Cody McKean Architecture Portfolio

CODY McKEAN

Penn State UniversityClass of 2014

[email protected]

Resume

profile I believe in designing structurally sound and aesthetic architecture that improves a community while instilling pride and ownership. I bring digital skills and a hands on knowledge and desire for construction, structure, and collaboration. No design can be completed by an individual, a team creates all architecture. I know that any aspiring architect must work well within a team comprised of indiviuals with different ideas and from different professions.

education Penn State University. State College, PA. August 2009-2014 Dept of Architecture B.Arch in May 2014 Interdisciplinary Collaborative Design Studio Spring 2014 The award winning program from Penn State brings together Penn State’s architecture, architectural engineering, and landscape archi-tecture students. Five teams are comprised of an architect, a landscape architect, a structural engineer, a mechanical engineer, a lighting/electrical engineer, and a construction manager. See page number 1-4 for more of the ICDS and the SEC project.

experience construction employee. John A Ray Contracting. Stoneboro, PA May 2013-August 2013 -built custom homes with a small crew ranging from a small vacation chalet to a large residence. -learned the methods of construction with lumber, masonry, and cast concrete. -interacted with clients and the project architects

skills proficient programs: revit architecture, archicad, rhino, sketchup, autocad, illustrator, photoshop, indesignexperience with: woodwork, masonry, concrete, lasercut prototype modeling, rapid 3d prototype modeling

referrals John Ray

tel: 724 679 6982

Class of 2014

Madis Pihlak

email: [email protected] Stuckeman Family Building

Katsuhiko Muramoto

email: [email protected] Stuckeman Family Building

1093 airport rd.mercer, pa 16137

home address724-977-2537phone number email

[email protected]@psu.edu

CODY McKEANPenn State University

Table of Contents

Harrisburg Campus Student Enrichment Center Spring 2014Thesis - Active Design Fall 2013Timber in the City Spring 2013Rome Studio - Art Urbain and Sustainability Campus Fall 2012Garden Theater Library Spring 2012Artist Residence Spring 2011

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with Ryan Parisi, Julia Haverty, Anya Godigamuwe, Muhammad Alqannoor, Joe RoushSpring Semester 2014

Harrisburg Campus Student Enrichment Center

view from the South

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The Collaborative Studio of Penn State Architecture brings together Penn State’s Architecture, Architectural Engineering, and Landscape Architecture programs. Each student team is comprised of an architect, landscape architect, structural engineer, mechanical engineer, lighting/electrical engineer, and construction manager. Working together from the very beginning, the teams design the new Student Enrichment Center for the Penn State Harrisburg Campus. The teams are guided by professors as well as meetings with the client, project architects, and project engineers. The pinwheel design brings the user into a central area for hori-zontal and vertical circulation from the main path. From the center, users can circulate along daylit paths to daylit areas. The coordination between all building disciplines and landscape provides a seamless quality experi-ence throughout the whole design. Our SEC preliminary design has three wings containing the program of a theater, multi-faith center, learning center, counseling center, bookstore, convenience store, dining, and living room. We isolated the theater from the rest of the design for fire separation and acoustic per-formance. A key element of collaboration is the multi-faith center of the SE wing. This element allows every team member to have an active part in the current and future design. By combining the knowledge of all the teammates, we can create an environment that performs well in all areas from aesthetic to acoustic.

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North Entrance372’ 6”

Level One376’

Level Two389’ 9”

Spiritual Center392’ 6”

Level Three403’ 6”

Theater Roof407’ 6”

Roof416’ 6”

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interior lobby view

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north elevation

Spring Semester 2014 with Ryan Parisi, Julia Haverty, Anya Godigamuwe, Muhammad Alqannoor, Joe Roush

Harrisburg Campus Student Enrichment Center

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view from the North

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Fall Semester 2013

Thesis - Active Design

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Obesity is a growing epidemic in America. The problem of obesity must be attacked from many sides. Nutrtion, genetics, environment, and activity all contribute to a healthy weight. Architecture can make an impact on the environment and activity factors, especially considering more time is spent indoors than ever before. Active design hopes to increase the activity of users through many considerations. Lengthening the user path increases user activity as well as encouraging stair use over elevators. To do this, the path and stairs must be the more attractive option. The courtyards of the design spread out the pro-gram of the design. By spreading the program out, the path increases in length. The longer path along the outer facade allows for daylighting that makes the whole path more enjoy-able, and lessen the semblance of distance. Throughout the design, daylighting plays an import-ant role in making spaces enjoyable, especially placing stairs on facades for daylighting and views. This makes the stairs a more attractive option than the closed box of an elevator for vertical circulation. Two minutes a day would nullify the average growth in Americans each year. Using active design to create an environment conducive to user activity improves user health within the confines of daily activities.

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Fall Semester 2013

Thesis - Active Design

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with Andrew ReccoSpring 2013

Timber in the City

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The Timber in the City competition put on by ASCE, Binational Softwood Lumber Council, and the School of Constructed Environments at Parsons called for a mixed-use mid-rise design in Red Hook, Brooklyn shortly after Hurricane Sandy devestated the area. The program included residences, wood technology and manufacturing, and a bike shop. To build a mid-rise with wood as the primary material requires more than a simple balloon frame. Interlocking Cross Laminated Timber, under development by the Univ. of Utah and partners, allows for far taller wood structure. The excellent compressive strength rivals concrete and ICLT performs well in tension as well. We pushed ICLT towards its limit by angling the facade and having each level cantilever beyond the one below. This limit combined with daylighting performance determined the final angle of the residence towers north and south facades. The residences range from a studio to three bedrooms, which allowed us to explore efficient apartment design. The design developed into stereotomic masses having the apartments removed with less mass along the facade to optimize daylighting. This followed along with the mass of the ICLT and its method of production that composed the build-ing’s structure. The exploration in a cutting edge material that continues to improve gave insight into timber structure, as well as the knowledge of a ‘new’ material to consider for future projects.

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ICLT mockup

with Andrew ReccoSpring Semester 2013

Timber in the City

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with Anthony Dallessandro and Penelope PeraltaFall Semester 2012

Rome Studio - Art Urbain and Sustainability Campus

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VIA TRINITATIS: THE GREEN LOOP ROME, ITALY

The Via Trinitatis is a historical urban axis that extends from the Pon-te Santangelo to the Piazza di Spagna. Over the centuries, however,

order to restore the integrity of the Via Trinitatis, an urban “ecological corridor” has been installed to link the two existing urban ecological systems; the urban park of Villa Borghese and the Tiber River.

Architecture

The green loop connects the new environ-mentally friendly buildings, the environ-mental corridor, and the ferry dock park. The porous architecture does not block the visual connection to the river for the path while a circulation tower and bridge are a physical connection between the riverside and city.

Community Gardens along the path add urban green space. Subterranean parking allow for the

push for more sustainable transport. Group seating encourages social interac-tion along the path. A ferry brings consis-tent transportation to the river.

Environment

Vertical green walls and gardens have been installed along the path to convert an inactive street to an active pedestrian and bike path. Sustainable architecture plus an eco-friendly ferry system contribute to less pollution. New pavers allow for better rain water absorption.

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Our Rome studio consisted of the initial Art Urbain competition comprising an ecological corridor in an urban area and further develop-ment of the project with a Study of Sustainability Campus highlighting the corridor. Via Trinitatis acted as the redone urban corridor with three sites for architectural development. My triangular site contained residences, an auditorium, a gallery, classrooms, and the main studios for the campus. The triangular site lent itself towards smaller elements of residences at the west and larger ele-ments at the east. One connection to our Art Urbain river dock and stair occurred at my site, and it was to be over the high traffic Lungotevere. This was done by bringing the path up the side of my building in a ramp and crossing towards a tower. This acted as a major driver to the rest of the design, as the groups decision was locked in after the first part of the semester. The tower axis became a slice through the building mass that split the residence from the education. The residence block fell away from the education in two tiers, lowering to the narrower end of the site. The climate of Rome required great consideration of sunlight, so horizontal louvers were used on the southern facade and wrapped around to touch the northern facade ala Renzo Piano. The Rossi inspired pillars holding the residences up above the passage of pedestrians and autos allowed for an open enfilade entrance from the west.

VIA TRINITATIS: THE GREEN LOOP ROME, ITALY

The Via Trinitatis is a historical urban axis that extends from the Pon-te Santangelo to the Piazza di Spagna. Over the centuries, however,

order to restore the integrity of the Via Trinitatis, an urban “ecological corridor” has been installed to link the two existing urban ecological systems; the urban park of Villa Borghese and the Tiber River.

Architecture

The green loop connects the new environ-mentally friendly buildings, the environ-mental corridor, and the ferry dock park. The porous architecture does not block the visual connection to the river for the path while a circulation tower and bridge are a physical connection between the riverside and city.

Community Gardens along the path add urban green space. Subterranean parking allow for the

push for more sustainable transport. Group seating encourages social interac-tion along the path. A ferry brings consis-tent transportation to the river.

Environment

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with Anthony Dallessandro and Penelope PeraltaFall Semester 2012

Rome Studio - Art Urbain and Sustainability Campus

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north elevation

south elevation

second level

third level

fifth level


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Spring Semester 2012

Garden Theatre Library

STAFFLOUNGE

TECHROOM

MAINDESK

SOUND/AV ROOM

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This library project beside the Garden Theater in Northside, Pittsburgh explored a network of circulation dictating the architecture. The network concept derived from the library program and a brain’s activity. The users hope to one day get lost in a wandering book, but these direct paths have options all along to prevent any maze. The multitude of direct paths cut all in their path. To encourage movement along the path, a large cut out in the facade terminates the paths, providing a terminus of daylighting. The central atrium contains a network of paths that filter the light down to the lowest level. The circulation within a brightly lit space encourages movement along with the terminus of light. The three volumes of the design act almost like three separate buildings, similar to the site before hypothetical demolition where multiple buildings of varying heights, style, and material filled the same footprint. By breaking up some of the program into the separate volumes, it creates a varying experience for the users each time the they enter and head to a different area. Also, the atrium allows for variation in shadow and daylighting throughout the day and year.

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Spring Semester 2011

Artist Residence

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digital performance artist residence

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This small residence for a single artist outside State College connects to a small warehouse acting as the artist’s studio. The project allowed us to choose an artist type to design for, and my artist became a digital performer. The central block wall falls directly on axis with an opening in the block wall of the warehouse studio, signifying the direct connection and the possibility of physical movement. That wall supports the loft bedroom allowing greater privacy and views. The simple cube derived from the initial form many digital performers begin with, a pixel on a screen. The projecting kitchen allows the artist to have a kitchen with outside views forward and at the sides. The dark panels of the facade are connected by bright white strips, breaking each facade into smaller pixels. The simplicity and purity of form is maintained into the landscape. The consistently spaced canopies along the path alternate with hardscape projections into the lawn. The direct path from studio to home will always have alternating light and shadow, the mediums with which many digital performers work within.

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