Heather Ferrell design portfolio

Heather Ferrell : design portfoliocollaboration + public art + community engagement

Connection is what I intend to foster through design. Connection to our surroundings, to culture, to our community. The following projects foster a connection through the themes of

collaboration

public art

community engagement

Heather Ferrell

M. Architecture, University of Oregon, 2012B.A. Anthropology, N.C. State University, 2004

artCycle Park

Material Recovery Facility and Industrial Arts Center

Nomad Design Collaborative

Mixed Use Development

designBridge

Farming Collective Tractor Shed

S.P.U.R.

ULI Gerald D. Hines Competition

David Anderson House

Historic Home Restoration and Addition

Under Wing

Kinetic Architecture

Djicjil’lect Park

Park and Landbridge

Web of Threaded Engagement

University of Oregon Art Installation Competition

Joinery Structures

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Nomad Design Collaborative

art ycle parkCMaterial Recovery Facility & Industrial Art Center

Industrial compost that instigates an entangled regeneration of the Booth Kelly site in Springfield, Oregon.

The average American generates 4.6 pounds of trash per day, 1,460 pounds per year. In a collaborative effort, we throw away 195 million tons of garbage per year. Can you picture trash in such a quantity? Probably not, because traditional designs of solid waste facilities promote expedience and a design intended to conceal the facility. In contrast, the goal of artCycle is to reveal the waste disposal and recycling processes. And in doing this, create a resource to industrial artists and incubator upcycle businesses.

Thesis project completed in my final year of the M.Arch program at University of Oregon.

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Material Recovery Facility

A MRF is the first step in the recycling process. Single stream recyclables are brought to the facility where they are cleaned and meticulously sorted by people and machinery. A thorough sorting process results in high quality reusable material.

The sketches above storyboard the visitor’s experience of visiting artCycle.

Spectacle from downtown View before entering Entrance : signs of art Ascending tower, scanning art Top of tower : grunge handrail Descend narrow stairs Enter ramp, views out Enter sorting : grunge to light

Descend over glowing trash Walk along trash conveyor Up close to trash and workers Exit sorting : grunge + green Art yard : sweat, rust, creating Tonight, a film projected But now, a walk To find art aging in the forest

Industrial Art Center

A place for artists and incubator businesses who are taking advantage of material coming in on the waste disposal pipeline. They have access to shared resources: wood, metal, glass shops, each other. Center also holds community workshops and youth programs.

The images at the far bottom are photos I took at the site and then manipulated and named in order to express the character and elements of place I intended to emphasize. A sort of poetic site analysis.

Section through Art Center and outdoor support space, looking towards Material Recovery Facility

After ascending the tower and walking down the ramp viewing large art hanging in the screen, the public enters the Material Recovery Facility four flights above the tipping floor - the entrance of recycled material. The public descends the glass enclosed staircase, open to below on the interior, viewing educational and interactive displays along the way. Here they have direct access to sights, sounds and smells of the facility.

Art Center Second Floor

Art Center Ground Floor

Office space for upcycle businesses, overlooks shop space below.

Individual artist studios, open up to wood, glass and metal shop space.

Ramp, connecting tower to MRF - interior has close up views of art in screen and distant views of art created in art yard.

Artists and their work overflow into outdoor support space and art yard.

The last leg of the journey takes the visitor past the Art Center to the Sculpture Forest and restored wetland. There are nature trails and outdoor displays of industrial art.

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NOMAD Nomad Design Collaborative is made up of five colleagues with backgrounds in architecture, landscape architecture, and graphic design. Nomad was hired as the lead designers for this commercial mixed use project in East Boston. Our responsibilities also included engaging the community through neighborhood meetings to garner support as a commercial project within a residential zone.

Work was completed by myself, Shane Gibbons and Lee Jorgensen between May and Deember, 2014.9

The existing building is a 10,000 SF former woodworking shop, to be redeveloped by the owner’s grandson. The footprint of the building will remain the same, but the size will increase to 14,000 SF and include a diverse program. The site is adjacent to the East Boston Greenway and one block

from the waterfront. The area is seeing large scale redevelopment in which the neighborhood feels they have little voice. In contrast, this project has earned the solid support of the community as their input has been integral throughout the design process.

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Design Aesthetic:...timeless ...rooted in place ...minimal and intentional ...calm achieved through simplicity

...allow subtle complexities to arrive through material and varied applications of same object [wood screen]...play on industrial ...material with substance and texture ...different levels of visible activity

Wood Screen Language: ...dual appearance: day v. night ...repetitive quality of industrial architecture...reveals its structure ...unifies program ...creates distinct, yet subtle variations...simple moves to create a complex whole ...allows light in while providing privacy...connection to history of building and harbor ...creates luminaire at night


H I S T O R I C E A S T B O S T O NH I S T O R I C E A S T B O S T O NH I S T O R I C E A S T B O S T O N

This is the story of ten architecture students tasked with building a structure for an immigrant farming collective. The program includes a tractor shed, a cooler for stored berries, a selling stand, a washing area and tool/general storage throughout. The clients were also in need of a place for the families to meet as a group;

a place to not only work, but a place to gather together. A major constraint and opportunity was that the structure needed to be completely deconstructable and moveable. For every decision we made we kept in mind: how easily can this construction be understood, deconstructed and built again.

DESIGNBRIDGE Pacific Hall Room 219, 1206 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 T (541) 346-2762 E [email protected] WEB www.DesignBridge.org

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Eugene, Oregon

These models are representative of our explorations and design process that took place over ten weeks.

Please join usto celebrate the

Saturday, October 8th, 2011 2pm - 5pm

511 Beacon Drive (off River Road)

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deconstructable shelter for the Small Farmers’ Project.

The structure was built by students in the spring and summer of 2011.

Ribbon cutting and construction details.

S .P .U .R .spur : (v) to incite to action or accelerated growth or development : stimulate - Merriam Webster Dictionary

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Sustain• Eco Restoration of Bayou• Stormwater Management• Accessible Alternative Transportation• Passive Design Strategies

$ Prosper• Profitable Spectrum of Housing Types• Views to Waterfront & Downtown• Variety of Retail Scales & Types• Walkable Streets for Visible Storefronts

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• Connection to Destinations Along Bayou• Connection to Downtown Grid• Link to Theater & Warehouse Districts• Open Spaces for Varied User Groups

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Revive• Activity Along Waterfront• Pleasant Outdoor Space• Active Lifestyle• Toolbox for Replicable Development

Competition entry for the Urban Land Institute’s Student Urban Design Competition. Team comprised of two architecture students, two landscape architecture students and one business student. Top 25 of 140 teams.

Houston, Texas

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• Activity Along Waterfront• Pleasant Outdoor Space• Active Lifestyle• Toolbox for Replicable Development

Bayou restoration attracts wildlife.

Dedicated bike lanes

Stormwater infiltration

Frequent & convienent bus service

Pleasant shaded outdoor rooms

Lunch Hour on the Plaza, Year 5

Bayou Front Trail

Existing Park

Proposed Park

Connect to Natural Networks Connectivity in the Urban Fabric

Existing bus/light rail

Proposed trolley

Proposed Pedestrian CrossingProposed Commuter Rail

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S P U R W A L K W A Y B L A C K( + ) 2 0 0 H O R I Z O N T A LWALKWAY BOLD(+) 50 HORIZONTAL

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SESQUICENTENNIAL PARK

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STREET TREES

SLOW THE WATER

WETLANDS

MAKE CONNECTING EASY

BREEZY COURTYARDS

BAYOU TOOLBOXSTRATEGIES FOR BAYOU DEVELOPMENT IN HOUSTON,TX

BAYOU TOOLBOXSTRATEGIES FOR BAYOU DEVELOPMENT IN HOUSTON, TX

SKINNY STREETS LESS ASPHALT = LESS HEAT

STREET TREES SHADE = COOLER, MORE PLEASANT OUTDOORS

SLOW THE WATER ALLOW STORMWATER TO BE CLEANSED BEFORE HITTING THE BAYOU

MAKE CONNECTING EASY LINK RESIDENCES TO RECREATION TRAILS & TRANSIT

WETLANDS BUILD HABITAT, FLOOD CAPACITY & STORMWATER TREATMENT

BREEZY COURTYARDS ORIENT BUILDINGS TO CHANNEL AIR OFF THE WATER

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OPPORTUNITY FOR ALLDIVERSE HOUSING STOCK

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North End Transit Center Hub for bus/light rail; proposed trolley; proposed commuter rail; future Amtrak station.

Spur Transit Plaza Anchored with Spur Cinema and Trader Joe’s, includes and water features, boardwalk, small scale retail, and open space for street vendors.

UHD Link UHD Washington building coupled with affordable rental marketed to students.

Spur Park Boardwalk steps down to grassy field, shaded with trees, open to Bayou breeze and featuring canals connecting from Plaza to Bayou.

Washington Blvd. Tree lined boulevard with wide sidewalks, bike lanes, pervious paving. Small scale retail populates storefronts.

Franklin Street Narrow tree lined street with parallel parking fosters safe bike and pedestrian traffic.

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Anchor Tenants - Grocery, Magnet Retail store & 8

screen cinema. Infrastructure: Develop I-45 on/off ramps into beautiful

sense of arrival on site. Transit Center

Anchor Tenants - Local Educational Institute.

High value residential developed.

Develop Spur park & Bayou Rd.

Diversify housing stock.Provide more parking.

Create gateway to Washing-ton neighborhood.

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• Anchor Tenant - Local Educational Institute.• High Value residential development.• Develop Spur Park & waterfront Bayou Road

• Diversify housing stock.• Create gateway to Washington neighborhood. • Connect to Bayou trails and pedestrian bridge.

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PHASING : A Vibrant Place in 10 Years

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This is a project of salvage and transformation. I was hired by the clients through Aran Construction - a general contractor who specializes in restoration and small home construction. Restoring this historic home and transforming it into a space for modern living was an effort of sustainable design and cultural preservation.

My responsibilities included the design of the addition and integration with the existing structure, landscape design as well as complying with and presenting to the Hillsborough Historic District Committee.

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Historic Hillsborough, North Carolina

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The circulation developed from the intention to have a straightforward connection between public and private outdoor spaces.

A second stair was necessary in order to preserve the historic integrity as well as accomodate the clients as they age. The resulting configuration allows for a continuous flow in plan and in section. Without changing the form of the existing structure, we achieved a quality of connectivity that allows for private spaces that are still utilized and not cut off from the rest of the house.

Front Porch with views to King St.

Private PatioScreened porch with views to

Hillsborough St.

The clients had been living on 40 acres of land in rural Orange County and were moving to town to downsize and have more social interaction. The landscape design is intended to provide the clients with both private and public outdoor living space.

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Underneath the lath and plaster, we uncovered a beautiful mortise and tenon structure. The majority of the timbers were in sound condition and all were hand milled.

<< The images on the far left show the structure prior to restoration, including an addition that was built circa 1910.

< The image in the center shows the revealed structure. There is not a single metal fastener in this image.

The images above and below show the extent of the effort that went into the restoration.

We revealed the structure in several places throughout the house.

We repurposed a portion of the lath and tin roofing as finishes in the screened porch.

The purpose of the Under Wing kinetic awning is to take advantage of the unique situation of a rounded corner entrance to a building. The client is a retail tenant and desires a unique awning design that signals the opening of the store and is inviting to customers. The awning will provide shelter from rain for the entry to the building, but should not block

sunlight. The mechanism will be human operated and the movement of the awning should create a beautiful spectacle. The shape of the awning will transform in order to wrap around the curved portion of the corner façade. When open, the awning will expose its kinetic nature. Group project completed at Emily Carr University in Vancouver, B.C.

UNDER WING Vancouver, British Columbia

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Aesthetics

Awning is created by a series of translucent panels. Individual panels create a cohesive whole both when the awning is open and closed. Panels are layered like feathers of a wing and are unfurled when the awning opens around the curved entry of the building.The layering of panels creates a palimpsest of light.

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When open, it protects customers from rain. Drainage must be directed away from entry. It must be locked into place both when closed and completely open. Mechanics are expressed when the awning is open as well as when in motion. It must withstand a 70mph wind gust when opening and locked open. The manual mechanism is easily operated by store employees.

Awning is open during store hours.

Awning is closed after hours.

Bevel GearsGear Ratio 1:1This gear transfers the power 90 This gear transfers the power 90 degrees in order to drive the gear degrees in order to drive the gear than contacts the panel. than contacts the panel.

Rack and PinionGear Ratio 1:1This gear drives the panel up or down by meshing with linear teeth on the back of each panel.

Planetary Bevel GearGear Ratio 1:6This gear takes power from drive shaft This gear takes power from drive shaft and transfers it 90 degrees in a semiand transfers it 90 degrees in a semi-circular pattern out to each of the panel drives. Four planetary gears panel drives. Four planetary gears enable a change in height to accomienable a change in height to accomi-date panel height.

Worm GearGear Ratio 80:1This gear prevents the system from being backdriven and makes it easy to turn the wheel.

MechanismPanel Structure

Digital model created in Solidworks as individual working components then animated in Softimage to simulate actual physical motion.

The sections above show the progressive movement of each of the panels. The panels move in the same way at the same time, but slightly staggered in both the vertical and horizontal directions. This creates a layering effect both while the panels are in the closed poition, (furthest left,) and the open position, (furthest right.)

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Djicjil’lect ParkThe intention of this design project is to use art and architecture to increase the visibility of Native American culture, history and contemporary issues in an urban setting of the Pacific Northwest. It will be a learning place as well as a gathering place for demonstrations, performances and displays. It will provide a connection to the waterfront with a pedestrian land bridge over the street and railroad tracks.

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to encourage awareness and education of Native American culture.

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to help restore the city’s historical relationship with the water by creating a walkable bypass over the rail tracks.

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to create an icon to commemorate Native American influence and contributions to the city of Seattle.

Formal Gathering Informal Gathering

Site Section, Looking northwest towards Seattle Olympic Sculpture Park

The park provides a place for Native Americans to express themselves and display their culture. It provides a place for Non-native Americans to learn about the people who give wisdom and a rich history to this ‘New World’ in which we live.

Park Activites

Site Plan

educational sign

Water flows beneath as visitors cross over into central space - symbolic of the city’s first known name, Djicjil’lect, or Little Crossing Over Place.

sculpture walk displaying rotating Coast Salish artwork

totem poleslawn bordered with basaltpebble path native tree species native plant species

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2 : Torsion caused by cable stays that apply fo rce a ccro s s t h e b r id g e d e ck .

3 : Changing cross section of deck, influenced by torsion forces.

Forces and Structure

Bridge Elevation, Looking Northwest

Site and Bridge Plan

Cable Stay Landbridge

Provides a pedestrian friendly connection between park and waterfront by overpassing car and rail traffic.

weaving influence to bridge concept

Collaborative Art Installation Competition : Hosted by the Student Advisory Committee in the College of Architecture and Allied Arts at University of Oregon. Team comprised of two architecture students, two landscape architecture students and one planning

student. Our team won the competition and constructed the installation in the spring of 2012. It is currently installed and has become an attraction for students and visitors across the UO campus. Eugene, Oregon

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The web defines thresholds and spaces to gather.

The web is something that brightens the dark courtyard. It attracts people to it like bugs to a light.

The strands of the web are denser around the periphery and open up in the center. This move indicates that there is freedom within the web - a breath that is central to surviving design school.

We approached our design by thinking about being tangled in a web together, being collectively engrossed in this school of design. We are here by choice, but often we feel stuck. What does it feel like to be stuck in something you love?

The web would: brighten the space; draw people visually and physically; define small scale gathering spaces; hook people up through a multidisciplinary construction of the installation.

Departments of A&AA:Architecture Art Art History Interior Architecture

Landscape Architecture Planning, Public Policy & Management

Each department is represented by a distinct “thread” in the installation - they converge and cross and engage each other at various points in the courtyard. Each stands alone, bright and distinct, but it’s something magnificent when they come together.

Joinery StructureSIn the beginner’s mind

there are many possibilities;

in the expert’s mind there are few.

Shunryu Suzuki Roshi

My time spent at Joinery Structures in Oakland, California was filled with daily adventures in design, woodworking and zen practice. Working under and learning from a master Japanese timber framer, I began to understand design in terms far different from my formal education at University of Oregon.

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^ The images above are of a bench that uses a Japanese join to hold the base and back support together. My teacher began the milling process with me and then left town, giving me the opportunity to figure out the construction on my own. It is one of my proudest accomplishments.

>The images to the right are of a project in Mendocino County, CA. It is a building system that melds Japanese Timber Framing with a modular prefabricated system.

< The images to the left are of the indoor and outdoor spaces at Joinery Structures. While there, I worked on developing the unused spaces to create a system for artists and makers to use each others waste as resources in an effort of industrial ecology.

The above is a poem written about the people I would see on my bike ride to work every morning in Oakland. The image is of a beautiful run down concrete factory - one of my favorite structures in the Bay Area. Both represent the importance of place and the joy found in observation. [Photo credit: Nick Fisher]

Things to See in Oakland

the old guy with the missing toenail

the Korean woman, in jogging outfit and matching visorsetting out for a day of can collecting

the couple, making up their bed under the freeway before parting ways

the man on a kid’s bike,weaving through traffic as he balances fourfivesix overflowing trash bags of his night’s work

the street sweeper, wearing a hospital wristband along with the rest of his life’s possessions

And their honest smiles as they greet you Good Morning.

Heather Ferrell

M. Architecture, University of Oregon, 2012B.A. Anthropology, N.C. State University, 2004

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