EtiEnnE SimiliEnPortfolio
Table of ConTenTs
Welles Park fieldhouse 3
berrien sPrings roWhouse 5
skaneaTeles boaThouse 6
residenCe aT norTon Commons 7
a Carriage house aT norTon Commons 9
Pen and ink draWings 11
VerTiCal order faCade analysis 13
andreWs uniVersiTy buller hall/neThery Plaza 14
reViT 2010 arChiTeCTure 15
designWare 3.3 landsCaPe design 17
analyTiCal sTudies 18
PiCTures of euroPe 20
VirTual learning CenTer 22
mounT zion ChurCh of god in ChirsT 23
Corner flex building 24
resume 25
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Meeting Hall Tower
Longitudinal Section
North Elevation
Main Entrance Gallery Entrance
Welles Park
fieldhouseforeground building sTudio
objeCTiVe: To create a public building in the physical and cultural setting of a traditional or urban neighborhood. The building is a field house located on Welles Park in down town Chicago. The building is designed to fit into the urban fabric of the existing town. The fa-cility must accommodate an olympic size swimming pool with a therapy pool and hot tub. Also a museum or display area for history and local art, a meeting hall, classrooms, etc. The purpose of the building is to serve the surrounding community’s residents of all ages.
main Program: Swimming Pool Meeting Hall Art Gallery
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Partial Elevation Partial Section
Cross Section
South Elevation
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1st Floor 2nd Floor
Rear Elevation
Longitudinal Section
Front Elevation
berrien sPrings
roWhousebaCkground building sTudio
objeCTiVe: To design a Rowhouse in the village of Berrien Springs, Michigan. The building is designed to fit within the urban fabric of the existing village.
main Program: 1st Floor-Living Rm/Kitchen 2nd Floor-Bedrooms/Bathrooms
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2nd Floor 1st Floor
arChiTeCTure as CrafT sTudio
objeCTiVe: To design a Boathouse in Skaneateles New York State.
main Program: Boathouse: 1st Floor- Boat Dock/Storage 2nd Floor- Studio Apartment
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2nd Floor 1st Floor
residenCe aT norTon CommonsarChiTeCTure as CrafT sTudio
objeCTiVe: A proposed Residence in Norton Commons a traditional urban neighborhood development in
Louisville, Kentucky.
main Program: Masonry Residence
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Partial Elevation
Partial Section
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2nd Floor
Site Plan
1st Floor
a Carriage house aT norTon CommonsarChiTeCTure as CrafT sTudio
objeCTiVe: A proposed Residence in Norton
Commons a traditional urban neighborhood development in Louisville, Kentucky.
main Program: Carriage House 1st Floor- Garage 2nd Floor- Studio Apartment
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Cross Section Longitudinal Section
PersPeCTiVe of
dWelling
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Pen and inksTiPPling TeChinque
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Pen and inksTiPPling TeChinque
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VerTiCal order:faCade analysis409 n. bluff sTreeT berrien sPrings, mi
baCkground building sTudo
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Andrews University BUller HAll-netHery PlAzA
berrien sPrings, miurban landsCaPe design sTudio
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Revit 2010ARchitectuReGuest house
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before
designWare 3.3landsCaPe designbiekman residenCe
afTer
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analyTiCal sTudies A summer abroad in Europe with the purpose of establishing a mind set of critical thinking and wonderment that prepares us to see and understand the nature and characteristics that make places worthy of visiting, and dwelling in. Achieving this objective by using our acquired skills of observation, analysis, and drawing writing to make for practical, spiritual and poetic use of their respective architectural practices. Ven-ues currently include Rome, Pienza and Tuscany, Paris, Bruges and Flanders, as well as Stockholm and central Sweden.
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sWeden
sWeden
sWiTzerland
iTaly
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sWiTzerland
sWeden iTaly
sWiTzerland
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Proposal: A
Proposal: B
Proposal: C
viRtuAl leARninG
centeR BeRRien spRinGs, MiuRBAn lAndscApe desiGn studio
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Church
Parking Lot
Lawn
Plaza
Site Plan
Vegetable Garden
Front Elevation
mounT zion ChurCh of god in ChirsT
buChanan, mi urban landsCaPe design sTudio
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Front Elevation Cross Section
Side Elevation
2nd Floor1st Floor
Corner flex buildingreTail CommeriCal building, berrien sPrings mi-baCkground building sTudio
objeCTiVe: A corner flex building project to fit its surrounding context. Simplic-ity in its form is essential as well as the way goods and/or sevices are advertised especially on the ground level. The basic design is a large space, flexible to future change, with additional spaces for service and egress.
main Program: 1st Floor-Retail 2nd Floor- Office Space
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EtiEnnE SimiliEn2621 Bach Ave
Portage, MI 49024 561-951-9805
objEctivE: To obtain an Architectural position with an urban commercial architecture firm. I am a dependable and enthusiastic worker dedicated to achieving high quality results in whatever I am involved in.
Summary: • Andrews University graduate. • Proficient with Adobe Photoshop, Revit Architecture 2010, Eagle Point, MS
Office, Windows XP, and the Internet. • Languages: English, Haitian Creole
Education: Bachelor of Science in Architecture, May 2010 Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan Courses taken included: Architecture as Craft Studio Structure I & II Analysis and Design Placemaking Studio Person Environment Theory Building Construction I & II History of Architecture I & II Background Building Studio Integrative Design Studio
ExpEriEncE: Mount Zion Church of God in Christ, January 2010 to February 2010 Biekman Associates, Berrien Springs, Michigan • Responsible for producing design proposal. • Responsible for drafting and architectural drawings. Virtual Learning Center, March 2010 to April 2010 Carmi Design Group Inc, Edwardsburg, Michigan • Responsible for producing design proposals. • Responsible for producing manual drawings.
activitiES: • Andrews University, Street Ministries, 2006-2007 • All Nations Church, Soup Kitchen Outreach, 2005-2005
References available upon request.
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