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AN EDUCATION IN
Michael de St. Aubin
ARCHITECTURE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
RURAL STUDIO : Rose Lee’s House
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT : Baja Score Center
STUDY ABROAD : Urban Retreat
THESIS : Brewing Architecture
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INTRODUCTION
The intention a student usually has when enrolling in architecture school is to receive an education and a degree that will prepare them to pursue a complex and demanding profession. The five years that I spent studying at Auburn University’s School of Architecture not only prepared me for what lies ahead, it instilled in me a passion for the profession and an appreciation of its true potentials and how rewarding it can be.
Auburn’s curriculum offers diverse courses, programs, and volunteer opportunities that allow each student to pursue a well-rounded education. Throughout my time at Auburn I participated at the Rural Studio, lead the design in a Civic Engagement course, spent a semester studying in Rome, Italy, and ended it by completing an intensive, year long thesis project. Although these are not my sole experiences, they are the ones that I believe were crucial to my growth as an architecture student.
This book is intended to both explain and to demonstrate my design sensibility and why my education has prepared me to begin my pursuit of a career in quality design. These projects are done in various size teams and make-ups. The projects are shown in order by the size of the team. The first being the largest team of 16 students and the last being my own thesis.
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RURAL STUDIO : Rose Lee’s House
My first full semester as an architecture student was spent out at Auburn’s Rural Studioin Newbern, Alabama. The Rural Studio offers students the opportunity to gain invaluable design and construction experience, while helping out local families and communities. Having such a powerful experience at an early stage in my education greatly impacted my views on the roles architects can take on in society.
Our class designed and built a new house for the Turner family. Rose Lee and her sons pre-existing house had no insulation, running water, heating or cooling, and had multiple leaks and holes. The family spent a large amount of their time outdoors with friends anfamily members, so our intention was to build them a new house that would greatly improve their living conditions, while enhance their outdoor life style.
Aside from building a new home for a family, our class strived to create a model of sustainability. We focused on using recycled material, passive design strategies, and built prototypes of details to optimize performance and aesthetics. The project team was split into two semesters. I was a member of the fall semester that designed and began the construction of the ‘Machine’, which was the front part of the house that included a bedroom for Rose, the living room, kitchen, and bathroom. The spring semester designed a 2 bedroom addition and courtyard, while completing the rest of the construction.
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ROSE LEEJASON
BJ
MISSY
THE TURNER FAMILY
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PRE-EXISTING HOUSE
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STREET ELEVATION
SIDE & COURTYARD ELEVATION
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SPRING 2009
FALL 2008
FLOOR PLAN
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STUDENT BUILT
COURTYARD CONSTRUCTION
THE ‘POP’
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FRONT PORCH
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13Wood Finishes, Brick Fire wall, and Exposed Trusses are all Recycled Material
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CIVIC ENGAGEMENT : Baja Score Center
During my fourth year of school, I was selected to be one of two architecture students for Auburn’s new Civic Engagement in the Built Environment (CEBE) course. Run by professorsof the School of Building Science, the elective course was a collaboration between architecture and building science students and, like the Rural Studio, it offered real hands on design and construction experience.
As the lead designer for the Baja Score Center, I worked with other students and faculty to design a start-line Scoring Center for Auburn’s School of Engineering SAE BAJA Club Endurance Race Track. Auburn hosts an annual international competition for SAE BAJA and it needed a building that could facilitate race day and non-race day operations. The school also asked for the project to showcase Auburns enthusiasm and pride for its’ SAE Baja Club.
While the project was done in class, it offered plenty of real world professional experience. As a team, we worked to figure out construction methods, details, and budget estimates. We regularly presented the design to the alumni group that runs Auburn’s Baja Club to insure they were satisfied with the direction it was going. Then once the schematic design was complete, our class presented the project and budget estimate to the Dean of the School of Engineering and he gave us the go-ahead and granted us financing. Construction of the project was completed by April 2012.
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FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR
SITE PLAN
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SECTION
COLUMNS AND SLAB
GARAGE
SCORE CENTER
RACE DAY IMAGE
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FUNDRAISING IMAGE
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SCORING CENTER
STUDENT-BUILT AND DROVE SAE BAJA VEHICLE
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STUDY ABROAD : Urban Retreat
The Urban Retreat was a studio project completed during my third year of school while studying abroad in Rome, Italy. The site, a triangular park within close proximity to the Colosseum, is wedged between a busy street and an 18th-century military hospital. Being one of the few open green spaces in Rome, the project acts as a massive wall that shields the park from the heavy traffic and incloses it like a piazza. The program of the Urban Retreat is a cross between a modern take on ancient Roman Baths and a community civic center.
The formal concept of the building is split into two halves. One half of the building is for activities that need privacy and the other half is for activities that are more public. Theprivate side is a solid mass cladded in stone and it includes a thermal spa, physical therapy rooms, and administrative offices. The public side is transparent with a glass curtain wall that faces the park and includes fitness rooms, a library, an auditorium, a public garden, and a cafe.
At the end of the semester, each group was able to present their projects to a jury of both Italian and American professionals for an inter-studio competition. Out of sixteen other projects, the Urban Retreat was awarded the first-place prize and acknowledged as being the project that most successfully addressed its urban context.
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1st Place
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FIGURE GROUND
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3D SECTION
GROUND PLAN
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BASEMENT PLAN UPPER PLAN
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PARK ELEVATION
LONGITUDINAL SECTION
STREET ELEVATION
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THESIS : Brewing Architecture
For my thesis year at Auburn I focused on further developing my knowledge of the designprocess, 3-D modeling software, and architectural theory. For the past three years, Auburns thesis classes have concentrated on designing solutions to repair the vacant urban core of Montgomery, Alabama. Montgomery’s downtown has suffered greatly from the negative effects of suburban sprawl and has left it seemingly empty. My intentions were to design a building that would stir some excitement and attract people back to the city center, so a brewery with a public beer garden became a good vehicle for this exploration.
The ‘Brew Garden’ intends to act as a social hub, economic incubator, and new source of civic pride for the residents of Montgomery. The site of the brewery is situated on a large square corner lot, where one side faces the entrance to a newly constructed pedestrian alley, with bars and restaurants, and the other side faces the popular minor league baseball stadium. The layout of the brewery acts as an urban link between the two entertainment amenities and will undoubtably self-benifit from the cross traffic. A unique feature of the brewery, besides the beer garden, is the intensive tour it offers for visitors who wish to gain knowledge of the history of brewing and the brewing process.
Along with designing a fun and exciting project for my thesis, I wanted to integrate the use of computational design within some aspects of the project. I opted to follow a process that oscillates between quantitative and qualitative methods in order to design a louver shading system that creates optimal day lighting conditions for the beer garden. Through the use of various environmental analysis software, multiple iterations of the louver system were tested and modified to achieve the desired spatial condition.
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SITE
BISCUIT STADIUMRIVER WALK
DINING &ENTERTAINMENT
THE ALLEY WAY
PARKING DECK
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SITE ANALYSIS
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INSPIRATIONAL CASE STUDIES
OVERCAST: 10 fc
PARTLY CLOUDY: 20 fc
SUNNY: 60 fc
OVERCAST: 20 fc
PARTLY CLOUDY: 35 fc
SUNNY: 80 fc
OVERCAST: 5 fc
PARTLY CLOUDY: 25 fc
SUNNY: 50 fc
THICK TREE
OPEN TRAIL
THIN TREE
OVERCAST: 10 fc
PARTLY CLOUDY: 20 fc
SUNNY: 40 fc
OVERCAST: 21 fc
PARTLY CLOUDY: 40 fc
SUNNY: 65 fc
SUPER SHADED STRUCTURE
OPEN SPACE
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DAYLIGHT INVESTIGATION
Photometer Readingsfc = Foot Candles
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FINAL ITERATION OF OPTIMIZED LOUVERS
LOUVER/TREE DIAGRAM
SUMMER WINTER
LOUVER SYSTEM AXON ROOF PLAN
DAY LIGHTING DIGITAL SIMULATION
CLEAR SKY SIMULATION FALSE COLOR SIMULATION
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Beer Garden-1 . Cafe-2 . Tour Entrance-3 . Brewery-4 . Porch-5 . Employee Entrance-6 Restrooms-7 . Cold Storage-8 . Kitchen-9 . Loading Dock-10 . Ball Park-11
Pedestrian Alley-12
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TOUR GALLERY
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Pre Tour Gathering - 1 . Tour Gallery - 2 Media Room - 3 . The ‘Conveyer Belt ‘- 4
Garden Bridge- 5 . Gift Shop - 6 . Office Lobby - 7 Offices - 8 . Control Room - 9
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SECOND FLOOR
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3-D SECTION & ARTIFICIAL LIGHT STUDY
LOW-E GLAZED ROOF SYSTEM
STRUCTURAL TRUSS FRAME
OPTIMIZED LOUVER SYSTEM
SPATIAL COLUMN GRID
TERRA-COTTA PANEL FACADE
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EXPLODED AXON
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BEER GARDEN FOOT CANDLEVERIFICATION ANALYSIS
46 INTERIOR RENDERING
47Hand-drawn with a poppy red prismacolor pencil.