances

Artech Fusion Water Warp: The water warp performance incorporated students from Architecture, Dance, and Music to create a performance around the grid-shell pavilion project Hilliard Art Museum Sign: In the spring of 2016 me and a

fellow student had the opportunity to design a new sign for the Hilliard Art Museum that would compliment the existing museum designed by ESKEW+DUMEZ+RIPPLE Architects

P R O J E C T S (O t h e r)

S K I L L L E V E L

INTRINSIC

Architectural elements facilitate a conversation through spatial experience.

This spatial experience is manifested between the individual and their contextual relation with space, time and the environment. Therefore it is through an individualist perception that we define experience as a reaction or response from the occupant towards the space. Architecture is not merely defined by walls or roofs but the experience they create. they create.

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The second parameter was that its design and construction consist of 100% recycled or discarded material.

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The site is located in a clearing of trees that form a natural oculus with a path that frames a prominent oak tree.

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In order to heighten the experiential qualities of the space capturing natural elements like the setting sun and the wind became design goals. Over 1800 linear feet of discarded beach wood was incorporated as a hanging element that could capture the wind and fragment the light from the setting sun. Transforming the natural elements into a spatial 3 dimensional form.

Column/Beam connection detail -2 1/2” lagg bolts connecting 6” c-channel beams to 6” by 6” ‘Shou Sugi Ban’ timber post

Milk crate joist/ beam connection detail

Column/footing connection detail

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3,600 linear Ft of Beach wood collected from the the scrap wood bin

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1,800 linear Ft of White Oak wood Salvaged from the half scale model built for a previous project

CONNECTOR 1990 The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), working with the City of Lafayette and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), began studying the environmental impact Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Elevated freeway concept was adopted.

The I-49 Lafayette Connector is a future 5.5-mile segment of highway that will extend I-49 from I-10 to the Lafayette Regional Airport. Which will provide a critically needed transportation link for Lafayette and the state of Louisiana.

The I-49 Lafayette Connector is a key component of I-49 South, which will function as a: HURRICANE EVACUATION ROUTE

A MAJOR ENERGY AND TRADE CORRIDOR TO THE NATION

NEW INTERSTATE PROVIDING CONNECTIVITY FROM LAFAYETTE TO NEW ORLEANS

1987

Congress Authorizes Funding

1993

The Lafayette Areawide Planning Commission (the Metropolitan Planning Organization at that time), published the “Lafayette North/South Corridor Study: Path to Progress“.

1994

ULL “Blue Book” issued by 1999 School of Architecture Community Design Workshop.

In January and February, the 2001 Citizen Advisory Committee, the Transportation Technical Committee, and the Transportation Policy Committee of the Lafayette MPO held meetings to recommend a Locally Preferred Alternative Alignment.

Federal Highway Administration issued the Record of Decision (ROD), including Measures to Minimize Harm, which includes 21 commitments intended to mitigate unavoidable effects during the design and construction process.

2003

Functional plan/CSS process re-started under an 18-month timeline:

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1997

FHWA and DOTD restarted the EIS process based on the Evangeline Thruway corridor and elevated freeway option.

2000

Draft EIS Public Hearing.

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Final Environmental Impact Statement completed.

2008

Evangeline Thruway Redevelopment Team (ETRT) advisory committee was created by LCG to serve as the public body to lead the development of the Economic Redevelopment Plan called for in the Corridor Preservation Plan.

School of Architecture and Design

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During the summer of 2016 the Community design workshop (CDW) received a contract through the primary design consultants AECOM/ STANTECH to serve as a think tank that generated design proposals based off of a series of schemes. It was at this time that I was hired on as an intern to help develop designs throughout that summer of 2016

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For this project we focused on the series 6 development concepts 6D, 6G, and 6F. Within the 6 series there 150' are 5 options that all incorporate a semi-depressed facility for I-49. These options either maintain an open, or uncovered, semidepressed facility, or cover the facility allowing for other programs and activities to take place on top of the facility. We chose one of the five alternatives to develop (6D). The second alternative (6F) is a strategy developed by this team that makes 163' slight alterations to the proposed 6E plan. The third alternative (6G) is another 140' that incorporates, what we felt were 132'the best strategy developed by this team 6D - Current Alignment - Covered elements from each of the five options and proposes a new alignment of the facility (moved 87’).

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STRATEGIES

School of Architecture and Design

Scheme 6 was a group project that involve myself and another Graduate intern within the Community Design Workshop. We began the project with diagrams of each scheme that eventually lead to the individual development of park master plan options. We then put together one master plan based off each plan’s strongest elements. My partner then began working on sections and board layouts, while I developed a three-dimensional BIM model for renderings and axons.

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In order to establish the projects economically viable the team designed proposals for the economic redevelopment of the typical existing block.

Apartments

39 (on 2 floors) l 51 parking spaces needed

Commercial

22,000 sqft l 88 parking spaces needed

Parking Garage

29,000 sqft l 69 parking spaces / floor

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LAFAYETTE STRONG PAVILION (CAMELLIA GRIDSHELL)

THINKING Thinking While Doing (TWD) is a $2.48 million (Canadian) Partnership grant awarded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada in March 2013. The grant entails a 6 year project consisting of design-build collaboration between UL Lafayette, Dalhousie University, University of Arizona, University of North Carolina Charlotte, University of King’s College, University of Manitoba, University of Alberta, University of Toronto, and Parks Canada. The goal of the partnership is to develop, test, and prototype new construction technologies and processes through collaborative workshops and student conducted designbuild installations and buildings.

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LOCATION:LAFAYETTE, LA

SITE PLAN SCALE: 1 : 20

1. THe site is not zoned on current zoning maps, however we have allowed for a 30’ setback to maintain traffic sight triangles at intersections.

4. connecting sidewalks to be provided by city/parish of lafayette.

5. underground electric service is to be provided to project by city/parish/lus.

6. temporary power connections to be provided by city/parish/lus at closest power pole.

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SPRING 2015 PHASE 2 - CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION - CLADDING DESIGN/DETAILING - NODE DETAILING/DESIGN - SCARF JOINT DETAILING

Colaborators My involvement with this project began during the spring of 2015 and started with design development and the design and detailing of the shading elements and the connection points of the structure.

During this time, I was assigned to develop a shading element that incorporated perforated panels that were previously donated. This tasked involved coordination with local fabricators. Along with this I was involved with correspondence with the structural consultants Blackwell engineers based in Canada. t\ This tinvolded 3-dimensional modeling of the structure to be analyzed

During the spring of 2015 schematic design and CD’s were finished.

In the summer of 2015 it was finally time to begin construction and the daunting task of processing 9000 linear feet of white oak into 2040 ft laths so that this unique structure could be assembled. This process was very time consuming and pushed back the actual erection of the pavilion into the fall semester of 2015. Many visitors stopped by to see the structure we were creating and to see how the project was going, like acting city president Joey Durel. These visitors gave us the boost in energy to push extra hard and complete the project.

SUMMER/FALL 2016 PHASE 3 - ASSEMBLY PROCESS OF PARTS - FABRICATION OF NODE CONNECTION - ERECTION OF GRIDSHELL

During the construction process my asigned responsibilities included.

-production of marine plywood node spacers -mock up design of seats -panel connection and assembly -edge beam shear blocking -lath attachment to foundation

AWARDS/PUBLICATIONS

In the spring of 2016 the Lafayette strong Pavilion won the Indesign Gold award. In the spring of 2016 the pavilion was featured project in Architect magazine

WINTER 2016 DEDICATION The final dedication ceremony was held on January 11 with the pavilion complete and the first sculpture installed. The total budget of the whole project came to 86,000 USD

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This coffee table was constructed with recycled cypress wood strips pulled from a old shootgun house in New Orleans under renovation. The design intention behind this table was to manipulated a single plane by curving in back and forth.

Eventually creating a structural shape out of a simple linear plane

The goal of this project was to develop a seat using common materials found at any local hardware store like Lowes or Home Depot. The legs were made from a combination of dows and shelf brackets provide a unique connection that made the top portion float above the legs providing a nice detail. This simple kit of parts then allowed me to develop variations through material exploration with each variation embodying unique characteristics. Like the warm hue of the Beach wood seat or the smooth texture of the concrete finish.

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Client Goals:

Spring 2016

-Establish presence on two main intersecting streets -Clean minimalist asthetics that allign with museum -Dynamic signage that doubles as sculpture

In March of 2016 I along with another classmate Josh Floyd in the graduate program were recommended and chosen to design new signage for the Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum. This commissioned project was made possible through the recommendation of Professor Geoff Gerjtson, with whom we both work with on the Lafayette Strong Pavilion. This project was my first commissioned design project in which I along with Joshua Floyd were in complete control. The project involved many meetings with clients and local fabricators and was an extremely valuable learning experience that yielded a great final design that complements the existing building and design language. The projects budget/bid was 15,300 USD

Form exploration

Material exploration

Final renderings

Publication

July 2016

June 2016

The project was featured in the Fall 2016 publication of View Finder. Which is the Hilliard Art Museum’s Quarterly magazine

Completion of design development and construction documents with plan construction in February of 2017.

Base tectonic exploration

Nov 2016

On site meeting

Completed construction

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