Author: liminull
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Two Houses
In a team of two, Annie Hull and I studied the Bass House (also known as Case Study House #20B) and designed an ADU to fit into its backyard. A frame for opaque and light-transmitting swinging panels around three living pods, our design is highly configurable and suitable for up to three inhabitants. Precedent Accessory
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Introduction to Representation
Drawings of bodies and blobs were developed in Rhino and Illustrator to teach orthographic representational techniques. To cap off the class, I designed a small A-frame cabin and produced illustrations of its imagined lived environment. Bodies Blobs A-Frame
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Architecture, Inside-Out
This “backward” architecture project began with a study of Johnston Marklee’s View House. Crops of that house’s drawings were transformed into an object which slowly transitioned into a building whose site and program were created as final steps.
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Mountain Revisit
Having considered and modeled my father’s designs, I decided to take a stab at a simplified layout of my own for the same Colorado site.
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Design Fundamentals II
The second and final pre-architectural design course I undertook in undergrad, DF2, facilitated continued exploration of the dimensions of space and spatial representation. This course encouraged the development of ideas within groups and revealed the rewards of combining forces with others to share interests, passions, and work. Subterranean Sublime A structure with spaces both above…
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Mountain Model
In order to give my parents a better idea of the experience of the mountain home my father has been designing as a place in which to retire, I created a Revit model of his plans, including the site’s views and landscape features. main floor plans by my father title page featuring rendered exterior from…
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Psychedelic Architecture
Visual Reconstruction A device which literally transforms vision, shifting perception from the front of the body to the sides and overlaying rainbow colors, is developed Holo-Bubble The nature of society’s evolving, deepening relationships with technology, specifically social media, are investigated and criticized through spatial construction and experiential manipulation. The Holo-Bubble is a wearable architectural apparatus…
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Color, Material, and Light
Under the instruction of Mary Guzowski, two lighting fixtures are designed and constructed. The first is inspired by the study of Tadao Ando’s Water Temple, and the second is conceived to suit the unique needs of a multipurpose office, teaching, and performance space. Inspired by Ando Tight Light
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Screen Test
A custom steel screen is designed to block glare, maintain skyline views, and enhance the interior experience of a student apartment in a highrise near the University of Minnesota campus. After teaching welding and metalworking basics, the workshop culminated with the construction of a portion of the designed screen.
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Materials and Methods
To understand contemporary building techniques, a local mass timber building was researched, analyzed, and modeled with fellow students Megan Gahlman and Samuel Winemiller.