Kyle BoydS e l e c t e d W o r k s

13Center for Active Futures

Academic Projects

Professional Work

Ballard Urban Waterway Research Center

Pier 48

Beacon Hill Food Forest Design/Build

Chicago Lakeshore Tower

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The Ballard Urban Waterfront Research Facility is on a site along the industrial shoreline in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood, adjacent to the existing public 24th Street Pier. This will be a hybrid facility with dedicated lab space, a flexible rigging and fitting shop, a barge pier, a gallery, and conference rooms for public outreach.

The project focuses on a shell wrapping and concealing the timber framing and activity below. The shell, a modern take on the boat building structures in the surrounding area, changes shape as it moves along the pier. As it marches along, the shell and the structure cantilever out over the public space, revealing the intracies of its innards to those below.

Site Location

Ballard Urban Waterway Research CenterUW Winter 2013 | Ten Weeks

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Longitudinal Section

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Longitudinal Section

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Transverse Section

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Entry

View from Exhibition Gallery View from Pier

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Wall Detail

Paired Glu-Lam Connection

As the structure stretches up and over the pier, the load of the cantilevered exhibition gallery is picked up by the simple framed truss. As the cantilever distance grows, the truss depth also deepens because the roof slopes up towards the south — allowing the bottome edge of the truss to strike a horizontal datum along the longitudal length of the building.

Tectonic Logic

Tectonic Order

Standing Seam Wrapper

Paired Glu-Lam Frames

Wood Deck

Wood and Concrete Deck

Concrete Piers and Foundation

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Tectonic ModelScale 1/4” = 1’ - 0”

Tectonic Order

Standing Seam Wrapper

Paired Glu-Lam Frames

Wood Deck

Wood and Concrete Deck

Concrete Piers and Foundation

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Pier 48UW Spring 2012 | Ten Weeks

A reclamation of an abandoned pier on the south edge of the Seattle waterfront, the site stands at the junction between the industrial sector to the south and the developing commercial waterfront to the north. The project is a public gathering place for a farmers market, entertainment venue, boat rental, and a maritme history museum.

The project removes much of the existing pier, creating a harbor that protects visitors from the elements. Throughout the pier are various experiences of exposure and protection, culminating in the gallery space of the martime history pavillion: exposed, canitlivering over the water.

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Level One Plan Level Three Plan

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Longitudinal Section

South Gallery North Gallery Entrance

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Center for Active FuturesUW Fall 2012 | Eight Weeks

The Center for Active Futures (CFAF) is a building within the Institute for Public Scholars, a higher learning campus in the Central District of Seattle. The Center’s aim is to educate the community in areas of physical fitness, balanced nutrition, and overall health. The Center will contain studios for weight and cardiovascular training, yoga and pilates, facilities for physical therapy and hydrotherapy, a pool, classrooms, kitchen for nutrition education, and a greenhouse, and agricultural activities.

The physical activities are elevated off of the ground plane, above the street and community. The public spaces are arranged on the ground floor around a sloping atrium that slices through the building, connecting street to play field and ground to sky.

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Central District Master Plan | 4 Person Group

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Perspective from 3rd Floor Atrium Overlook

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Beacon Food ForestUW Spring 2013 | Ten WeeksNeighborhood Design Build

Along with 17 classmates, I was part of the Neighborhood Design/Build Studio in 2013. We worked with the Beacon Food Forest to design and construct a community gathering space. The Beacon Food Forest is a community garden that teaches hands-on principles of permaculture using a gardening technique that simulates a woodland ecosystem. We identified major needs of the project as gathering and presentation space, tool storage, food preparation areas, protection from the elements, and seating.

Because the project is located on Seattle City Light property, no permanent foundations were allowed. Additionally, the Beacon Food Forest could not provide onsite utilities during construction, so we designed the project to be prefabricated off-site and then trucked to the site and assembled.

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We created a modular system that was easy to replicate and build offsite, and then truck on-site. These modular pieces were arranged in different configurations to create a bench, covered seating, tool sheds, speaking platforms, and counters for food production.

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Shed and Community Space *Drawings in Collaboartion with classmates

Prefabrication

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400 Lakeshore TowerUW Fall 2013 | Ten Weeks

The 400 Lakeshore Tower project is on the site of the now abandoned construction site of the Santiago Calatrava Chicago Spire. The prominent downtown location is adjacent to Lake Michigan, the Chicago River, Lake Shore Drive, and Dusable Park. This comprehensive studio is focused on sustainably integrating and exploring structure and mechanical systems in the design.

The program is a high-rise apartment building for 600 residences, amenity space, and retail, and parking. The slender tower rises 800 feet above the Chicago River and Lake Michigan; two-thirds of the units span across the floor plate, accessing views, light, and ventilation on both the north and south sides.

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Taking cues from the original landscapes of Chicago, the tower is an interpretation of the limestone formations of the surrounding area. A slice is cut through the ground floor level, opening up to form the entry lobby, with an oculus that obscures the surrounding city and views only the sky.

By narrowing the footprint of the tower, units can span from the north to south, taking advantage of the views up and down Lake Michigan. This unconventional configuration also allows for cross-ventilation and increases in space efficiency.

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Typical Floor Plan - Upper

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Staggered Truss System

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Fresh Air Intake

StudioBecause the tower is so slim, special structural considerations are needed. The tower utilizes the staggered truss system. Story-high trusses are arranged in a staggered pattern at alternate column lines. The interaction of the floors, trusses, and columns makes the structure perform as a cantilever beam when subjected to lateral loads. All columns are placed on the exterior wall of the building and function as the flanges of the beam, while the trusses which span the total transverse width between columns function as the web of the cantilever beam. This system works perfectly with the interlocking units, as well as allowing for construction efficiencies.

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View From Roof Terrace Ground Floor View

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Summer 2012 Internship

Interning over the summer at Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Architects I was given a great opportunity to work on a variety of tasks and in a variety of mediums. I was on a team working on the NuSkin Innovation Center, in Provo, Utah. Although the project was actually being constructed while I was there, the client found money to “upgrade” many of the interior spaces. This meant that I was able to work on construction documents, design documents, and schematic designing on the same project.

I was able to hone my Revit skills drafting details and helping with construction documents. I created many renderings to convey designs of the interior (and a few exterior) spaces. I modeled elements of designs both digitally and in the real world; I made a 1:1 cardboard model of a section of chair rail. Towards the end of the summer, I was given some small issues to design and work out on my own. I learned a lot over the summer, and the experience has made me a much better architect and designer.

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Architects | Seattle WASummer 2012 Internship

Last summer at Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Architects I was given a great opportunity to work on a variety of tasks and in a variety of mediums. I was on a team working on the NuSkin Innovation Center, in Provo, Utah. Although the project was actually being constructed while I was there, the client found money to “upgrade” many of the interior spaces. This meant that I was able to work on construction documents, design documents, and schematic designing on the same project.

I was able to hone my Revit skills drafting details and helping with construction documents. I created many renderings to convey designs of the interior (and a few exterior) spaces. I modeled elements of designs both digitally and in the real world; I made a 1:1 cardboard model of a section of chair rail. Towards the end of the summer, I was given some small issues to design and work out on my own. I learned a lot over the summer, and the experience has made me a much better architect and designer.

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Conference Room Redesign

Using Revt and Sketchup, I aided in designing the major conference room. I generated three options under the guidance of the lead architect, and modeled each in Sketchup. Once the final design decision was made, I created renderings and presentation graphics for the client.

Plans, Interior Elevations | Revit, IllustratorRendering | Sketchup, VRay

Revit, Sketchup | Bohlin Cywinski Jackson - Summer 2012

NuSkin Innovation Center | Interior Materials Palette Bohlin Cywinski JacksonArchitecture Planning Interior Design

Northeast Donor Conference Room

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METAL PANEL FRITT PATTERN

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CREDENZA WITH CABINETS(WOOD WITH WHITE COUNTERTOP)

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SLIDING PANELS BACK PAINTEDGLASS

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CUSTOM CREDENZA(1’-0” x 4’-0”)

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NuSkin Innovation Center | Interior Materials Palette Bohlin Cywinski JacksonArchitecture Planning Interior Design

Northeast Donor Conference Room

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METAL PANEL FRITT PATTERN

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CREDENZA WITH CABINETS(WOOD WITH WHITE COUNTERTOP)

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SLIDING PANELS BACK PAINTEDGLASS

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54” X 144”CUSTOM WOODCONFERENCE TABLE

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FIN TUBERADIATOR

CUSTOM CREDENZA(1’-0” x 4’-0”)

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I also designed a few options for the presentation and storage walls on the east, west, and south walls of the training room. I presented four options in a design review, and then was the lead on taking the idea from schematic concept to reality.

The design consists of a wood paneled presentation wall on the west containing pocket doors, that when closed, are flush with the adjacent panels. They slide open behind the adjacent panels to reveal a glass presentation board. On the south wall is a wood credenza for storage, enclosed by a metal panel wall. I prepared presentaion graphics that were used to convey our final proposal to the client.

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Sliding Pocket Doors

Fixed Presentation Board with Storage Slot

Multiple Presentation Boards

Training Room DesignRevit, Sketchup | Bohlin Cywinski Jackson - Summer 2012

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I also designed a few options for the presentation and storage walls on the east, west, and south walls of the training room. I presented four options in a design review, and then was the lead on taking the idea from schematic concept to reality.

The design consists of a wood paneled presentation wall on the west containing pocket doors, that when closed, are flush with the adjacent panels. They slide open behind the adjacent panels to reveal a glass presentation board. On the south wall is a wood credenza for storage, enclosed by a metal panel wall. I prepared presentaion graphics that were used to convey our final proposal to the client.

Training Room DesignRevit, Sketchup | Bohlin Cywinski Jackson - Summer 2012

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Reception Desk Fabrication Model

Using Revit, Sketchup and Rhino, I modeled options for a carved stone reception desk, and prototyped models in stacked cardboard. The digital and corresponding real-life study models allowed a more thorough understanding of the shape and its construction as well as enabled us to make design decisions. The final digital model was sent to the fabricators and the desk carved out of three slabs of marble.

Revit, Rhino, Sketchup | Bohlin Cywinski Jackson - Summer 2012

CLIENT PRESENTATION | BOHLIN CYWINSKI JACKSONJUNE 20, 2012

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