#andré r. rodriguetravail*

andré r. rodrigueEDUCATION_

Professional Bachelors Degree [B. Arch] in Architecture [NAAB Accredited]University of Arizona _ Tucson, Arizona _ May 2012

Associates in Architectural + Civil Engineering Technology [ABET Accredited] Central Maine Community College _ Auburn, Maine _ May 2007

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE_

Graphics Coordinator/Designer | AIAS FORUM 2011 Tucson/Phoenix, Arizona | June-December 2011

Designed the brand identity for the 2011 national conference of the American Institute of Architecture Students. Contributions included logos, branding and advertising materials, booklets, and promotional video (filmed and produced).

Designer/Builder | University of Arizona : House Energy Doctor Tucson, Arizona | June-August 2009 + December-January 2010-11

Collaborated with professors and other students on a design/build project in order to complete the construction of a wind tunnel in house at the University of Arizona College of Architecture.

Designer/Planner | Tejido Group : University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona + Birzeit, Palestine | June 2010

Traveled to Palestine and worked on a collaborative program with students and local municipalities and the non-government organization, RIWAQ to conceive a master plan for the historic district of Birzeit.

Designer | SMRT Architects, Engineers + Planners Portland, Maine | June 2006_Aug 2007

Worked with architects, engineers and interior designers on a broad variety of commercial design projects including educational, medical, government and correctional institutions. Participated in planning situations with design professionals in order to find appropriate solutions to design problems. Drafted construction documents in accordance to the architect’s + engineer’s specifications.

EXHIBITION + WORKS CITED_

D3 Future Cities Exhibition _ Brooklyn, NY _ May-June 2012A public exhibition of selected work

The End of the Talk . . An interview with Brad Lancaster _ CRIT Magazine _Spring 2012Published interview with Author and Environmental Advocate, Brad Lancaster

SHiFT: A Performed Reinterpretation of Visionary Theater _ Prof. Beth WeinsteinACSA: Journal of Architectural Education 2011 _ [Peer reviewed article}

18 Park St. #3 - Charlestown MA - 02129phone : 207.754.8699 - email : andrerodrigue@me.com

AWARDS + HONORS_J Douglass MacNiel Memorial Scholarship

[Fall 2008_Spring 2009]Fremming Gordon and Myrtle Scholarship

[Spring 2010]Hostetter Scholarship

[Fall 2009_Spring 2010]

AFFILIATIONS_AIAS FORUM Graphics Co-Chair [2011]AIAS Chapter President [2010_2011] AIAS Chapter Vice President [2009_2010]

COMPUTER COMPREHENSION_High Proficiency_ Adobe CS4 +CS5 [Photoshop, Illustrator + InDesign]Autodesk: AutoCAD 2011, Revit 2011 Rhinoceros 4.0Google SketchUpSome Experience_Autodesk Maya 2011, Grasshopper, Maxwell, V-Ray

INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL_Toronto, Ontario Canada

Winter 2010Palestine [Ramallah, Birzeit, Jerusalem]Tel Aviv, Israel

Summer 2010

INTERESTS + HOBBIES_Music, Photography + Cycling

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curriculum vitae

personal statement | development of a designer

project matrix

construct | playdesign studio VII : chris trumble [professor]

resources | reconvergencedesign studio VI : susannah dickinson [professor]

system | theater complex

design studio 5 : pavel getov [professor]

SHiFT | performance spacespecial projects in architecture : beth weinstien [professor]

tactility | structuresbuilding technology : chris trumble [professor]

urban design | palestinetejido group : dr. mark frederickson

design fabrication | cala wind tunnelcala : nader chalfoun + chris trumble

hebron academy | field houseinternship : smrt architects

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development of a designer . . .

* this collection of projects has been titled, “travail,” the French word for “work.” of course, knowing the English definition meaning a painful or laborious effort. I feel that the idiosyncrasy of the word is appropriate in this case, knowing that the work that is represented is also representative of the rigourous effort it takes to make it through an education in architecture.

the day i decided I wanted to be an architect, i finally understood why I could never be satisfied with any one subject or activity when i was growing up. i had to try everything and anything, though i was mostly content with creating, whether it was a piece of music, a roughly constructed birdhouse, or an extract from a wild imagination which took shape in one of many sketchbooks i carried around on a day-to-day basis.

once enrolled in an architecture program, the fascination in a multitude of subjects revealed itself over time. this was my opportunity to combine tangible and intangible elements of the creative process towards a relevant and lucrative application. i have learned and continue to develop a process towards architecture. knowing that good ideas cannot always come from within, but rather extracted and distilled down from that which is around us.

i hope to someday take what i have done thus far and use it to build for a greater good, to heighten an experience between people and architecture, and to strengthen the sociocultural bonds that architecture and design can influence.

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science institute2nd yr.

lofted block2nd yr.

armature1st yr.

stereotomics1st yr.

co-housing2nd yr.

office bldg.2nd yr.

two-way span

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wind tunnel

cultural center3rd yr.

children’slibrary3rd yr.

cantilever3rd yr.

cool tower3rd yr.

master planurban response

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land ethicdwelling

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outdoor pavilion #13rd yr.

outdoor pavilion #23rd yr.

observation tower3rd yr.

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berzeit, palestine

urban object4th yr.

“ideal” theater4th yr.

reconvergence4th yr.

re-branding4th yr.

artist CoLAB

concrete pavilion4th yr.

research instrument [capstone]5th yr.

FORUM Graphics Chair

prototypical playground5th yr.

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following philosophies from developmental psychologists such as jean piaget, this prototypical playground was designed with a thorough manifestation of the five principals of developmental play: multi-use, multi-sensory, movement, social play and fantasy play. every component of the composite play structure was designed, coordinated and built by a team of 19 students over the course of seven months as part of a design-build studio. the collaboration was made possible through support of a cppw grant, the drachman institute, and the city of south tucson.

team:: 5th year design-build, “studio-PLAY”

fall 2011 - spring 2012

construct :: play

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this emergent city was designed with the intention of exploring a new urban condition in which infrastructure and growth are governed naturally based on the availability and consumption of natural resources, most importantly, water. through natural processes, the system maintains homeostasis by regulating the resources available. the structure “grows” through homogenous nucleation of groundwater solids and filters and harnesses rainwater for plant growth and algae farms. through secondary processes, hydrogen is produced in the nucleation phase providing fuel for transit, eventually creating a new type of urban community emancipated from the need of imported goods and energy.

team:: t. jorgenson, k. moore, a. rodrigue[arizona challenge competition entry, D3 competition entry, AECOM competition entry, AZAwards competition entry]

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resources :: reconvergence

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small family living area

grey + blackwater processing

grey + blackwater processing

open passage +algae farming area

open passage +algae farming area

large familyliving area

community areaflexible space

food + energy processing area

food + energy distribution area

air handling area

hydroponicfarming

living area living areavertical shaft hydroponics

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CH3COOH[acetic acid]

ion exchange membrane

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mass transitpower

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CH4[methane]

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FOHLSfilter organism homeostatic

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ecosystemslandscape

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reclaimed water

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eco-tourism

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the greater tucson center for scenography + the arts responds to the noble conception of “ideal theater” on a multitude of systematic levels. The complex is able to respond to needs in both the didactic function of theater and performing arts while emerging as a cynosure at the edge of a capricious downtown development.

the focus of this project moved away from the development of the “ideal” theater and became more about the development of the lightweight superstructure that makes up the canopy and eventually the school housed at the northern end of the site.

[USITT competition entry]

fall 2010

system :: theater complex

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a semester-long workshop, SHiFT was a full investigation and analysis of visionary theater and scenography throughout history. the resulting reconstruction and reinterpretation of seven performances/performance spaces was focused in to a new performance piece written, designed and choreographed by a team of students. the challenge became how to interpret the work of a playwright, scenographer or architect and project intangible ideas to a collection of white boxes which would become the “actors” in the piece. the diversity and engagement provided by each individual came together in the end in a seamless performance presented to a live audience.

team:: c. crawford, t, jorgenson, c. kingston, k. moore, l. lafontain, h. luk, a. rodrigue music by:: a. rodrigue

[published in the acsa journal for architectural education]

spring 2010

SHiFT :: performance space

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panelized roof decking:: steel

rib sections::4” steel tube stock

8” x 10” wide flange column

4” x 6” wide flange beams

roof trusses

guard rail paneling

concrete foundations

traction tread steel decking

3” x 15” c channel typ.

twelve vertical ribs serve as the secondary structure as they orderthe program and other systems.

traction tread steel decking serves as shear paneling and is located on the observations areas.

steel skin paneling serves as a tertiary system as it reinforces the program braces the ribs.

a series of trusses supports the decks where they cantilever intospace.

the circulation core houses the main columns and allows the decks to express the program.

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while many schools of architecture teach structures and building technology, many teach them from a very technical and calculative approach. the following examples of work show the empirical and experimental approaches to structures that are held in high regard at the university of arizona. the projects exemplify the types of investigations that inform the student about not only the physics involved with structure, but also the characteristics of the materials at hand.

sequence a: two-way span, carbon fiber + casting foamsequence b: outdoor pavilion [scale model] sequence c: cantilever, stressed plywood skin over wood frame

tactility :: structures

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bearing condition_1” = 1’-0”

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connection details_1 1/2” = 1’-0”

concept plan_1” = 1’-0”

concept elevation_1” = 1’-0”

longitudinal section_1” = 1’-0”

structural plan_1” = 1’-0”

structural elevation_1” = 1’-0”

front elevation_1” = 1’-0”

transverse sections_1” = 1’-0”

structural front elevation_1” = 1’-0”

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the goal of the stressed skin cantilever system is to have the skin become the primary structural system, responding to the forces being applied. in order to accomplish this, the minimal ribs and spine of the framework are placed internally causing the structure to depend primarily upon the external skin. the overlapping skin components act along the grain of the wood, uniformly distributing the applied loads.

with the application of an epoxy resin, the skin will be thoroughly bonded to each individual layer. the edge condition will be met with the application of a fibrous material (fiberglass cloth) in order to transfer loads from the top of the skin to the bottom.

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1/8” plywood skin1/2” plywood rib structure

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ribs:: primary structural elementresolves bending moment with depth

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joists:: secondary structural elementresolves lateral instability

architectural program

skin:: tertiary structural elementresolves tension and creates a

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structure :: ordering earth, ground and sky

vertical section of the south wallterminates the seating programof the interior space

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set in the west bank city of birzet, this master plan is part of an effort to revitalize the city’s historic center. the team focused on specific areas surrounding the old residential area and proposed an over all design strategy that would strengthen the local economy, introduce new and controlled residential and commercial development, utilize urban agriculture and limit unwanted sprawl.

the overall project was completed within a month of living and working in the region.

team: tejido group + RIWAQ

summer 2010

urban design :: palestine

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as part of the college of architecture’s goal to become a college of sustainable design, a fully operational wind tunnel was commissioned to be designed and built by a team of students. the construction phase was broken up in to two summers and is now in its final phase. once fully calibrated, the wind tunnel will prove to be an asset not only academically but also financially to the college of architecture. the wind tunnel is currently one of only three wind tunnels within a school or architecture, following MIT + Berkeley.

team:: a. rodrigue, d. koenst, t. jorgenson, m. farley

2009-2011

design-fab :: wind tunnel

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set in the small town of hebron, maine is hebron academy, a small but distinguished boarding high school. this project is one of the last projects completed within an 18 month internship with this particular firm. most of the involvement focused on designed interior features including guard rails, ceiling plans, casework, and bathroom layouts.

firm:: smrt, portland, me | architects: lynn holler + paul lewandowski

2006-2007 [completed december 2008]

hebron acad. :: fieldhouse

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