Tia Miller Portfolio 2023

S K I L L S

RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN

Providence, Rhode Island

Master of Architecture, 2023

Certificate of Collegiate Teaching in Art + Design, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

Cincinnati, Ohio

College of Design, Architecture, Art + Planning (DAAP)

B.S. Interior Design, 2018, cum laude

WILLIAM RAWN ASSOCIATE ARCHITECTS

Boston, MA // June-Sept 2022

Architecture Internship

Worked with facade and exteriors team to contribute documentation for 8-story college campus arts and innovation complex in Virginia. Engaged in consultant meetings and developed clear drawings in Revit for design development set and project pricing package.

SMITHGROUP

Boston, MA // June-Sept 2021

Architecture + Interiors Internship

Collaborated with architecture + interiors teams on brand standards and build out of Southcoast Hospital Fall River Emergency Department. Created visualization materials and drawings and helped lead visioning sessions with clients for brand standards package.

GENSLER

Houston, TX // August 2017-July 2020

Designer + Professional Intern (2017)

Key asset in producing interiors visualization materials, detailed construction documentation, and furniture specifications for several hospitality + corporate projects ranging from new builds to renovations. Also served as hospitality interiors sustainability coordinator and nominated to oversee hiring and mentorship through the Gensler Intern Selection committee.

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI CO-OP PROGRAM SEMESTERS

Through UC’s co-op program, I alternated between semesters in the classroom and semester long co-op experiences that took me nation-wide to the following firms. On these internships I contributed to a variety of project phases and scales through documentation, presentation materials, and FF+E selection as a valued team member.

MAHLUM Seattle, WA // January-May 2017

K-12, Healthcare Interiors

TVSDESIGN

Chicago, IL // May-August 2016

Retail, Healthcare Interiors

ECKENHOFF SAUNDERS ARCHITECTS

CHICAGO, IL // Jan-May, August-December 2015

Healthcare, Corporate, Religious Interiors

DIGITAL// Revit, Rhino, Adobe Creative Suite, Vray, Enscape, Lumion, SpecSource, Spexx, SketchUp, Laser Cutting, CNC router, 3d Printing

ANALOG// Model Making, Sketching, FF+E Selection, Jewelry + Metals Fabrication, Glass Casting, Baking

RISD

GRADUATE 2023 WINTERSESSION FACULTY - COZY SPACE

Created syllabus and taught 5 week, 3 credit hour studio course independently

RISD GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT

Graduate Core 1 Studio, World Architecture, Teaching and Learning Dept Assistant.

GENSLER INTERN SELECTION COMMITTEE

January 2019- March 2020

Selected to review and interview several candidates to Gensler internship program. Served as mentor to interns during their time at the office.

C O N T E N T S

G R O U N D F L O O R

F A R R A G U T H O U S I N G 2.0

S T U D Y O F A G E I O D

C O L O R M I R A G E

P H O T O S Y N T H E S I S

T H E C R O W N

H Y A T T R E G E N C Y K A T Y

P E R F O R M I N G A R T S C E N T E R

G R O U N D F L O O R

This project focused on studying new models of value both within the profession of architecture and how we design with solidarity and equity within communities. The site for the semester was Gilman Square in Somerville, Massachusetts, a station for the new Green Line MBTA extension. While the station came with great excitement in better connecting Somerville to downtown Boston, there was still concern about transit oriented gentrification.

For the first half of the project, interviews were held with state and city officials, grass roots organizations, and community members of Somerville asking for their opinions, fears, and aspirations for the site. There was also opportunity for participation in Somerville’s community meetings as active listeners and note-takers.

All of the information from interviews as well as collective research on Somerville and Gilman Square’s histories, site qualities, stakeholder, etc were combined into a book which became a tool-kit.

With the tool-kit, I developed an aspirational concept to guide what the future Gilman Square station would look like, both through statement and visualized collage. I then proposed a program and building which responded both to the aspiration and to the information we got from stakeholders about what the site could look like. The ideas were shared with city and state leaders as well as the Gliman Square planning board for consideration and integration into future site plans.

WOULDN’T IT BE INCREDIBLE IF SEEKING OUT COMMUNITY RESOURCES

Perspective View of Childcare+ Resource Center

Interior Ramp Street scape

Ground Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

F A R R A G U T H O U S I N G 2.0

o r e t h r e e | s p i n g 2 0 2 2

After completing copious research about existing social housing communities in New York City and relevant policy , we selected one of the communities to create an RFP for and trade with another group. The RFP we received from another team for Farragut Housing asked for the following influences on the site: A new daycare center to replace the currently closed facility , a new community center, public luxuries that help better connect Farragut to the neighboring Navy Yard and DUMBO neighborhoods , renovations to existing apartments that doesn’t result in displacement of current tenants, sound mitigation from the freeway, and more usable green spaces throughout the project site. Working as a team, we proposed the development of two new towers with community center and daycare centers on the ground floor. Functionally, the new towers aided in housing folks as existing towers were renovated. Aesthetically, the new towers sought to improve upon the existing footprint

of the towers while retaining material qualities like the brick and formal qualities like the radiating spatial footprint.

We proposed the addition of hill topography throughout the site which serve as the basis of developing formal and informal programming to the site such as playgrounds, sledding hills, meandering walk-paths, and a physical sound buffer from the nearby interstate. The landscaping also served as a method of better connecting the DUMBO and Navy Yard neighborhoods that were quite segregated from Farragut. These design strategies were our response to the RFP and ultimately presented to NYCHA (New York City Housing Authority) for review and comment.

Team Member: Nora Bayer

Site Plan of Farragut Housing between DUMBO+ Navy Yard

Playground

Sledding Hill

Community Center

Faraggut Public Luexary Proposals

Meandering Walking Paths

Recreation Space

Daycare Center

New Housing Tower Proposed Plans

New Farragut Housing Towers, Community Center, and Daycare Section

New Farragut Housing Towers, Community Center, and Daycare Elevation

S T U D Y O F A G E O I D

d r a w i n g | f a l l 2 0 2 0

A semester long drawing course presented the challenge of taking a rock, making it fully digital, and performing a series of scripted experiments on the form. First the rock was simplified down to planar surfaces and documented unfolded with the angles and radii for necessary for reassembly The

unfolded drawing was then made planar and reassembled nto a hollow geoid-like form representative of the original rock. The volume was subjected to a series of moving plan and elevation studies with and without scripted digital imagery projected onto the surfaces.

C O L O R M I R A G E

c o r e o n e | f a l l 2 0 2 0

The goal of this project was to design a structure that created a narrative of spatially imposed boundaries and site implications. The entourage narrative centered around two groups, the “Residents” who lived and gathered within the space and “Tourists” who were to be discouraged from intruding upon the “Residents”.

Working with a series of self-imposed rule sets along a grid and the required square footages, the building was planned so that any Tourist approaching any of the openings would not catch a glimpse of the colorful interior dwelling spaces or centralized open gathering area.

Level One

Level Two

Level Three

Unrolled Elevation View -Exterior “Tourist” View

Perspective of Exterior “Tourist View”

Perspective of Interior “Resident View”

P H O T O S Y N T H E S I S

The Kroger Company provided an opportunity to design concepts for their food + beverage spaces in their future flagship store renovation. The challenge was to design a “third place” within the store that was welcoming to community and visitors while still representing Kroger’s brand. After copious research with a partner on successful existing retail brand identities and strategies that employed biophilia into their standards, we landed on the concept of Photosynthesis to drive our project.

We conceptualized and branded 4 major touch points; Refuel, Recharge, Regroup, and Relax. Each space focused on integrating natural elements that emphasized well-being and socializing. Concepts were presented to Kroger, and ultimately the refuel touch point was selected and built in the new location. Many of the design elements from our concept have continued to be integrated into Kroger’s new stores throughout the country.

Competition Partner: Hunter Miller

Refuel Touch Point Perspective Render

Relax Touch Point Perspective Render

Refuel Touch Point Perspective Render

Regroup Touch Point Perspective Render

B A L C O N Y

R O O F P A T I O

studied the prominent Crown Building in the historic and centrally located Over-the-Rhine neighborhood to house the mental wellness center.

The Japanese art of aggrandized repair

The philosophy of honoring healing

that wove upwards through the building as more privacy was required. The spiral stair becomes a Kintsugi-like physical manifestation, celebrating the journey of wellness with each level descended upwards.

K

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The philosophy of honoring healing

Physical Model of Site Existing Conditions - The Crown Building

AWARENESS

T H E G O L D L I N I N G

... a grand, gold, staircase celebrating an individual’s journey through the steps of healing + understanding...

LEVEL ONE gaining awareness of

...a grand gold, staircase celebrating a individual’s journey through the steps of healing + understanding...

LEVEL ONE

gaining awareness of mental illness + holistic

INDIVIDUAL THERAPY

INDIVIDUAL THERAPY

LEVEL ONE

gaining awareness of mental illness + holistic products Consult

Check-In Retail

EXPERIENCE

LEVEL TWO

First-hand experience in a variety of treatment + prevention methods

Demonstration

Yoga/Mindfulness

HEALING

LEVEL THREE

Different types of psychotherapy to support further healing

Individual Therapy

Group Therapy

YOGA + MINDFULNESS SPACE GROUP

H Y A T T R E G E N C Y K A T Y

g e n s l e r, h o u s t o n | 2 0 1 9 - 2 0 2 0

Gensler was selected to design and develop the ground-up, full service hotel and conference center under the Hyatt Regency brand flag with the City of Katy, Texas. Working with concepts surrounding Katy’s rich history as a stop off the MKT railway and its place as an agriculture giant of rice, the concept for the hotel was created.

Responsibilities on this project included developing content for the client vision sessions, design and construction documentation, and construction administration. I

contributed to this project as both a technical and conceptual designer, working both on the guest room tower, the 1st floor podium level public spaces and conference center. I also helped prepare custom FF+E specifications and drawings for the guest room and podium levels of the hotel. I further prepared documentation for the guest room built mock-ups up until the projects hiatus with the pandemic.

Exterior and public space perspective renders by visualization team. All other renders and documentation from my contributed project scope.

Perspective Rendering of Bar and Lobby Space

Perspective Rendering of Restaurant and Presentation Kitchen

P E R F O R M I N G A R T S C E N T E R

During my summer internship with WRA I predominately worked with the facades team on design and pricing set documentation for an institutional performing arts center in Virginia. The building was a 8-story new-build housing the institutions music, drama, costume, set design, and dance schools all under one roof. The design featured several dance studios, a concert hall, proscenium theater, makerspace,and learning atrium. Unique to the project was the exterior glazing and scrim application which both gave the building visual cohesion and provided light and privacy as required per program.

During my time on this project, I predominately worked with the facades team. My responsibilities included assisting with design development options of the facade for clients,

preparing facade based documentation for the pricing set, and helping oversee physical mock-ups of the scrim systems with the office model shop. I assisted with Revit modeling and preparation of the facade systems such as setting up curtain wall schedules, creating parameterized mullion details, and entering specification information into panel types for LEED and sustainability bench marks. I also assisted with code evaluation of the facades with local and state regulations.

All renderings and documentation in this set were materials I contributed in producing during the course of my internship with William Rawn.

P O R T F O L I O

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