2008-2012JENNIFER BURCHARD

Jennifer BurchardVirginia TechCollege of Architecture and Urban StudiesClass of 2013B. of Arch Candidate

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Contents5th YearThesis

4th YearFriendship RetirementRoanoke Rooms

3rd YearBauakademie

2nd YearSoft Space

1st YearFontsTwoness

ExtrasPro PracticeBuilding AssembliesBerlin Studio

5th Year: Thesis

This project is an explora-tion of how to make a building from the inside out. The program is a transititional house for those re-entering society. The three most important aspects of this building were determined to be the personal room, the hallway, and the stairs. Each piece has been designed seperately and is now helping determine the overall shape of the building.

DIAGRAMMATIC HALL AND ROOM NODE

This is the study of the room and the hallway. The hall is the tall space with the arched ceiling and the room includes a small “porch space” becomes the transition space from the hall to room. The two spaces have different focuses regarding the heightened sense, the room is sight, while the hall is sound.

1”=50’ SITE PLAN

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VIEWS FROM SITETERRAIN ANALYSIS

The green diagram above maps out the topography and vegetation on the entire site. There is drastically different terrain on this site, so it was very impor-tant to know what could go where. The second plan above maps out what is visible on different parts of the site, which was a very crucial part of how the plan was formed. The diagram below begins to sketch out where the two focal points on the will be.

Heavily woodedSteep topographyMainly unsuitable for housing

SlopedOpportune area for communal spaceExisting picnic areaClose to parking

Flattest areaLeast vegetationClose to Wellington apartmentsMost opportune for housing

- Forested area- Wood pathways

- Main road- Residential

- Community gardens- Picnic areas

- Bus route

- New Road- Parking Area

- Apt. complex- Open field/Future built space

4th Year: FRCMaster Planning

The first part of this semes-ter-long project was dedi-cated to master planning for 15-18 new cottages on the Friendship Retire-ment Community cam-pus in Roanoke, Virginia. In addition to the homes, the site was to include road systems, and other miscellaneous amenities, such as walking trails.

BEDROOM

CLOSETMASTER BATHROOM

LAUNDRY

KITCHEN

MAIN ENTRANCE

LIVING ROOM

EXIT ONTOPATIO/SUN ROOM?

1/2 BATH

PANTRYCLOSET

VIEW POINT

LIVING ROOM

BEDROOM

KITCHEN

BEDROOM 2

MASTER BATHROOM

1/2 BATH/GUEST BATH

LAUNDRY

MECHANICAL

ENTRANCE HALL

PANTRY

COAT CLOSET

LIVING ROOM

BEDROOM

KITCHEN

BEDROOM 2

MASTER BATHROOM

ENTRANCE HALL

1/2 BATH/GUEST BATH

LAUNDRY

MECHANICAL

PANTRY

COAT CLOSET

LARGEST MOST SUN

ROOM SIZE SUNLIGHT

Bamboo Wood Floor- Eco-friendly material comparable to hardwood- Ease of use for wheel-chairs- Used in circulation areas

Carpet Tiles- Ease of use for wheel-chairs- Easy to replace- Soft on feet- Found in recreation room and bedroom

Drywall: Interior- Simple & Easy mainte-nance - Financially friendly- Easy to decorate with personal items

Stone- Easy clean-up- Durable- Found in kitchen and bathroom

Stucco Finish: Exterior- Simple, clean, easy to maintain- Various patterns/colors to make each home unique- Simple material gives more focus to landscape

Aluminum Shingles- Easy to repair- Financially friendly- Allows for sunshading device to be implemented

The beginning stages of this design came from schematic plans (above), as well as multiple lists comparing important aspects, such as sunlight quality and size of a room (right). The house was designed in conjunction with these findings, as well as the where to have a view point. The second step in this process was to designate materials (below). Materials were to be kept relatively affordable, as well as durable and comfortable.

1’ 5’ 10’

1/16” = 1’ SECTION

1’ 5’ 10’

1/16” = 1’ FLOOR PLAN

1 KITCHEN2 LIVING3 BEDROOM4 MASTER BATH5 CLOSET6 LAUNDRY7 PANTRY8 DEN9 MECHANICAL

4th Year: FRCHome Design

The second stage was the design of the indi-vidual houses. This design was based on practical-ity, as well as allowing the residents to have on excellent view of one or two focal points on the site. The houses were to only be 1-story for mobil-ity, as well as between 1,000-1,500 square feet.

4th Year: Roanoke Rooms

This was a master plan created by groups of students for the West End District of Roanoke. This plan focused on creating urban rooms throughout the district, which con-tained three sub-districts, Industrial, Cultural, and Residential. These rooms were unique to the pro-gram of the sub-districts. The urban planning portion was a 4-person group project, while the individual room was an independent portion of the project.

Void SpaceThe next step in this process of creating a room was finding where the void spaces were located. Voids were determined by the district and how a room was defined. For example, a void in the cultural district must be much larger than a void in the residential or industrial areas, based on the amount of people who would be using this space.

Sub-DistrictsThis map depicts the three sub-districts that were defined by their program and physical characteristics. The purple is the industrial district, which is mainly brick buildings inhabited by service and manufacturing companies. The blue central district is defined as cultural. The cultural space contains many different programs including churches, the YMCA, the Jefferson Center, which is for performing arts, and an apart-ment building. The yellow is the residential sector, which is almost completely single family homes.

Industrial, cultural, and residential rooms

Void SpaceThe next step in this process of creating a room was finding where the void spaces were located. Voids were determined by the district and how a room was defined. For example, a void in the cultural district must be much larger than a void in the residential or industrial areas, based on the amount of people who would be using this space.

Sub-DistrictsThis map depicts the three sub-districts that were defined by their program and physical characteristics. The purple is the industrial district, which is mainly brick buildings inhabited by service and manufacturing companies. The blue central district is defined as cultural. The cultural space contains many different programs including churches, the YMCA, the Jefferson Center, which is for performing arts, and an apart-ment building. The yellow is the residential sector, which is almost completely single family homes.

Industrial Room and the Modern WarehouseThe industrial room was intended on being used to strengthen the businesses in this area, as well as giving current employees a place to retreat. The main idea of this was to bring in the “modern warehouse”. The Modern warehouse is a row of 6 small, affordable spaces for new entrepreneurs and artists to rent. The spaces are 50’ by 30’, and can easily be trans-formed to meet the needs of the renters. Each pod has a sliding garage door, which allows for an ever changing facade on the street, as well as an alley way, which is consid-ered the industrial room.

Legend1 Workspace2 Bathroom3 Loft4 Entrance

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Weissenhof,

Campbell Ave., Roanoke, VA

DomeAltesMuseum

PergamonMuseum

Schlossplatz

Berlin TV Tower

Schinkel-platz

NeuesMuseumBerliner

Unter Den Linden

3rd Year: Bauakademie

This was a proposal for a new, modern Bauakad-emie, seated on the historic site of the origi-nal building. The new Bauakademie was de-signed as a museum for architecture and design. The solid spaces, or the offset concrete and glass pieces were all different programs, and served as the live exhibits to the public, who circulated around in the void space.

Bauakademie from the Schlossplatz, Berlin, Germany

Bauakademie on the Schinkelplatz, Berlin, Germany

FORMAL PROGRAMINFORMAL PROGRAM

CAFETERIASEATING

STUDIOCLASSROOMS

STUDENT LOUNGES

STUDIOLIBRARYSEATINGGALLERY

STUDIOOFFICES

LOBBYWORKSHOPS

CIRCULATION

OBSERVATION

OBSERVATION

OBSERVATION

ATRIUMGALLERYENTRANCE/EXIT

AUDITORIUM

PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION IN SECTION

FORMAL VERSUS INFORMALThe formal space of this proposal is designated mainly for the students. This space is the solid, and therefore a more private atmosphere. The offsets in the formal spaces not only allows for unique views in each space, but it also creates the infor-mal space. This informal is the public area, which is more open. It allows visitors to view the exhibits of this real-life museum, while allowing the students to work uninterrupted.

LOCATION AND VIEWOnce the hierarchy of the formal and informal spaces was determined, a plan was drawn out to determine the most ideal locations inside the building for each program. This was based on the views and the amount of sunlight available in each direction. For example, an ample amount of sunlight was ideal for studio spaces, while also allowing a view to the historical parts of Berlin to inspire students, whereas an auditorium has no windows, therefore was placed directly off Werde-scher Strasse, which does not provide a view.

PROGRAM LOCATIONS AND DIRECTION OF VIEW

WERDESCHER STRASSE- CAR TRAFFIC

SCHINKELPLATZ-MUSEUM ISLAND-GREEN SPACE

KUPFERGRABEN- SCHLOSSPLATZ- TV TOWER

FRIEDRICHSWERDERSCHEKIRCHE

AUDITORIUM

LIBRARY

CAFETERIAS

WORKSHOPS

STUDIOS

OFFICES

CLASSROOMS

GALLERY

LOBBY

ALTERNATE ENTRANCE

MAIN ENTRANCE

FORMAL PROGRAMINFORMAL PROGRAM

CAFETERIASEATING

STUDIOCLASSROOMS

STUDENT LOUNGES

STUDIOLIBRARYSEATINGGALLERY

STUDIOOFFICES

LOBBYWORKSHOPS

CIRCULATION

OBSERVATION

OBSERVATION

OBSERVATION

ATRIUMGALLERYENTRANCE/EXIT

AUDITORIUM

PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION IN SECTION

FORMAL VERSUS INFORMALThe formal space of this proposal is designated mainly for the students. This space is the solid, and therefore a more private atmosphere. The offsets in the formal spaces not only allows for unique views in each space, but it also creates the infor-mal space. This informal is the public area, which is more open. It allows visitors to view the exhibits of this real-life museum, while allowing the students to work uninterrupted.

LOCATION AND VIEWOnce the hierarchy of the formal and informal spaces was determined, a plan was drawn out to determine the most ideal locations inside the building for each program. This was based on the views and the amount of sunlight available in each direction. For example, an ample amount of sunlight was ideal for studio spaces, while also allowing a view to the historical parts of Berlin to inspire students, whereas an auditorium has no windows, therefore was placed directly off Werde-scher Strasse, which does not provide a view.

PROGRAM LOCATIONS AND DIRECTION OF VIEW

WERDESCHER STRASSE- CAR TRAFFIC

SCHINKELPLATZ-MUSEUM ISLAND-GREEN SPACE

KUPFERGRABEN- SCHLOSSPLATZ- TV TOWER

FRIEDRICHSWERDERSCHEKIRCHE

AUDITORIUM

LIBRARY

CAFETERIAS

WORKSHOPS

STUDIOS

OFFICES

CLASSROOMS

GALLERY

LOBBY

ALTERNATE ENTRANCE

MAIN ENTRANCE

1:500 SECOND FLOOR

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Anthropomorphic Collage

2nd Year: Soft Space

The project was started by creating a collage that depicted anthropo-morphism. This collage lends itself to the project’s main idea, a building with a structure similar to a barn. This “barn” was to be used as a soft space, or a place with no set program. This allowed this building to be placed anywhere, whether it be a rural, small town, or urban setting.

Designing a Font

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVEALL YOU NEED IS LOVEALL YOU NEED IS LOVEALL YOU NEED IS LOVEALL YOU NEED IS LOVEALL YOU NEED IS LOVEALL YOU NEED IS LOVEALL YOU NEED IS LOVEALL YOU NEED IS LOVEALL YOU NEED IS LOVEALL YOU NEED IS LOVEALL YOU NEED IS LOVE

LOVE IS ALL YOUNEED

1st Year: Font Study

The project was begun by drawing a Serif letter to better understand the delicate proportions that go into creating a beau-tiful font. The next step was to design a unique font, which gave even more of an understand-ing to the complexity in a font and the underlying patterns in letters. The final stage was to cre-ate a graphic using the understanding of different fonts.

Opened Twoness

1st Year: Competition

Prompt: Create TwonessDuration: 1 weekBegan by looking at geometric shapes and from there began playing with the idea of open/close and flat/three-dimensional. When hung up, different views gave very different moments. This lends itself to my idea of twoness, which was a project that easily exem-plified two contrasting ideas.

Twoness: Open/Close, Flat/3-D

Twoness: Hanging

Reichstag, Foster + Partners, Berlin, Germany

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Office Overview

We work as a team on every project that comes in. Nobody is more important than anyone else in the office. We stay organized by mapping out at the beginning of every week what we will accomplish, with multiple desk crits and unofficial meetings throughout the week.

We find learning about new technologies, softwares, and materials very important, so at least one team member frequently goes to symposiums, conventions, and lectures to keep up to date with what is happening in the world!

As of right now, we do not currently do free projects or partake in competitions, because we still feel our firm is getting our footing straight and we cannot financially perform either.

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Office Overview

Employment&Internships

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4th Year: Roanoke Master PlanDuration: 10 weeksDESCRIPTION

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Floor Plan

Jennifer Burchard and Allison Corish collabo-rated on this renovated, two story studio space. It is complete with a work space, mul-tiple meeting rooms, a material library, and a balcony on the second floor.

Pro Practice: Designing Practice

Taught by Keith and Ma-rie Zawistowski, this award winning course studied what it was to own and run a firm. This project explored all aspects of designing a firm. The first step was creating a firm, complete with location, number of employees, and an office layout. Next, the business side was examine through pro formas, an RFP, a response to that RFP, and finally creating a contract unique to that client’s needs.

LONGITUDINAL SECTION A-A

LONGITUDINAL SECTION A-A

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

The first portion of this project was to under-stand the program of the building. This was done through recreating the plans and sections, as well as programmatic models as a team.

IKMZ LIBRARY

PROGRAMMATIC MODEL

FACADE CLOSE UP

FACADE DETAIL

VERTICAL PIPEGALVANIZED STEEL

FLOOR PLATEREINFORCEDCONCRETE

SINGLE GLAZINGTEMPERED FLOAT GLASS W/ WHITE FRITTING

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SUSPENDED CEILING

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VERTICAL SECTION DETAILFACADE-FLOOR PLATE CONNECTION

The detail from the library was the connection between the floor plates, including the connections to the glass facade. The team broke into portions to create the sections and then the 3-dimensional model through the use of Rhino and V-ray.

3rd Year: Building Assemblies

During this course, the IKMZ Library in Cottbus, Germany was explored in depth by a group of four students. The building was studied through a site visit, as well as program-matic, structural, and detail studies.

Reichstag, Foster + Partners, Berlin, Germany

3rd Year: Berlin StudioStudy Abroad

Berlin Studio was a pro-gram based in Berlin Germany, where students had the opportunity to study in a co-working space, Betahaus, in Kreuzberg, along side of other designers and professionals. Weekly trips were made to places, including Hamburg, Mu-nich, Basel, and more to study the diverse archi-tecture and culture found throughout Europe.

Olympic Park, Frei Otto, Munich, Germany Weissenhof, Le Corbusier, Stuttgart, Germany

VitraHaus, Herzog & de Meuron, Weil Am Rhein, Germany