2013 Portfolio

David Edwards

Architectural Portfolio: Selected Works

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Illinois Institute of Technology

South Loop Performance Campus-03

Englewood Montessori Charter School-09

Wolf Point Advertising Agency and Museum-15

The Catholic University of America

Eastern Market DDOT Information Hub-21

McMillan Reservoir Adaptive Reuse-27

About Me

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Name: David Edwards

Phone: 269.930.9949

E-mail: [email protected]

Online: http://bit.ly/DE_online_portfolio

Education: Bachelors of Science Architecture, The Catholic University of America 2010 Masters of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology 2012

My architectural education began with a move from a small town in Michigan to Washington, DC. This move had an immense impact on the way I look at the built environment. Studying in an urban environment has infl uenced my designs as much as the schools that I have attended in their limits. The past few years of my education and employment has increased my interest in the transition from theoretical design to reality. The use of traditional and digital fabrication techniques is something that I have been pursuing in an attempt to close the gap between design and production with an unending focus on concept. I look to contimue my development as an Architect and a designer by surrounding myself with like minded professionals.

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South Loop Performance Campus Chicago, IL Spring 2012

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Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something.

-Frank Zappa

FLY TOWER

THEATER SEATING

PIT/ LOWER STAGE

DOUBLE SIDED STAGE

OUTDOOR SEATINGPARK SPACE

ATRIUM/ LOBBY

PARKING

PLAZA

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RESTAURANT SECTION

PLANS

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1. LOWER LOBBY /ATRIUM2. RECEPTION3. SECURITY4.GIFT SHOP5. LOWER BAR6. “BLACK BOX” THEATER7. STORAGE8. WARM UP/ PRACTICE SPACE9. MENS LOCKER10. WOMANS LOCKER11. ADMINISTRATION12. GREEN ROOM13. SIDE STAGE14. STAGE 15. LOWER SEATING ACCESS16. FIRE STAIR17. RESTROOMS

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1. MAIN ENTRANCE2. VIEWING CAFE3. OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE SPACE4. UPPER LOBBY / ATRIUM5. FIRE STAIR6. TICKET BOOTH

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1. UPPER BAR / VIEWING2. RESTROOMS3. UPPPER LOUNGE / VIEWING 4. THEATER BALCONY5. FIRE STAIR6. TICKET BOOTH

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1. RESTAURANT SEATING2. TOP BAR AND LOUNGE3. RESTAURANT KITCHEN4. FIRE STAIR5. THEATER BALCONY6. LOUNGE AND VIEWING7. RESTROOMS

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This is the current project that I am working on for my fi nal masters project. This project is a theater and performance complex located in Chicago’s south loop on the edge of grant park. This project is focusing on the experience of attending the theater and how this can differ for the types of performance. Looking at interior vs. exterior space and the levels of formality implied within, along with the relationship between the formal performance as intended by the theater and the impromptu show created by the theaters attendees. I am working to create spaces that allow for these interactions to occur. The south loop would now have a venue that would rival its northern counterpart , allowing for the area to grow in popularity due to use.

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PARKING

LOADING / SHOP

LOWER STAGE / PIT

LOBBY

BLACK BOX

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CAST LOCKERS

ADMINISTRATION

GREEN ROOM

RECEPTION

TICKETS

GIFT SHOP AREA

THEATER SEATING

STAGE

SIDE STAGE SUPPORT

STAGE MANAGER OFFICE

FLY SPACE

RESTAURANT / OBSERVATION

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PROGRAM NESTING

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SITE

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E n g l ewood Mo ntesso r i C h a r te r S c h oo l Chicago, IL Fall 2011

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“I am entirely certain that 20 years from now we will look back at education as it is practiced in most schools today and wonder how we could have tolerated anything so primitive .”

-John W. Gardener

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SITE PLANTYPES OF REFLECTION

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This project was set in one of Chicago’s worst neighborhoods, Englewood. The Montessori method of learning is an alternative style of learning that promotes self exploration and peer based learning. The project began with an exploration into our driving word catalyst. This exploration led to “Refl ection as a catalyst” and was the driving factor of my design. My approach was based on attempting to amplify this interaction within the students and the surrounding community. I approached this amplifi cation of interaction by folding the building to enlarge these interaction spaces

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Wolf Point Advertising Agency and Museum Chicago, IL Spring 2011

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“Advertising is fundamentally persuasion and persuasion happens to be not a science, but an art.”

-William Bernbach

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Level 1 Plan10’

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Level 4 Plan10’

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Wolf Point

Ad Agency

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Channel Glass Frame

Glass FrameSteel Angle

Frame

Steel Support Bolted to Cast in Place Plate

Channel Glass Frame

Frame

Cast in Place Steel Angle

Rigid Insulation

Finish PourAluminum Channel

Channel Glass Frame

Frame

Concrete Roof

Tube Lighting With Baffel

Drywall Ceiling Attached to Steel Grid

ConduitChannel Glass

Aerogel Insulation

Cast in Place Tube for Conduit

Recessed Can Light

Hangar Wire Cast Into Slab

HVAC Duct

HVAC Vent

Concrete Column

Concrete Column

Channel Glass

Aerogel Insulation

Finished Pour

PEX Tubing

Reinforced Slab on Grade

Base Frame Connected to Slab via Angle

Edge of Plaza Drain

Expansion Joint

Plaza

Piles

Channel Glass

Aerogel Insulation

Channel Glass

Aerogel Insulation

Anchor Plate

Savannah Roof System

Parapit Stuffed with Insulation

Compression Bars

Aluminum Flashing

Cast in Place Steel Angle

Rigid Insulation

Steel Stud

Channel Glass Frame

Frame

Concrete Roof

Tube Lighting With Baffel

Drywall Ceiling Attached to Steel Grid

Conduit

Cast in Place Tube for Conduit

Recessed Can Light

Hangar Wire Cast Into Slab

HVAC Duct

HVAC Vent

Concrete Column

This project was set on one of Chicago’s most prominent and sought after sites in the city, Wolf Point. This site juts into the river and allows for expansive views of the surrounding area. The program of the project was pretty vast in the sense that it included not only an advertising agency but also a museum. The moves made in the forms of the buildings were primarily infl uenced by the views from the agency and the museum. I also took into account the surrounding buildings and their views making sure not to take away what was once one of their most prized assets. The facade of the building posed an interesting problem as I am generally opposed to arbitrary patterns and needed to fi nd a reasoning for something that would work with my forms. I looked back to one of my earlier ideas of bringing a music venue onto the riverside site and applied music guided form to the facade. The result was a highly irregular looking but strictly ordered light controlling effect.

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Ea ste r n Ma r ket D D OT I nfo r m at i o n H u bWashington, DC Spring 2010

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“The fi rst necessity in understanding how cities and their parks infl uence each other is to jettison confusion between real uses and mythical uses.”

-Jane Jacobs

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This project was designed for our comprehensive building design studio or CBDS. We were broken up into groups of fi ve students and were charged with the task of fi rst coming up with a fi rm name. We were then given a real project in the city to complete, this required a full set of CD’s for the builder and everything that it takes to get the client to be happy with them. We had seemingly constant meetings with consultants throughout the semester and kept in close correspondence with the community and the cities representatives. Since our project was in an area with high foot traffi c we focused our design on the creation and direction of paths through the site. We manipulated a series of strips pulled off the main site datum to accomplish this and to bring order to our landscaping. We placed second overall in the studio and almost had the project built . The extensive landscaping was our downfall in the end.

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EXPLODED AXON SITE STRIPS

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M c M i l l a n R e s e r vo i r A d a pt i ve R e u s e Washington, DC Spring 2009

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Upper classes are a nation’s past; the middle class is its future.-Ayn Rand

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PORTION OF SITESITE PLAN

SECTION

This project was part of a studio wide competition that I placed third in. The site for this project was an abandoned sand fi ltration fi eld that was used to fi lter DC’s drinking water before the introduction of the chemical alternative. The site was essentially a series of subterranean vaults. I thought that the site could be used as a sort of park and shopping center for the area of NE DC. I used the available grade change to shelter the park space from the bust streets of the city and also used it to change the feelings of the spaces contained within the separate levels. The upper levels were more retail based due to their exposure to traffi c and views inward, while the lower spaces were more private spaces such as bars and restaurants. I was also charged to design one of these where I reused the current vault systems.

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