02_2015 Architecture Work Sample

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO William Searcy

William Searcy

1046 Idso Court St. Charles, MN 55972 t_507-696-3955 e_W.V.Searcy@gmail.com

EDUCATION • University of Minnesota, College of Design

Minneapolis, MN, USA Bachelor of Science in Architecture, graduated May 2015

• University of Oregon, School of Architecture and Allied Arts Eugene, OR, USA Masters of Architecture, expected graduation June 2017

RELEVANT SKILLS AND ACTIVITIES • Extensive knowledge of 2D and 3D architectural programs: Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Rhino, Revit, Makerware

• Experience in building models and Makerbot 3D printing • AIAS and NCARB member • Presentor at the 2015 Univ. of Oregon Sustainability Symposium

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EXPERIENCE • Intern, Behnisch Architekten, Boston, MA, USA, May 2014-August 2014, May 2015-August 2015 - Langsdale Library, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD

A renovation for the 50+ year old library at the University of Baltimore dealing with issues of new program needs, space flexibility and environmental quality conducive to work and study.

- PSU Business School, Portland State University, Portland, OR

A renovation and expansion of an outdated existing school building to meet the needs of current and future students and faculty. The design is based around adding class rooms and faculty offices to centralize all business school activities in one, LEED Platnium building.

• Intern, Behnisch Architekten, Stuttgart, Germany, May 2012-August 2012 - Haus Hopp, Heidelberg, Germany

A family residence in the hills of historical Heidelberg with strict development guidelines due to its proximity to the historically protected castle and its subterranean infrastructure.

• Printing Operator, University of Minnesota Printing Services, Minneapolis, MN, January 2012-May 2015, work study job 3

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CONTENTS Lane County Farmers Market

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Rautman Retreat

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Langsdale Library

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Lane County Farmers Market Graduate Architecture Studio Ginger Cartwright University of Oregon, Fall 2015 Located in Eugene Oregon, the Lane County Farmers Market is a weekly, non-permant market that the citizens of Eugene and Lane County take great pride in. The markethall is a response for the need of a more permananet space for the market. Taking into account issues of embodied energy and storm water management, the design for the Eugene Markethall welcomes the citizens of Lane County while blurring the borders between the existing market and the new market. The basis of the design rests in the idea that this building will be more than a market hall and enhance the community of Eugene.

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The form is based off of the separation of program. The markethall is its own building while other programs such as the resturant, offices and community space are located in the others.

The three buildings respond to each other in the form of their roofs. The roofs design was determined by the catching and directing of rain water to containment and filtration planters on site.

The Eugene Markethall is designed to be entirely Oregon made. The structure is Douglas-Fir glue laminated beams with Cedar cladding the exterior walls. In terms of embodied energy, wood is the most efficient and using hardwoods like Douglas-Fir and Cedar makes treating the wood not necessary.

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LEFT TOP: east west building sections RIGHT: building site plan

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LEFT TOP: rain shed roof plan RIGHT: contextual site plan

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Rautman Retreat Undergraduate Architecture Studio 03 Cynthia Jara University of Minnesota, Fall 2014 Located on Deer Island inbetween the towns of Stockholm and Pepin Wisconsin, the Rautman property provided a challenging design problem that involved a 19th century one room school house, the landscape and a demountable structure. The site is on the shore of Lake Pepin which is a backed up part of the Mississippi River.

My job was to renovate the school house, edit the landscape and add a demountable structure that did not break any zoning laws due to the site being in a flood zone. With these objectives, I made the site more liveable for the current family while not compromizing the ability for future generations to edit the site in their own way.

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In the schoolhouse, I indentified a series of slip squares that created order in the structure. I used this to edit the current space and organize the attic to accommodate the new uses of the owners.

I wanted the landscape surrounding the school house to become a programatic extension of the interior.

Using a 9 square grid that was derived from the slip squares used in the school house, I designed a platform for a tensile fabric structure.

This structure is flexible in program while easily removeable in case of floods.

Hager City

Stockholm

Red Wing

Wisconsin

Lake City

Pepin

Minnesota Wabasha

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LEFT TOP: Site and street location on Deer Island LEFT BOTTOM: Location of Deer Island in relation to the Mississippi River, local towns and the borders of Minnesota and Wisconsin RIGHT: Site photos of Lake Pepin, the exsisting school house, the “driftless” area and the transition between the lake and woods

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LEFT TOP: Slip square evolution that created the interior spaces in the schoolhouse LEFT BOTTOM: Plan of school house renovation

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RIGHT TOP: 9 square evolution to create the platform for the tensioned fabric structure RIGHT BOTTOM: Plan of the platform and tensioned fabric structure

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LEFT TOP: Site plan RIGHT: Final models of the school house, tensioned fabric structure and site.

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Langsdale Library work done at Behnisch Architekten, Boston University of Baltimore Baltimore Maryland, Summer 2014 Our goal for the Langsdale Library renovation was to update the old building to accommodate new needs of the student body while also creating a space that can adapt to future programs.

We wanted to create a more open plan that allowed visual connections not only through the building horizontally but also vertically through the floors. The renovation is the second Behnisch building done for the University of Baltimore, the first being the Law School.

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Working with the architects, I worked on interior, atrium and facade design.

The interiors incorporated book shelves, help desks and study spaces.

The atrium runs from the ground floor to the fourth floor that incorporates the main stair case that gives a physical connection along with the visual. The facade design is exposed engage a user in three different ways while also providing natural light catching apparatuses.

LEFT: Preliminary facade diagram illustrating the relationships between the windows and uses of space near them

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LEFT: Facade details ABOVE: Model photo of facade in context with the rest of the building and the surrounding landscape

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LEFT: Plans of floors 1-4 BELOW: Elevation of atrium facade

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LEFT: Interior design options with possible color combinations RIGHT: Atrium model photo

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William Searcy

1046 Idso Court St. Charles, MN 55972 t_507-696-3955 e_W.V.Searcy@gmail.com