Lindsey Wagener's Portfolio

archi tectureLINDSEY ADELE WAGENERS CREATIVE EXPLORATION just the beginning

LAW

01.0 introduction

02.0 clemson university | masters of architecture + health

03.0 clemson university | bachelors of arts in architecture

04.0 shards of architecture +

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02.1 [micro] hospital02.2 stretch house02.3 [urban] heterotopic vectors02.4 sub hub charrette02.5 examination of an urban fabric

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03.1 dwelling | a place of shelter03.2 airport hanger | structural cantilever03.3 wall | contours of emotion03.4 study abroad

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04.1 publication04.2 experience04.3 graphics04.4 passion of LAW

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2 lindsey wagener / introduction

01.1introduction

I was born in Savannah, Georgia and at the age of three my family relocated to Englewood, Florida. My sister and I have since named our hometown wrinklewood, a sleepy beach town where I began my infinite passion for all things related to water. At the age of seven I learned to sail and at the ripe old age of eight I joined the local racing team and have never stopped. I was born from a carpenter, my father, and a graphic designer, my mother. In the second grade I won the local art competition at my elementary school, the award was publishing your artwork on a Christmas card to be sold in town that year. On the back of the Christmas

who am i? well you asked...lindsey wagener

card was my biography proudly stating, Architecture, the art of form, space, light and enclosure, has long been a representational manifestation of a particular human endeavor that combines the arts, science and human aspiration in a way that directly impacts the users emotional and spiritual well-being. I plan to use design in a broad sense, one that allows creating not only exciting objects and places but also influence the social as well as the political infrastructure of the built and natural world.

When I grow up I want to be an architect.

3who am i? well you asked...

I began my architectural career at the Clemson University where I received my Bachelors of Art in Architecture. It was there that I first learned that architecture involves examining historical, social, and cultural forces which shape buildings through the traditionally means available to the architect. While at Clemson University I had the privileged opportunity to study abroad in Genoa, Italy for a semester which provided an opportunity to explore an entirely different world of architecture. An occasion to challenge myself with new situations that tested my abilities to adapt and learn. Many of the studios I participated in at Clemson dealt with in-depth research and traditional means of exploration, such as sketching and building models. With these methods as a strong background I would like to further expand my knowledge through technologies, theory, and visual studies.

I graduated from Clemsons undergraduate architecture program in 06. On graduation day I swore that I had no interest in pursuing a career in healthcare design and I was determined to leave the state of South Carolina, to broaden my horizons through unknown experiences. It is only now that I have learned Never say never! Upon graduating, I began looking for a job and decided to drive to Charleston for a few practice interviews before I hopped on a plane to travel for further interviews. I interviewed with LS3P ASSOCIATES, LTD. and fell in love with the people working there and their passion for their community and architecture. After interviewing at several other firms around the country I decided to intern at LS3P in Charleston, SC with one exception, that I would not be working in their healthcare studio. However, when I showed up on my first day you can guess where I was placed, in the healthcare studio.

It was then that I began realizing that not only could I make a difference in someones life through architecture (isnt that why we all pursue a degree in architecture), but also I could more importantly change the way a person felt in a space, how his or her well-being and health could improve solely through architecture. I want to take architecture to the next level.

So, when It came time to return back to school to finish my degree I had to ask Do I want to pursue a graduate degree in Architecture + Health? The answer was easy. I want to not only be a great architect, I want to create architecture that impacts human health and well-being above and beyond anything else. I want to change the world not only through design but how people interpret design, how people think about design. I have since pursued a graduate degree in Architecture + Health at Clemson University and am looking forward to the future of healthcare design. I have not forgotten my other passions for life through this process; rather these passions have furthered my ideals and passion for architecture. I continue to race both large and small sailboats and travel around the world as much as I can. If you want to hear a few of these stories all you have to do is ask!

02.0clemson university | masters of architecture + health

02.4 examination of an urban fabric02.1 stretch house

02.3 sub hub charrette02.2 [urban] heterotopic vectors

Within the framework of the Master of Architecture degree, the Architecture + Health (A + H) Concentration includes seminar courses and studio work appropriate for both a general professional degree and a concentration in A + H. The intent of the A+H concentration, which is the most structured and established program of its type in the United States, is to develop the generalist-specialist graduate who can creatively work in both modes. The curriculum concentration includes both the study of health facility design and the study of relationships between architectural settings and their impact on human health and well-being. The primary purpose of the concentration is to study how architectural environments impact health and how to create architectural settings that support the health and well-being of individuals and larger populations.

Studio design projects and seminar courses examine architecture-health relationships for settings and conditions ranging from entire communities to specific projects and individual spaces. The emphasis in the studio is on design excellence within the framework of the complex demands found in the practice of health-care architecture. Student work must stand up critically at all levels of architectural consideration.

6 lindsey wagener / clemson university / masters of architecture + health

02.1micro hospital

project | critical access hospitallocation | edgefield, scsemester | spring 2011

72011 / [micro] hospital

h o s p i t a la public celebration of rural america through the connection of health [ m i c r o ]


Located in rural South Carolina, Edgefield is the last place one would expect to find a state of the art healthcare facility. However, this new Critical Access Hospital will help accommodate the under served population of its community. The site is located just a block south of the community town center, optimizing a community integrated care environment. The openness and virginity of the site not only serves as an aesthetic backdrop, but it allows the users of the hospital as well as the community to be more interactive and connect with their surrounding landscapes. The building is integrated with the dramatically sloped landscape by tilting the roof forms up from the landscape itself, providing a courteous face to the surrounding residential neighborhoods. Hospitals tend to be not only the largest employer in a small town but the largest building as well. In order to bring the experience of scale to a more human proportion the building grew out of the sloping site creating landscaped roofs that merge the outdoors in and the hospital out towards the town creating a continuous experience throughout your visit to the Edgefield Critical Access Hospital.

It is important in a small community to fit in with the surrounding context, however, it was also important to integrate a way to stand out so that the new critical access hospital would interact with the community as a whole. While the simple form of the hospital cladded in Cor-Ten AZP steel metal panel creates a sensible gesture, the public space must be something more. This public structure became an abstract pendant towards the center of town, a glass cladded system that hangs from organic interwoven steel tube shapes that begin to blend in with the landscape while also standing out as a beacon of public interaction.


original 40,000 sf footprint block on site just south of the town center

divided 40,000 sf block into public, procedural, and inpatient. slide units apart to create courtyards, daylighting, and natural ventilation

tilt down the north end of building. the hospital then grows out of the existing south sloping site.

this allows for a non obtrusive face to the residential homes on the east of the site while still connecting the public from the town center through the hospital and onward towards the proposed nature trail


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02.1stretch house

project | assisted living facility + adult day centerlocation | greenville, scsemester | fall 2010

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The stretch house consists of 54 residences that curve and dovetail into one another in such a way as to take advantage of the downtown Greenville view. With the private spaces above and the public spaces below the housing scheme allows for the city to conncet with the residents, provides open green spaces, and democratically provides the same view to all its inhabitants. The building can then provide an integrated community and environment inluding both the young and the old. The building is manipulated and the residents apartments are stretched across the site towards downtown creating a structure that makes use of the bar spine that connects the buildings. Every resident room is provided with sunshine as the rooms face the south east direction, maximizing daylight and fresh air while minimizing energy consumption.

assisted living+ adult day centergreenville, south carolina

stretch house

Urban food production is a balancing act between space availability, substrate provision and access to water and sunlight. Therefore the [stretch house] model encourages a philosophy of stacking, staggering and multi-taksing to balance and optimise all of these aspects.

By providing an infrastructure for sustained urban food production the associated green spaces, community composting and annual processes will crete habitats that would otherwise be absent from grey urban living.

The [Stretch House] model aspires to give people sense of pride and belonging, to encourage community involvement and connecting them with their environment. This will ultimately create healthy and happy places to live.

Livability is all about perception and identity, making a house a home. By providing a green space network and social infrastructure the urban model encourages the residents to become a community and meets the needs of all ages. Clear boundaries are respected within the buildt form to provide people with the private space through to the semi private space they need for secure and comfortable modern living, along with public.|communal areas that allow communities to interact.

The [Stretch House] model aspires to enhance the connection between people and nature, to connect the power and subtleties of the natural world with the way in which we live and the places we live in. The aspiration of connecting nature and people will be default intergrate and embed habitats into the urban environment.

The Urban Greening lens places importance on the utilisation and enhancement of green space and water systems. By focusing all efoort to enhance these two factors can be optimised, and habitats are integrated in the process.

livability

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urban greening

The stretch house consists of 54 residences that curve and dovetail into one another in such a way as to take advantage of the downtown Greenville view. With the private spaces above and the public spaces below the housing scheme allows for the city to connect with the residents, provides open green spaces, and democratically provides the same view to all its inhabitants. The building can then provide an integrated community and environment including both the young and the old. The building is manipulated and the residents apartments are stretched across the site toward downtown creating a structure that makes use of the bar spine that connects the buildings. Every residents room is provided with sunshine as the rooms face the south east direction, maximizing daylight and fresh air while minimizing energy consumption.


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elderlymusic

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gardenbutery

fragrancerestgreen

fruithealth

vegetableslocal

communitylearn

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learnchildren

educationplayelderly

public publicsemiprivate

building circulationvehicular circulation courtyard views

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public + private

site plan1/64 = 1- 0

The stretch house consists of 54 residences that curve and dovetail into one another in such a way as to take advantage of the downtown Greenville view. With the private spaces above and the public spaces below the housing scheme allows for the city to conncet with the residents, provides open green spaces, and democratically provides the same view to all its inhabitants. The building can then provide an integrated community and environment inluding both the young and the old. The building is manipulated and the residents apartments are stretched across the site towards downtown creating a structure that makes use of the bar spine that connects the buildings. Every resident room is provided with sunshine as the rooms face the south east direction, maximizing daylight and fresh air while minimizing energy consumption.

assisted living+ adult day centergreenville, south carolina

stretch house

Urban food production is a balancing act between space availability, substrate provision and access to water and sunlight. Therefore the [stretch house] model encourages a philosophy of stacking, staggering and multi-taksing to balance and optimise all of these aspects.

By providing an infrastructure for sustained urban food production the associated green spaces, community composting and annual processes will crete habitats that would otherwise be absent from grey urban living.

The [Stretch House] model aspires to give people sense of pride and belonging, to encourage community involvement and connecting them with their environment. This will ultimately create healthy and happy places to live.

Livability is all about perception and identity, making a house a home. By providing a green space network and social infrastructure the urban model encourages the residents to become a community and meets the needs of all ages. Clear boundaries are respected within the buildt form to provide people with the private space through to the semi private space they need for secure and comfortable modern living, along with public.|communal areas that allow communities to interact.

The [Stretch House] model aspires to enhance the connection between people and nature, to connect the power and subtleties of the natural world with the way in which we live and the places we live in. The aspiration of connecting nature and people will be default intergrate and embed habitats into the urban environment.

The Urban Greening lens places importance on the utilisation and enhancement of green space and water systems. By focusing all efoort to enhance these two factors can be optimised, and habitats are integrated in the process.

livability

food production

urban greening


urban greening

food production

livabilityThe [Stretch House] model aspires to give people sense of pride and belonging, to encourage community involvement and connecting them with their environment. This will ultimately create healthy and happy places to live.

Livability is all about perception and identity, making a house a home. By providing a green space network and social infrastructure the urban model encourages the residents to become a community and meets the needs of all ages. Clear boundaries are respected within the built form to provide people with the private space through to the semi private space they need for secure and comfortable modern living, along with public / communal areas that allow communities to interact.

The [Stretch House] model aspires to enhance the connection between people and nature, to connect the power and subtleties of the natural world with the way in which we live and the places we live in. The aspiration of connecting nature and people will by default integrate and embed habitats into the urban environment.

The Urban Greening lens places importance on the utilisation and enhancement of green space and water systems. By focusing all effort to enhance these two factors can be optimized, and habitats are integrated in the process.

Urban food production is a balancing act between space availability, substrate provision and access to water and sunlight. Therefore the [stretch house] model encourages a philosophy of stacking, staggering and multitasking to balance and optimize all of these aspects.

By providing an infrastructure for sustained urban food production the associated green spaces, community composting and annual processes will create habitats that would otherwise be absent from grey urban living.

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30-0 brick module that stretches and pulls across the site to keep with the vernacular of greenville

clear insulated glass

ceramic fritted glass for shading from the sun, printed in a brick pattern to keep with the vernacular of greenville

vertical shading louvers in various shades of green so the facade is ever changing

pop out box for shading and breaking up the facade, located at resident porches

vertical frosted glass at all public locations on the lower levels for semi privacy and night time glow


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arm rest to assist resident out of chair, area beneath seat to place legs and assist out of chair.

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02.2[urban] heterotopic vectors

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project | transformation of dead malls into an urban wellness centerlocation | gentilly, new orleans, la

semester | spring 2010


HETEROTOPIC VECTORSThe randomness of the immediate site and the multifaceted cultural systems of New Orleans warrants a reinterpretation and transformation of Gentilly. The center of Gentilly cannot be resolved by reconstructing a lost past. It must be transformed through new ideas and vectors that create a heterotopic reality that doesnt give priority to any one program, space or form but organizes otherness. Spaces become layered with meaning and have relationships to other places that arent immediately apparent, enabling the peoples of Gentilly to create discovery and an imaginative future. The complexity and potential density of a transfused, mixed use health program requires a design strategy that moves beyond the 2 dimensional plan of strip malls and box stores and treats the elevation and section as another urban plane, organizing and reinterpreting the analysis of urban vectors that govern the program and its connections/adjacencies across the entire space of the site.

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Vectors _ Mathematics: a quantity possessing both magnitude and direction, represented by an arrow, the direction of which indicates the direction of the quantity and the length of which is proportional to the magnitude. Computers: an array of data ordered such that individual items can be located with a single index or subscript.

Porosity _ is a measure of the void spaces in a material, and is a fraction of the volume of voids over the total volume.

Heterotopia _ is a concept that describes places and spaces that function in non-hegemonic conditions. These are spaces of otherness, which are neither here nor there, that are simultaneously physical and mental.


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02.3sub hub charrette

project | transformation of dead malls into an urban wellness center [a two week charrette design studio]location | charleston, scsemester | spring 2010

The suburbs have failed to provide the same value to society they initially intended. In fact, we are now seeing that suburban sprawl is having adverse affects on the growth of our cities and towns. They are forcing dependence on cars and high-carbon emission energy sources, decreasing the ability for people to be apart of localized community, and even contributing to the countrys challenge of obesity.

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The SUB HUB initiative will re-colonize suburbs by adding localized and micro-versions of retail + healthcare, energy generation, water efficiency, food production, 15 minute car free lifestyle, and sense of place all through community organization, and economic development. Each SUB HUB will generate energy, water conservation, community and revenue as a sustainable micro-society. The SUB HUB initiative looks to retrofit existing suburbs, and set the tone for new developments that will generate the key factors for a healthy, sustainable, contributing and fulfilling residential life.As these SUB HUBs come to maturity, we will see them evolve to have different specialties in the goods and services they offer to neighboring communities. We will see them become a major contributor to the true implementation of a working energy micro-grid. Also, we will see the re-invigoration of sustainable communities in our country where people know one another; walk to where they shop, and contribute to their society and economy.


existing site context | res. + comm. + shopping center + biking + walking radius

building form | connection to water

building form | uplifting natural landscape

health village

water conservation

sustainable energy

substance crops

bldg form + site context


center hub + sub hub diagram center hub diagram

site context | ventilation through site

site context | bldg orientation on site

site context | connection to neighborhoods

bldg form + site context


site plan nts


existing shopping center walls + green wall system

view from sports fields towards health village

south perspective

view from farm fields towards health village

wind farm

roof solar panelsfarming storagefarmers market

vegetable garden

wheat | corn

cotton

roof garden

sports fieldsreturn to natural environment

pervious paving


02.4examination of an urban fabric

The analogy between the design of buildings and cities is one that architects have recognized throughout centuries of architectural history. In this project I examined the parallels between cities and large health facilities - between urban design, and the master planning and design of larger health facilities. I examined the physical artifact of the Philadelphia metropolitan region, the Borough of Norristown PA, two tissue samples in Norristown and several large medical centers. The point was to understand both the context for an urban medical campus master planning project, and what makes viable and healthy urban fabric. I made comparisons between urban fabric and hospital building/campus fabric and graphically documented and analyzed the physical, typological, functional, navigational, demographic and chronological patterns Norristown and the region.

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project | urban mappinglocation | norristown, pa

semester | fall 2009

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03.0clemson university | bachelors of arts in architecture

03.4 study abroad03.1 dwelling

03.2 airport hanger03.3 wall

Clemsons undergraduate program allows students to tap into their creative talents, introduces them to the challenging world of building design and construction, and prepares them to pursue a masters degree in architecture and other fields. Clemson students develop critical thinking, research and analysis skills, and an ability to engage theory and culture with an understanding of how these forces work together in the built environment.

The first two years of the program prepare students for the Fluid Campus by training them in design, drawing and computer applications. Computer integration is emphasized in the second year design studio. First- and second-year students are trained in public speaking through a joint program with the Department of Communication Studies.

Students have access to a full range of course offerings in each of the Universitys five academic colleges. While developing skills in design, drawing, computer applications and construction, students also study history, theory, social science and humanities.

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03.1dwelling | a place of shelter

This simple dwelling space combines architecture and landscape to make large rooms out-of-doors. It is sited on the only flat area in a rolling 10-acre hillside that overlooks the mountains. The house is only 15 feet wide and the layers stack and intertwine to maximize views. A 20 mile view to the north resulted in a north facade that is mostly glass. A skylight helps to take advantage of passive solar heating and to provide a bright, naturally lighted interior. The exterior colors mimic the natural surrounds of wood and stone.

612006 / dwelling | a place of shelter

project | dwelling unitlocation | denver, co

semester | spring 2006


second floor plan

first floor plan

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All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space.- Philip Johnson


east elevation

north elevation

south elevation

west elevation


03.2airport hanger | structural cantilever

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project | airport hangerlocation | greenville, scsemester | spring 2004

The airport hanger was a structural project, one that involved testing material and structural designs for the final output. I started with a simple X shape designed out of light weight concrete. It was angled to house the triangulated structural steel cantilever membrane. This structure failed many times before the exact placement within the X members cradle worked. The ceiling was then hung from the cantilever made from tinted glass and steel. This light system served two purposes: one to create a light enough structure so that the cantilever would not fail and two, that the air hanger would seem open and become a much larger space. The doors then attached to the roof and ground. They slid open to create another attachment onto the air hanger. The expansion allowed for additional working space when all the doors were open. The main focus, however, was primarily towards the cantilevered structure and the numerous structural tests it took to make the project stand.

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03.3wall | contours of emotion

project | walllocation | unknown

semester | fall 2003

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The wall was a response to the following quote, Design must seduce, shape and perhaps more importantly, evoke an emotional response. Given the site conditions and its drastically changing contours the wall has carved itself a place. The jagged corners twist upwards and then back down poking or jabbing at the being or thing that walks along its tracks. It is made of thick concrete, a bold move in such a delicate scene. The structure is carved beneath the overhangs. The roof detail was attached to provoke someone to change paths. This interruption is to lead one from side to side, to experience both sides of the valley. The wall then becomes a description based on one of aristotles quotes, The business of art is to bring something to life.

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03.4study abroad

project | hand sketches and drawingslocation | genoa, italysemester | fall 2004

I spent four months living and traveling in Italy. During this time the focus of my studies was directed toward researching and understanding the history of

architectural theory. Italian Futurism and Rationalism became my primary interest. I studied many different architects of these movements such as Piacintini, Gruppo 7, Libera, Minnucci and many others. Many of the classical elements that I have studied and understood have been further developed in my later projects. This was a time of great development not only in my understanding of architecture but also of myself. The art of travel has now become a passion of mine that I will continue to pursue in the future.

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04.0shards of architecture +

04.4 passion04.2 experience

04.3 graphics04.1 publication

Shards of architecture + is a portion of my life that expands beyond my formal education and into the depths of what I am made of. This is what I am comprised of so enjoy!

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04.1publication

DesignIntelligence published this article which I wrote for the December 2007 issue.

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August 24, 2005 - the starting point of the FINAL year! The fall began with famous Clemson tailgates and senior socials at the local establishments. I cheered, for the last time as a Clemson student, watching the most exciting twenty-five seconds in college football dash before my eyes. The beginning of the end was bitter sweet with the knowledge that life was moving drastically forward.

Throughout the fall semester, graduation seemed so far away. I was ambivalent about attending graduate school or beginning an internship after earning my diploma. It was with the push of my parents that I took the GRE and decided to submit my portfolio to my four dream schools, knowing they may well have been way out of my league. With only one week before the applications were due, I sat down to make the first draft of my portfolio, a major mistake, as I soon learned that this is not a task to be rushed. I slipped the final packages in the mail using overnight delivery with only the smallest hope that I would even be considered for a fall slot in any of the four programs. Once the applications were mailed I had to endure the hardest part of all - the wait. I wouldnt hear back from the masters programs until early April, leaving me four months to think about which firms I might consider an internship with.

Where to even begin?The question had been floating through the studio corridors for weeks. How do you decide where you want to be in a year when there are no restrictions binding you? I could move anywhere in the world, work for any number of types of firms, or just take some time off to travel. I was paralyzed by the myriad options available to me. So I made a few phone calls to chat with those who had been in this situation before and those who might offer advice on where to start. This led me to DesignIntelligence and The Greenway Group, Inc. They shared with me their thoughts on some top firms in the country, lending me valuable insight into each firm. After leaving their offices, feeling relieved and more directed, I decided to choose four locations where I most desired to live, work, and begin the next phase of my life - adulthood. My list included Chicago, my number one city, followed by Seattle, New York, and Charleston, SC. Making this list was not an easy task. I dwelled over these decisions for weeks.

April arrived and letters began to appear in the mail. Because I spent little time on my application packages, I didnt expect much. Looking back, I believe I only applied to please my parents, who had worried that I might never return to school once I began working and earning a living. The first letter began with We are sorry to inform you and the following three letters were the same. For each rejection letter I received, I gave myself five minutes to wallow in my sorrow and disappointment and then I moved on to think about what other paths were open to me, excited by the potential career possibilities. Already having some experience with small firms through my summer internships, I set a new focus on larger firms where I might have more opportunities to learn. While in my senior studio I had become very interested in the connection between architecture and sustainability; in choosing a firm, therefore, I decided to give priority to firms sharing this focus. I refreshed my rsum and

THE FIRST STEP: AN INTERN ARCHITECT REFLECTIONS ON A JOURNEY OF DECISIONS


cover letter and added a third element to my career package, a sample of work developed from my portfolio. When I began arranging interviews, the reality hit me: I was no longer going to be a student- I was going to be a working adult, responsible for my own livelihood. Terrified by this realization, I drilled myself with interview questions to prepare.

My first interview was with LS3P Associates LTD, one of the firms recommended by my advisors. I drove four hours from school - the day before my final project was due - to meet with a Vice President/Managing Principal from the firm. When the interview began, my tension abated and I was able to talk openly about what I wanted to do with my degree, my thoughts on the profession of architecture, and my personal and professional goals. The interview was typical, ending with a procession through the three-story, open office. On the drive home I began to reflect upon the interview with a feeling that I had done my best and would continue my search for the perfect firm. I received a few telephone interviews and met with one other firm in Charlotte, NC, before receiving an offer from LS3P. It was then that I finally felt some form of direction. Knowing that I wanted to work for LS3P, I played my cards after receipt of another contract from the Charlotte firm, and the salary considerations began. Although offered a somewhat smaller salary from LS3P, I knew that, in the long run, I would benefit more through the knowledge, location, and associates of the firm. I began my internship June 1, just a few weeks after graduation.

In all honesty, being an intern is not glamorous and I wont sugar coat it for anyone who asks. What I will say is, when given the right firm, the opportunity to learn is priceless. My second weekend in Charleston was spent in the studio, and with that I knew the exciting journey towards becoming an architect had begun.

One key to this journey is finding a firm that will let you grow as a person and a professional. Coming out of school I was unsure of the type of firm I wanted to work for - healthcare-based, federal, commercial-based, etc. With LS3P I am able to get a taste of all I desire, which is one reason I choose such a respected and growing firm.

The transition experience from Clemson University to LS3P has been amazing, both personally and professionally. Clemsons Architecture program taught me that architecture is a collaborative art form. My educational learning experience was spent answering open questions and not finding definitive answers. It is in the academic setting that I learned how to take risks, to be bold, assertive. I found myself trying to change the world, trying to be innovative and unique.

Architecture is so much more than a fantasy of shapes; it is ethical forms and construction. And, while my degree gave me a quick snap shot of the construction process, I feel I will only fully understand it through my internship. How well prepared was I to handle the transition from school to career? This answer, as with most, is far from black and white. In architecture you are never fully prepared; it is a field of continual change and my educational experience will never end. I continue to learn everyday, which is what makes my job so exciting. I wish I had taken more advantage of learning 3D computer programs, as this it seems, is where most firms are headed. This knowledge would have placed me another step higher in the field. Many interns complain that we are seldom properly taught structures or the components of putting a building together. I would argue that this is best taught in the field, all the more reason we spend three years as interns.

In all, I feel I was prepared for the challenge of a new job. During pin ups in the office I can quickly analyze and critically justify my thoughts and opinions, a skill learned during numerous academic studio sessions and critiques. I plan to pursue this journey as an intern for a few more years before

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returning once again, to the academic world. With the knowledge I am gaining through my internship, such as structural components of a building, client relations, and costs that many times determine design, I can return to graduate school - after a much needed break from the grueling rigors of the academy and studio sessions - with a better direction of what I want to take away with me from my education.

It is only now that I begin to understand the daily problems and functions of an architecture office. We are constantly seeking ways to produce quality work faster, under budget, and in the clients time-frame. And it seems that in this profession we are, time and again, underpaid and overworked. With this practical knowledge I can again return to school with a renewed focus on how to solve these issues while creating meaningful solutions and unique designs. This is a time of transformation for me. And for those who choose to become architects, it is the beginning of a lifestyle of determination and discovery.


04.2experience

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While working for LS3P ASSOCIATES, LTD., I created this presentation board and imagery using Revit and Photoshop.

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04.3graphics

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CHARLESTONrecords management

One passion of mine is graphic design. The upper left logo was commissioned for a sailing team in Charleston SC to be for t-shirts and gear branding. The branding on the lower left was designed for a local charleston records management company. I designed the logo, letterhead, envelope, business card, and truck wrap. The design on the right was an AIA emerging professionals Charleston event. I created a survey of questions which was later used to advise the local architectural community on what interns really think and need. For this event I wrote the survey, designed the posters (like the one on the right), hosted the event and published the results.

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B. getting hired

Rate 1-8 the importance of each of these factors (1 being most important) in choosing an firm:a. Locationb. Reputation of firmc. Compensationd. Practice emphasis/specialty

e. Firms commitment to internsf. Size of firmg. Fringe benefitsh. Bosses1

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What other locations did you consider taking a job?

4 How many firms gave you a job offer?

How long did it take you to find a job once you started seeking?

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How many firms did you consider before choosing a firm to work for?


04.4passion of LAW

These photos are only a snap shot of who I am and what I love. I am an architect, writer, photographer, graphic designer, sailor, traveler, back packer, camper, and have a significant love of the water. Given the opportunity, I know I am capable of doing something great for our world and the people that inhabit it. I am passionate about accomplishing my goals through continuing education, professional development and life experiences!

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