Selected Works — William Hall

05/2016 – 05/2020 Auburn University

William Hall Selected— Works

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05/2016 – 05/2020 Auburn University

William Hall Selected— Works

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Contents

06 The Willing Inmates of Oscillation 28 Light + Boundary 36 City Syntax 44 The Urban Dance 52 Immersion 58 Ree’s Home 68 Small Works

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The Willing Inmates of Oscillation Auburn University; 2020 Instructor: Randal Vaughn

In order to explore the concepts of research, both fiction and boundary, an architectural experimentation was conducted. This experiment allows for a different lens of analysis to expand discourse.

In this project it was important to utilize the element of fiction, but like in many case studies, within some grounds of a constructed reality.

Because of this obstruction the resultant project attempts to bridge the architectural gaps between the physical reality and the fantastical with the architectural drawing and narrative. This narrative evolves at many different scales. The initial scale, the site, is chosen based on the characteristics of narrative of that site. In this case, that site is New Orleans.

This idea of the narrative of the city permeating in both the selection process and the character of the project.

As the scale narrows design decisions begin to be made. In order to achieve a broad range of scales a narrative was created from an architectural perspective. A unique experiment in personifying the architecture narration both as a resultant and a methodology of design.

Structural elements of the literature, in this instance literal sentences, used to compose the architectural drawing.

This is also intended to question the boundary of the architecture in a multiplicity of ways.

One such way it poses this question is through the suggestion of an architecture being infrastructural yet highly abstracted. The fictional nature of the architecture as a representation of what the architecture could be, instead of a blueprint of what it should be.

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THE WILLING INMATES OF OSCILLATION — 2020

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Pump Stations as Site “In the 1890’s, the city council decided to deal with the “extraordinary disastrous condition” of the city’s drainage. By the turn of the century, the city had built giant drainage canals (today mostly hidden underneath the streets, so big that a truck could drive through them).

But moving water out required pumps to get it up and over the higher land rimming the city. The canals carried water from pumping station to pumping station, until the end of the line, where it was pumped into Lake Borgne or, if necessary, Lake Pontchartrain.

There were pumps built into the original drainage system, but in the 1910’s, a local engineer, Albert Baldwin Wood, built New Orleans better pumps than any city had ever had...

Wood’s innovative pumping system made it possible for New Orleans to thrive and expand, despite the city’s less-than-ideal location. A century after their creation, his pumps are still engineering wonders. But they come with a caveat. Many of the pumps use an outdated electrical standard, and the city generates power just for them, with turbines that are difficult and costly to maintain. They’re unreliable enough that this past summer a rainstorm caused the city to flood for days, and whenever hurricanes threaten the system’s weak spots are put to the test.”1 Within the irony of the pump station the project chooses to impregnate the city with it’s architecture. 11 temporary habitats are constructed at major pump site locations throughout the city (indicated in the drawing by full circles). Each of these locations assigned to a portion of the population as city living space during flooding (indicated with

hatch patterning scale). The narrative of the failing infrastructure replaced by a new one.

1 Laskow, Sarah. “New Orleans Has Been Using the Same Technology to Drain the City Since the 1910s.” Atlas Obscura. AtlasObscura, October 30, 2017. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/new-orleans-wood-screw-pumps-history-power-drainage-flooding-infrastructure.

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Habitat Map, 2020

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Creating the Architectural Narrative In order to create the architecture a short descriptive narration was written alongside the development of the architecture. This was both a resultant and a methodological process of creation. Written from the perspective of “Architecture as narrator” literal sentences are translated back and forth between drawing and writing.

THE WILLING INMATES OF OSCILLATION— a Descriptive Narration of and by an Architecture Time: The Near Future Place: New Orleans, Hurricane Season One by one they file into me, the earsplitting ring of the alarms a continuous symphony echoing throughout the city. This is the sixth entry this month. This influx is heavier than usual, and the parade of inmates seems to be growing with each season. Prisoners of their own movement, and subscribers to the new nomadic Americana.

This is the new normal, an ironic existence of influx and exodus that binds the inhabitant to me and the unpredictable characteristics of nature. This irony is both the resultant and origin of my birth. I represent the vein of intervention, dueling with nature, and shielding those who temporarily enslave themselves to me. I provide, and in parasitic fashion they take to me.

Nature retreats.

The prisoners leave their shackles behind and once again to return to what once was.

This is the process. Ready at the ever-fleeting moment to return to us. Yes, that is correct. There are more. We are all fluent in the same language, but many of us speak with different dialect. Our constant state of expansion has been bred and cultivated by those who inhabit. Distance to be closed further in this time of retreat. We grow indefinitely awaiting their return.

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The 11 Habitats, 2020

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THE WILLING INMATES OF OSCILLATION— a Descriptive Narration of and by an Architecture Time: The Near Future Place: New Orleans, Hurricane Season One by one they file into me, the earsplitting ring of the alarms a continuous symphony echoing throughout the city. This is the sixth entry this month. This influx is heavier than usual, and the parade of inmates seems to be growing with each season. Prisoners of their own movement, and subscribers to the new nomadic Americana.

This is the new normal, an ironic existence of influx and exodus that binds the inhabitant to me and the unpredictable characteristics of nature. This irony is both the resultant and origin of my birth. I represent the vein of intervention, dueling with nature, and shielding those who temporarily enslave themselves to me. I provide, and in parasitic fashion they take to me.

Nature retreats.

The prisoners leave their shackles behind and once again to return to what once was.

This is the process. Ready at the ever-fleeting moment to return to us. Yes, that is correct. There are more. We are all fluent in the same language, but many of us speak with different dialect. Our constant state of expansion has been bred and cultivated by those who inhabit. Distance to be closed further in this time of retreat. We grow indefinitely awaiting their return.

This is the new normal for the now residents of New Orleans. Those that do not wish this lifestyle have left, and others have joined. The drawing on the right depicting one of these moments of entry into Habitat 07. A formidable line of subscribers waiting to enter...

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Nomadic Americana, 2020

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THE WILLING INMATES OF OSCILLATION— a Descriptive Narration of and by an Architecture Time: The Near Future Place: New Orleans, Hurricane Season One by one they file into me, the earsplitting ring of the alarms a continuous symphony echoing throughout the city. This is the sixth entry this month. This influx is heavier than usual, and the parade of inmates seems to be growing with each season. Prisoners of their own movement, and subscribers to the new nomadic Americana.

This is the new normal, an ironic existence of influx and exodus that binds the inhabitant to me and the unpredictable characteristics of nature. This irony is both the resultant and origin of my birth. I represent the vein of intervention, dueling with nature, and shielding those who temporarily enslave themselves to me. I provide, and in parasitic fashion they take to me.

Nature retreats.

The prisoners leave their shackles behind and once again to return to what once was.

This is the process. Ready at the ever-fleeting moment to return to us. Yes, that is correct. There are more. We are all fluent in the same language, but many of us speak with different dialect. Our constant state of expansion has been bred and cultivated by those who inhabit. Distance to be closed further in this time of retreat. We grow indefinitely awaiting their return.

The rhythm of entry and exit goes through the architecture. Nature dictates the time allocated for each. The duality of the drawing reflecting the characteristics of the entry and the exit, with the architecture traversing the in between.

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Influx and Exodus, 2020

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THE WILLING INMATES OF OSCILLATION— a Descriptive Narration of and by an Architecture Time: The Near Future Place: New Orleans, Hurricane Season One by one they file into me, the earsplitting ring of the alarms a continuous symphony echoing throughout the city. This is the sixth entry this month. This influx is heavier than usual, and the parade of inmates seems to be growing with each season. Prisoners of their own movement, and subscribers to the new nomadic Americana.

This is the new normal, an ironic existence of influx and exodus that binds the inhabitant to me and the unpredictable characteristics of nature. This irony is both the resultant and origin of my birth. I represent the vein of intervention, dueling with nature, and shielding those who temporarily enslave themselves to me. I provide, and in parasitic fashion they take to me.

Nature retreats.

The prisoners leave their shackles behind and once again to return to what once was.

This is the process. Ready at the ever-fleeting moment to return to us. Yes, that is correct. There are more. We are all fluent in the same language, but many of us speak with different dialect. Our constant state of expansion has been bred and cultivated by those who inhabit. Distance to be closed further in this time of retreat. We grow indefinitely awaiting their return.

The inhabitant is bound to the architecture, similar tho how they are bound to nature. The reactionary forces driving them to and away from the habitats, never to cease.

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Bound Between, 2020

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THE WILLING INMATES OF OSCILLATION— a Descriptive Narration of and by an Architecture Time: The Near Future Place: New Orleans, Hurricane Season One by one they file into me, the earsplitting ring of the alarms a continuous symphony echoing throughout the city. This is the sixth entry this month. This influx is heavier than usual, and the parade of inmates seems to be growing with each season. Prisoners of their own movement, and subscribers to the new nomadic Americana.

This is the new normal, an ironic existence of influx and exodus that binds the inhabitant to me and the unpredictable characteristics of nature. This irony is both the resultant and origin of my birth. I represent the vein of intervention, dueling with nature, and shielding those who temporarily enslave themselves to me. I provide, and in parasitic fashion they take to me.

Nature retreats.

The prisoners leave their shackles behind and once again to return to what once was.

This is the process. Ready at the ever-fleeting moment to return to us. Yes, that is correct. There are more. We are all fluent in the same language, but many of us speak with different dialect. Our constant state of expansion has been bred and cultivated by those who inhabit. Distance to be closed further in this time of retreat. We grow indefinitely awaiting their return.

The architecture provides. While this provision is mandated by the architecture itself, the inhabitants gladly take to the measures for protection. Laboring for new growth, the temporarily enslaved help to birth new portions of the “building”.

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The Temporary Slave, 2020

THE WILLING INMATES OF OSCILLATION — 2020

Selected Works — Will Hall

THE WILLING INMATES OF OSCILLATION— a Descriptive Narration of and by an Architecture Time: The Near Future Place: New Orleans, Hurricane Season One by one they file into me, the earsplitting ring of the alarms a continuous symphony echoing throughout the city. This is the sixth entry this month. This influx is heavier than usual, and the parade of inmates seems to be growing with each season. Prisoners of their own movement, and subscribers to the new nomadic Americana.

This is the new normal, an ironic existence of influx and exodus that binds the inhabitant to me and the unpredictable characteristics of nature. This irony is both the resultant and origin of my birth. I represent the vein of intervention, dueling with nature, and shielding those who temporarily enslave themselves to me. I provide, and in parasitic fashion they take to me.

Nature retreats.

The prisoners leave their shackles behind and once again to return to what once was.

This is the process. Ready at the ever-fleeting moment to return to us. Yes, that is correct. There are more. We are all fluent in the same language, but many of us speak with different dialect. Our constant state of expansion has been bred and cultivated by those who inhabit. Distance to be closed further in this time of retreat. We grow indefinitely awaiting their return.

Form is dictated individually. The language persistent throughout, but each character growing from the infrastructural wall individually. Thus creating an architectural language, but not a blueprint.

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Languages, 2020

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THE WILLING INMATES OF OSCILLATION— a Descriptive Narration of and by an Architecture Time: The Near Future Place: New Orleans, Hurricane Season One by one they file into me, the earsplitting ring of the alarms a continuous symphony echoing throughout the city. This is the sixth entry this month. This influx is heavier than usual, and the parade of inmates seems to be growing with each season. Prisoners of their own movement, and subscribers to the new nomadic Americana.

This is the new normal, an ironic existence of influx and exodus that binds the inhabitant to me and the unpredictable characteristics of nature. This irony is both the resultant and origin of my birth. I represent the vein of intervention, dueling with nature, and shielding those who temporarily enslave themselves to me. I provide, and in parasitic fashion they take to me.

Nature retreats.

The prisoners leave their shackles behind and once again to return to what once was.

This is the process. Ready at the ever-fleeting moment to return to us. Yes, that is correct. There are more. We are all fluent in the same language, but many of us speak with different dialect. Our constant state of expansion has been bred and cultivated by those who inhabit. Distance to be closed further in this time of retreat. We grow indefinitely awaiting their return.

Architecture expands infinitely. The draw of population to the region and lifestyle necessitate this. Drawing represents potential geometries for expansion within the architectural plan.

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Indefinite Growth, 2020

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The architecture’s parasitic condition expands over time. utilizing the medium of video to attempt to represent this stage-like growth. The film strip as a narrative.

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Stills from an animation of the growth and construction of the object. (2020)

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Duality of Perspective, 2020

LIGHT + BOUNDARY — 2019

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Light + Boundary Auburn University; Spring 2019 Instructor: Margaret Fletcher

Set in one of the most historic green spaces in Cambridge, England. This “choose your own program” projects seeks to exclusively experiment with the element of the “building at night”. It also aims to create a piece of architecture that will benefit the mostly dark community with a an art gallery to display the blooming local artisans, while still attempting to situate itself within a prestigious and historical context.

Within the context of an experimentation in light, this projects seeks to provide an exploration between the properties of light and boundary, with a goal to express the nonconformities of the boundaries created by material and non-material. This project strives to question how light and boundaries interact and become one another.

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APPROACH—

Dynamic light engages the outermost boundary of the architecture.

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LIGHT + BOUNDARY — 2019

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EMERGE—

Volumes of architectural light begin to rise from outside the building’s boundary.

LIGHT + BOUNDARY — 2019

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Subterranean gallery

Another concept related to the idea of light and boundary is the boundary of the built environment as well as the sectional boundary.

Light boxes are placed above a gallery space beneath the earth. These boxes are then able to serve as attention pieces within the park and emit light in such a notably dark location.

The ceiling plenum of the lower gallery is also illuminated by natural light from the light boxes above. Creating a direct interaction between subterranean and park visitors.

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Subterranean gallery emerges through ground plane

Architecture in the landscape

LIGHT + BOUNDARY — 2019

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Section viewing Northwest (towards park)

A similar language is used throughout the park to provide illumination and paths connecting the architecture to the site. This also extends the amount of light into the park blurring the true boundary of the architecture. The historic paths of Christ’s Pieces illuminated by a contrasting architectural language.

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Park side approach

CITY SYNTAX — 2018

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Detailed wall section, elevation and plan view

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City Syntax

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Auburn University; Spring 2018 Instructor: Matt Hall

Situated near the great work of Arne Jacobsen’s City Hall, and directly next to two historic buildings of Aarhus, Denmark; this project was intended to develop a creative response to a very mundane building program.

The city of Aarhus has a very large transportation service, which was utilized for this project to create a ground floor ticket office and cafe, as well as a stacked office typology above. This project is unique because it had to respond to an unfamiliar foreign context.

This design was intentional experimentation with massiveness and the experience the facade. The context of the site led me to think of the architecture of the city’s urban fabric as a language, or sentence. Which also answered the question of how the building needed to respond to the historic gallery next door? It didn’t. The neighboring historical buildings could be seen as the beginning of a new sentence. As a result, this project site was the PERIOD that terminated the language of the previous urban sentence. Thus, creating the utmost need for massiveness, and experimentation with how mass can be experienced in a “normal” work environment, or shape new typologies for the urban environment.

WITHIN—

Materiality creates an illusion of floating solidarity, masking a space between.

CITY SYNTAX — 2018

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WITHIN—

Contained within the mostly solid facade, inhabitants bear witness to the action of the protruding steel beams, emerging and piercing the street side view. This action is rewarded by a stream of natural light that engages the interior of the building.

The space between breaks down the illusion of solidarity the building portrays, and offers a value to the visitor and the primary user both from above and below. A plethora of cor ten steel beams penetrate the space and add another element of intrigue to the moment, as their stains show an element of the passage of time.

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Occupant experience from multi-leveled space.

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WITHIN— Visitor is introduced to the breakdown of solidarity.

CITY SYNTAX — 2018

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Approach towards Aarhus Town Hall by Arne Jacobsen

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Photo by Jake Schirmer

CITY SYNTAX — 2018

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The context of the site led me to think of the architecture of the city’s urban fabric as a language, or sentence. Which also answered the question of how the building needed to respond to the historic gallery next door? It didn’t. The neighboring historical buildings could be seen as the beginning of a new sentence. As a result, this project site was the PERIOD that terminated the language of the previous urban sentence. Thus, creating the utmost need for massiveness, and experimentation with how mass can be experienced in a “normal” work environment, or shape new typologies for the urban environment.

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The end of one urban sentence and the beginning of another.

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THE URBAN DANCE — 2018

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The Urban Dance Auburn University; Fall 2018 Instructor: Amadeu Santacana

What if we thought of the city of Chattanooga, TN, as a dance? The future development of the downtown area is promising. Given the site’s location, this Mixed-Use project was in great location to connecting the blossoming area of the new Innovation District with the campus life of UTC nearby.

The value of connecting these areas was very important, along with the value of giving something back to the city. As the downtown area continues to grow, it is imperative to have public space in dense areas. Especially for residents in downtown. Giving both a place of rest from the density and a way of traveling was an important driver for this project, and on a smaller scale created the “dance” and pass-through of the three proposed towers.

On an even smaller scale, since this is a largely residential project. This was also an opportunity to propose an interesting way to live. The division of the project into separate towers allowed each floor to have a limited amount of residents and create a small community.

This was then exaggerated by a widened corridor that could be inhabited as a shared living room between residents, creating additional cross-ventilation and insulation benefits.

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The two districts converge at the site interconnecting the city.

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City as diagram

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The concept of continuity between both areas of the city was something deemed important for this site. The ground floor of this multi-use structure is left mostly open as a thoroughfare for the evolving city The forms dance on the site to break up monotony and allow views throughout the city. With the ever increasing density of the area, this project aims to become a place of refuge in the future.

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Approach,

THE URBAN DANCE — 2018

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(Top) Ground Floor Plan, (Bottom) Typical Upper Floor Plan

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Section looking North

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Typical Floor Living Plan

In this living concept the hallways are widened to create community living room spaces for each floor. This living room space provides enough room to supplement the apartment size and can be used as a natural insulation space within the project. Also, double doors are used on each unit to increase the ability for natural ventilation through the project and through each unit.

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IMMERSION — 2019

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Atlanta is home to many galleries and museums, most notably the High Museum of Art. Atlanta’s contemporary art scene is also notable. The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center formerly NEXUS and now known locally as the Contemporary, began in 1973 as an artists collaborative. Initially the center was comprised of exhibition space and studio space for studio artist program, however the center’s role has evolved and now includes outreach activities including arts education programs while maintaining free admission.

The contemporary has long term plans to expand. For our purposes the expansion will convert the existing structures to contain off site storage and to expand the studio artist program and educational facilities. A new structure in Midtown Atlanta is being proposed to house a substantially expanded exhibition and event venue. The work is aims to expand the Contemporary’s capacity to engage the public through the appreciation of contemporary art and to maintain its participation in shaping the public realm.

COURTYARD—

A new interior is created with the existing MARTA station and the new architecture.

Immer— sion Auburn University; Fall 2019 Instructor: Randal Vaughn

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IMMERSION — 2019

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An interior atrium space intentionally has a dialogue with the context of Atlanta Architecture, similar to the works of John Portman within the city. This solution also allows for the creation of a dynamic urban courtyard which passer-by’s, MARTA user’s, and museum visitors all have a connection to.

This space depressed into the earth attempts to offer an urban solution contrary to the architecture surrounding it which typically has resulted in an elevated plaza level. Not only does this engage sight, but it also engages the MARTA in this area with a more dynamic space for public interaction, offering a cultural building as a backdrop.

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Section Looking North

IMMERSION — 2019

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(Top) Ground Floor Plan, (Bottom) Typical Upper Floor Plan

REE’S HOME — 2017

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Auburn University Rural Studio Auburn University Rural Studio Team Project

Team Project

The objective of this project was to improve and innovate the design of a home from the Auburn University Rural Studio 20K Product Line Homes. Then, construct that design for our client Margaret (Ree).

In order to design and construct a real home for our client, a thorough analysis of her current living conditions and existing 20K product line homes was conducted in order to determine the best home for the client. New foundation systems were also designed to study for the Rural Studio 20K Home research project.

We then worked together in coordination with a future spring semester team to construct the model home customized for the client.

Greatly benefiting the living situation and providing an investment for the future of her and her family in Hale County.

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Ree’s Home

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Photo by Jake Schirmer

REE’S HOME — 2017

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Client’s existing home

In order to design and construct a real home for our client, thorough analysis of her current living conditions were conducted. Site plans along with exterior and interior documentation was recorded to aid in the selection and modification process of the 20k Model Homes. Site visits like these also aided in developing a stronger connection with the client and neighbors, and a better understanding of her lifestyle.

Exterior renderings documenting client’s existing home done by: Kyle Anderson, Regan Eiland, Will Hall, Cory Subasic (Top To Bottom)

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REE’S HOME — 2017

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After iterations of working through the design process of the homes, a selection of ideas were presented to the client at the site. Input from the client and mocking up floor plans allowed for a more well-rounded discussion on which of the three model homes to choose.

After the meeting it was concluded that Version 10 of the Rural Studio 20k Product Line Homes would be chosen. This decision was also accompanied by the choice to construct the home’s foundation as an elevated slab.

Which was a new foundation type amongst the 20k Home projects.

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(Top) Footings and Exterior Block, (Middle) Ready for Slab Pour (Bottom) Exterior Framing

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Photo by Jake Schirmer

REE’S HOME — 2017

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Photo by Jake Schirmer

The home presented many modified design solutions, such as an extended porch, and a multi-use space that functioned as storage as well as a place for an extra guest to sleep.

The modifications were unique to the model home’s design that were designed by the architecture student team.

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Misc.

STANDARD CHAIR — 2017

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The objective of this project was to select and recreate a chair or seat by a well-known architect. The selected chair was the Standard Chair No. 4 (in wood) designed by Jean Prouve. Teams of two were to recreate a 1:1 scale replica of the chair by hand, and drawings/construction guides for the chair.

The difficult task of this chair was having minimal wood shop experience and information about the chair itself. Relying on photographs and extensive research we replicated the version of the chair that exposed handmade mortise and tenon joints. This project taught craft and attention to detail that one can relate to architecture, and the role furniture has in architecture.

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Jean Prouvé’s Standard Chair No.4 Academic Work; Auburn University Rural Studio Team: Will Hall, Livia Barrett

STANDARD CHAIR — 2017

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Jigs were constructed to mold steamed plywood into both the seat and back rest. This process proved very unique and cumbersome to the result of the final product.

However, these were some of the only pieces to be easily replicated. Every other piece had to be crafted individually. With each mortise and tenon having special care to carve away by hand.

(Top) Seat Jig, (Middle) Back Jig (Bottom) Structure Fitting

STANDARD CHAIR — 2017

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STANDARD CHAIR — 2017

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SCULPTURE AS OBJECT — 2019

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Auburn University; Fall 2019 Instructor: Jonathan Durham

This series of sculptures aims to explore the interesting connection between inanimate objects, machines, and the living organism.

This study focused on sculpture as an element of the “found object” instead of something of our own. Many different methods of creation are used as well as the materials used. Molds and casts are used to emphasize the idea of machine production. With the over arching theme being the tie between the sculptures.

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SCULPTURE AS OBJECT — 2019

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This sculpture attempts to reflect on the literal impressions plastics and other machine built objects have on our body. A skin-like surface is portrayed to be draped or stretched over these nearly recognizable objects. A machine like metal frame seems to puncture the skin itself at moments, and at others is being swallowed by the skin-like mass.

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In this series of works, the machine is integrated with the element of the living organism, in this case, a cat’s skull That work is then replicated several times through a mold making process and expressed through many different materials which all have a dynamic effect of the impression the pieces make individually and as a group.

SCULPTURE AS OBJECT — 2019

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This machine is the product of a machine process. An original machine, in this case a diesel engine, was broken down into its radial geometries, which were reassembled in a model form. The, an organic piece, the humorous, was introduced and integrated into the piece, to attempt to remove the identity of the object as a whole. This results in something that is somewhat “other” with elements of both the machine and human understood throughout.

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Rural Studio Watercolor — 2017

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Rural Studio Historic Watercolor Academic Work; Auburn University Rural Studio Instructor: Dick Hudgens

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Magnolia Hall, Greensboro, AL

CHRONOLOGY

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Print Shop Opelika, AL Fall 2016

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Site / Space / Studio 10,000 Lines Design Project Summer 2016

Aggregated Strokes Summer 2016

Chronology

Analytique

Enclosure / Pattern Summer 2016

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Research + Contrast Extrusion

Operative Conditions Addition

Tughendat House Summer 2016

Proun Summer 2016

CADC Bike Hub

Prospect and Refuge Ecology Center

Auburn, AL Fall 2016

Auburn, AL Spring 2017

9 Square Grid Summer 2016

Selma, AL Spring 2017

Kappa Sigma House Summer 2016

Ree's Home Newbern, AL Fall 2017

CHRONOLOGY

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Standard Chair Jean Prouve Fall 2017

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Watercolor J.W. Otts’ Home Fall 2017

City Syntax Aarhus, Denmark Spring 2018

Obstructions Aarhus, Denmark Spring 2018

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The Urban Dance Chatanooga, Tennessee Fall 2019

Light + Boundary Cambridge, England Spring 2019

Immersion Atlanta, GA Fall 2019

Thesis

New Orleans, LA Spring 2020

Résumé

CONTACT— C: 256.345.8879 E: wth.3@yahoo.com M: 829 30th Street S, Apt A8 Birmingham, AL 35205

William Hall III EXPERIENCE—

EDUCATION—

Graduate Architect / Fifth Dimension Architecture & Interiors

Bachelor of Architecture, Auburn University

Managing small scale projects. Forming relationships and coordinating design with clients, consultants, contractors, and engineers. Working in Revit across multi-family, residential, and mixed-use project types.

Involved in all phases of design with a focus on design development and production of construction documents. Also, utilize virtual reality and 3D visualization software for design presentation and collaboration.

GPA: 3.64/4.00 Dean’s List Honors: Summer 2016, Fall 2017

Intern Architect / Christopher AI

National Honor Society: 11, 12 National Art Honor Society: 11, 12 Academic Letter (maintained 90 or greater average): 9, 10, 11, 12

Birmingham, AL May 2020 — Current

Birmingham, AL May 2019 — August 2019

Participated in schematic design, site inspection, site documentation, design development, and production of construction documents for commercial buildings utilizing Revit and Sketchup.

Intern Architect / Fuqua & Partners Birmingham, AL May 2018 — August 2018

Assisted in schematic design, site inspection, site documentation, and production of construction documents for commercial buildings using AutoCad and Revit. Had the opportunity to accompany firm partners to assorted construction sites to oversee process and manage progress with clients.

HONORS & AWARDS— Publication

(FEATURED IN) Visual Communication for Architects and Designers: Constructing the Persuasive Presentation by Margaret Fletcher Sep 29, 2020 - Routledge

Portfolio featured in publication that teaches readers the art of designing a concise, clear, compelling and effective visual and verbal presentation.

Auburn University APLA Design Work Feature https://cadc.auburn.edu/architecture/ Fall 2019 — Current

Design work featured on homepage of Auburn University APLA website that provides resources for current and incoming students, family etc.

John and Dodgie Schaffer Scholarship Auburn University 2019 Recipient

Tau Sigma Delta Honor Fraternity Member Auburn University 2019 — Current

Magna Cum Laude May 2020

Diploma with Honors, Decatur High School Decatur, AL August 2011—May 2015

SKILLS— Drawing • Mechanical Drafting • AutoCAD • Revit • Meshmixer Presentation • VRay • Enscape • Lumion • TwinMotion • Oculus Virtual Reality • Meshmixer • Cinema 4D

Documentation • Digital & Film Photography • Laser Scanning (Leica LTC 360) • Drone Documentation • Bluebeam • Microsoft: Word, Powerpoint, Teams Presentation (cont.)

• Hand Rendering: Graphite, Charcoal, Acrylic, Watercolor) • Adobe: After Effects, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, Photoshop, • Sony Vegas

Production • Model Building • Laser Cutting • 3D Printing • Woodworking Other • • • • • •

Interpersonal Skills Communication Collaboration Problem Solving Leadership Adaptability

ADDITIONAL— Japan, Architecture Field Study Auburn University January 2020

This 3 week travel seminar investigated the cultural and historical background of Japanese architecture. Determining first hand what aspects of it are unique, and how we can extrapolate future design possibilities from it.

Study Abroad, Scandinavia Auburn University January 2018—May 2018

Three weeks of travel through Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland, returning to Denmark to study at the Aarhus School of Architecture for an additional six weeks of studio and seminar work.

Study Abroad, Scandinavia Auburn University May 2017—December 2017

Colophon Aktiv Grotesk designed by Dalton Maag ,2010 Swis721 BT designed by Bitstream, 1982 Artifakt Element designed by Erik Spiekermann