EtiEnnE SimiliEnPortfolio

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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

etiennesimilien@hotmail.com

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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