Greg Baker Architecture Portfolio

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completed Master of Architecture degree at the California College of the Arts

completed Bachelor of Arts degree in Architecture at UC Berkeley

returned to UC Berkeley and continued working at PPI

hired by Porfolio Property Investors in Oakland

born in Chicago

raised in the south suburb of Flossmoor

chose architecture as a career because of the potential to help people have a better life through the design of their habitatattended the University of California at Berkeley, with summer internships in information technology

attended Laney College in Oakland, with an internship in engineering

These four projects represent my journey to find ways to improve the quality of life for the urban being. This can be accomplished by improving the health of society

through the provision of beneficial spatial qualities and ecosystems in cities.I aim to design urban habitats.

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Selected Works 2004 - 20112 Tondi Tower6 Street Connection12 Bridging the Sky-Cycle20 Oakland Art MuseumGreg Baker(510) 847-53041023 57th St.Oakland, CA 94608

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A diagrid structure and asymmetrical elevator cores support a tower of “tondo” views through conic voids. Two floors are left open for outside air and wind to alleviate heat and force. I learned a rendering program called Maxwell, and built a seven-foot-tall model both by hand and using a laser cutter.

Tondi Towerinstructor: Andrew Kudless

organization: CCARapid Prototyping Advanced StudioSpring 2011

The students have to negotiate space with each other across a small section of the first water-front park project in Hong Kong. People coming by boat or bus can view other buildings through the tower’s voids that also serve as ventilation, program, and circulation.

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Parameterization of a lobby wall in a New York cancer center by Lewis, Tsurumaki, Lewis leads to a taxonomy revealing the spatial potential of voids in many types of volumes.

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Special care was taken to respect the façades of the welfare office and the film school. The main circu-lation occurs along Mission Street, where the parking and retail alley continues through to Ninth Street.

Street Connectioninstructors: Sarah Willmer, Roddy Creedon

organization: UC BerkeleyArchitecture 100BSpring 2009

Bounded by a welfare office on Mission Street and a film school on Ninth Street, the site had a unique urban fabric featuring many alleys. A neighboring building to the east is residential and has plants growing around the outdoor fire stair.

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The automatic door is studied as a system of conveyance. A shift in horizon from the world to the store is mediated by a motion detector with a half cone-shape range.

Bridging the Sky-Cycleinstructors: Alex Salazar, Kristen Sidell

organization: UC BerkeleyArchitecture 100ASummer 2008

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The building negotiates the existing lagoon and freeway by floating over the service road, with structure supported by freeway. The ramp allows program to cycle from public above to private. The stairway allows access to the observation area.

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I analyzed the flight patterns of birds near Crissy Fields, a proposed observation station for atmospheric research. The core of the program interfaces with a pedestrian bridge at the confluence of paths between observation stations.

An overlay of the section cut over an early sketch is a representation method I would like to revisit.

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The museum uses a simple material palette of wood and stained, reinforced concrete. The circulation meanders in two direction, one narrow path and one wide, ending in the compass gallery and hidden gallery. Various sized galleries break the street grid and offer parents the opportunity to bring their young children to the art museum. Its small size, accessibility, and plentiful seating accommodate the elderly and disabled. Clerestory lighting is controlled by the ratio of the wall depth to the shallow opening beneath the roof.

Oakland Art Museuminstructor: Lawrence Leong

organization: Laney CollegeArchitectural/Engineering Technology 45Spring 2004

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HIDDEN GALLERY

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SMALL GALLERY

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Skills AutoCAD 2012 Revit 2012 (+Ecotect) Rhino 4 (+Grasshopper .8) 3ds Max 2012 Adobe CS4 Hand Drawing IT Administration Web Design Microsoft Office

Education California College of the Arts, Master of Architecture, Graduation May 2013 University of California at Berkeley, Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, May 2009

Work Existing Conditions Drafting San Francisco, CA Building Surveyor Internship October 2011 - Ongoing On-site laser measuring and drafting using AutoCAD and Revit Create Revit model from architectural drawing set Automate templates for drafting and invoicing Research competing firms Track project history

Portfolio Property Investors Oakland, CA Technology & Marketing Internship October 2005 - July 2010 Drafting services using Photoshop Brochure publication using Illustrator Web site design using Dreamweaver Filed and photocopied all office documents Check deposits, postage and shipping Bookkeeping for accounts receivable Computer network admin using Windows 2000

Siemens Building Technologies Hayward, CA Building Education Internship June 2003 - August 2004 Revised drawings using AutoCAD 2000 Supervised construction work Entered clients’ energy bills using Excel Tracked project cost using MS Project Repaired HVAC actuator dampers

OWP&P Architects Chicago, IL Information Technology Internship June 2001 - August 2001 Developed hardware inventory using MS Access Answered all IT help calls Assisted in server & terminal maintenance

Activities American Institute of Architects San Francisco Chapter Mentorship Program Life Drawing Music Composition, Performance & Production Ryukoku University Berkeley Internship & English Program

Greg Bakeremail: gbaker@cca.edu

organization: California College of the ArtsThesis Candidate(510) 847-53041023 57th StreetOakland, CA 94608