Tobin Newburgh Academic Architecture Portfolio [draft]

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ecology-nested, transit-oriented dwellingPlaced in Gresham, Oregon, this team design was a collaboration with the Sustainable Cities Initiative and Portland Metros Nature in Neighborhoods and Transportation Oriented Design groups. 02

TOBIN NEWBURGH M.ARCH LEED AP | 541.602.4808 | [email protected] | www.tobinnewburgh.com EDUCATION Master of Architecture. University of Oregon: Eugene, Oregon. 2010.

Emphases in urban design, net-zero energy, ecological integration and affordable housing. Activities: Ecological Design Center, Design Bridge, ASHRAE, KWVA Radio DJ.

Bachelor of Arts in Nature and Culture. University of California: Davis, California. 2005.

Completed 3-years Mechanical/Civil Engineering coursework. Other emphases included: Environmental Science, Studio Art, Sociology and Cultural Studies. Activities: Whole Earth Festival, The Domes Innovative Housing, Project Compost.

SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY AutoCAD, Google SketchUp, IDX Renditioner, Design Builder (Energy Plus), NREL BEopt,

Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office and currently learning Revit/Ecotect. ACHEIVEMENTS/RECOGNITIONS Exhibitions

2010 - Present: http://architecture.uoregon.edu 2 projects featured. 2010: Sustainable Cities Initiative Forum with Portland Metro project featured. 2009: LaVerne Krauss Gallery furniture exhibition project displayed. 2009: AIA White Stag Building exhibition project displayed.

Published Work Newburgh, Tobin and Michael Ober. Hot Lunch: A Post Occupancy Study of the Food For Lane County

Building, in ECS I Case Studies Winter 2008, ed. Alison Kwok. University of Oregon, 2008. Kwok, Alison. Zero Net Energy Design Workshop and Charrette. University of Oregon, 2009. (contributed

energy modeling data of Charrette designs and editing) Kwok, Alison. ECS Case Studies Winter 2009. University of Oregon, 2009. (as Teaching Fellow oversaw

and guided student case studies) Grondzik, Walter T., Alison G. Kwok, Benjamin Stein and John S. Reynolds. Mechanical and Electrical

Equipment for Buildings, 11th Ed. Wiley, 2009. (contributor)

Other Academic Commendations 2010: Design studio taught by Michael Fifield, AIA. Housing Innovation Project 2010: Course taught by David Cook (Behnisch Architekten). Beyond the Building as Object 2009: Design Studio taught by Brook Muller. Urban Housing Forest 2008: Course taught by Alison Kwok, AIA. Environmental Control Systems

Academic Fellowships 2010: Center For Housing Innovation: Research Fellowship (Net-Zero Energy Retrofit Guidelines) 2009: Center For Housing Innovation: Teaching Fellowship (Net-Zero Energy Retrofit Guidelines) 2009: Center For Housing Innovation: Research Fellowship (Net-Zero Energy Modeling) 2009: Environmental Control Systems: Teaching Fellowship 2008: Product Design: Administrative Fellowship (Project Workshop Consultation)

Other 2010 - Present: At Home Father 2009: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design - Associated Professional (LEED AP Legacy) 2005: Thru-hiked all 2,600 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail 1998: Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout and Order of the Arrow

WORK EXPERIENCE 2010 - Present: Freelance Architectural Designer and Drafter Eugene, OR

Provided design services for projects including: additions, A.D.U.s and a farm-resort master plan. Drafted construction documents, researched materials and developed high performance details. Worked with City/County for code compliance and permit approval.

2005 - Present: Freelance Graphic Designer Berkeley, CA | Eugene, OR

Started small graphic design business to fill a niche within a specific music community. Designed and printed hundreds of event flyers, show posters and CD covers. Utilized digital and hand design work as well as digital printing and screen printing.

1998 - 2010: Apprentice Carpenter/Builder Corvallis, OR | Davis, CA | Berkeley, CA | Eugene, OR

Worked for four general and specialized contractors - sizes ranged from 1-40 employees. Experienced in all phases of residential and small commercial construction. Practiced alternative/sustainable construction: advanced framing, cob, PISE and straw bale. Lead builder on additions, kitchen/bath remodels, roofs, a strawbale greenhouse, decks, etc. Drafted construction documents, worked with city planning and acted as project manager.

2002 - 2005: Public Relations/Course Instructor UC Davis Experimental College Davis, CA

Public relations, marketing campaigns, special events and promotional responsibilities. Taught clases: Non-Violent Conflict Resolution, Team Building and Consensus Decision Making.

2002 - 2003: Educational Outreach Coordinator UC Davis Project Compost Davis, CA

Part of team that brought campus wide composting back to UC Davis. Taught community members about program, participation and home compost techniques. Operated route to collect and compost: more than 700 pounds of food waste daily.

2000 - 2002: Executive Director Whole Earth Festival Davis, CA

Created vision, hired 43 member staff, oversaw all operations and produced festival attended by ~30,000. Coordinated logistics with University of California officials and sub-contractors. Created first sustainable operating budget in 4 years, managed business affairs/accounting and ran P.R. Previous staff positions: Appropriate Technology, Publications Editor, Reusable Dishware Director and

Volunteer Coordinator. 1997: Engineering Intern/CAD Operator Hewlett Packard Corvallis, OR

Created 3D models of test tools for development, CAM operators and manual publication. Produced graphics and served as details drafting specialist for reports and manuals.

INTENTION The energizing tranquility of a place that re ects the complexi es of natural order with sophis cated, e ortless form engages the human experience, ac vates community and unlocks the poten al for an ecologically regenera ve paradigm. The human experience can be simply de ned as the sequence of our sensual, emo onal, ra onal and spiritual engagements and rela onships with the places in which we dwell. As individuals, we seek serenity and s mula on, challenge and respite, freedom and order. Our desire for independence is balanced only by our want for the e ciency, sense of place and nurturing provided by community. Communi es are the realiza on of our awareness that we are part of something bigger than the individual. The construct of community exploits human commonality to overrule divisions spalled by di erence. From the scale of a bench to that of a city, the built environment can serve as a catalyst or inhibitor to the forma on and maintenance of community. Ul mately cri cal to the success of a human community and an individuals self-actualiza on, however, is the health of the associated ecological community. The interdependence of all life is not a new idea to science or colloquial discourse. It is, however, conceptually absent from the vast majority of architectural rubrics. While individual buildings are making strides toward energy e ciency and eventual carbon neutrality, we have passed the me when zero impact was enough. For genera ons, human progress has thrived at the expense of the long term degrada on of ecosystem health and has thus reached a point where maximum impact is necessary. The built environment of the future must not only be sustainable, but it must ac vely regenerate the ecological vitality that has been lost and resituate humans as stewards. The contemporary architect no longer has the privilege of specializa on and isolated indulgence. No longer can the building be treated as an object. We have a responsibility to passionately pursue design excellence, produce inspired forms and create spaces and infrastructure that are responsive to the life with which they are entangled.

PROCESS While a completed project may contain the complexity and subtle elegance of a climax ecosystem, it begins as a diverse and seemingly disparate collec on of parameters. The rst set of parameters comes from the client and is dominated by spa al needs, spa al rela onships and o en branding. The second set comes from the stake holders. The project occupants have needs of e ciency, produc vity, accessibility, comfort, tranquility and social connec vity. Neighbors require contextual relevance, community engagement and environmental integrity. Ci es ask for an aesthe c contribu on, collabora on with development goals and op mal infrastructure integra on. Birds needs canopy trees and worm lled soil to dig in; bu er ies need owers; and sh need unpolluted rivers and streams. Once a survey of a projects parameters is completed, rigorous layered diagramming allows rela onships and opportuni es for stacking value to emerge. When crystalliza on occurs, all parameters have been accounted for and are no longer disparate. The crystal lens that focuses the numerous parameters into one common narra ve is my par . It materializes prior to any no ons of form, organiza on or material, and is the seed from which all decisions will get root. Sophis cated design o ers clarity of thought and concept resolu on. The par eliminates noise and ensures that clarity is achieved.

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albina affordable urban villageSituated at N Williams and Fremont in Portland, Oregon, this medium-density, mixed-use housing development is a tapestry of individuality, while connecting habitants with each other and the ecosystem.

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SECTION B intersections: ne portland history museumServing as a period, or more accurately, ellipses to the continually growing North Mississipi Avenue, this museum uses the tension of non-singular spaces to best enable a viewer to reflect on historic objects.

04c.p.i. office blockProminently occupying the corner of Ankeny and 1st in downtown Portland, this simple and elegant L-shaped mass maximizes occupants access to light, air and views while connecting to the street scape and inner, green courtyard oasis.

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_ observe & ask questions_ investigate & challenge assumptions_ marry radical ideas with evidence-based research_ seek opportunities to stack value_ solve contemporary problems with timeless solutions_ use eco-mimicry to simplify complex systems_ blow peoples minds

INTENTIONThe energizing tranquility of a place that reflects the complexities of natural order with sophisticated, effortless form engages the human experience, activates community and unlocks the potential for an ecologically regenerative paradigm.

The human experience can be simply defined as the sequence of our sensual, emotional, rational and spiritual engagements and relationships with the places in which we dwell. As individuals, we seek serenity and stimulation, challenge and respite, freedom and order. Our desire for independence is balanced only by our want for the efficiency, sense of place and nurturing provided by community.

Communities are the realization of our awareness that we are part of something bigger than the individual. The construct of community exploits human commonality to overrule divisions spalled by difference. From the scale of a bench to that of a city, the built environment can serve as a catalyst or inhibitor to the formation and maintenance of community. Ultimately critical to the success of a human community and an individuals self-actualization, however, is the health of the associated ecological community.

The interdependence of all life is not a new idea to science or colloquial discourse. It is, however, conceptually absent from the vast majority of architectural rubrics. While individual buildings are making strides toward energy efficiency and eventual carbon neutrality, we have passed the time when zero impact was enough. For generations, human progress has thrived at the expense of the long term degradation of ecosystem health and has thus reached a point where maximum impact is necessary. The built environment of the future must not only be sustainable, but it must actively regenerate the ecological vitality that has been lost and resituate humans as stewards.

The contemporary architect no longer has the privilege of specialization and isolated indulgence. No longer can the building be treated as an object. We have a responsibility to passionately pursue design excellence, produce inspired forms and create spaces and infrastructure that are responsive to the life with which they are entangled.

PROCESSWhile a completed project may contain the complexity and subtle elegance of a climax ecosystem, it begins as a diverse and seemingly disparate collection of parameters. The first set of parameters comes from the client and is dominated by spatial needs, spatial relationships and often branding. The second set comes from the stake holders. The project occupants have needs of efficiency, productivity, accessibility, comfort, tranquility and social connectivity. Neighbors require contextual relevance, community engagement and environmental integrity. Cities ask for an aesthetic contribution, collaboration with development goals and optimal infrastructure integration. Birds needs canopy trees and worm filled soil to dig in; butterflies need flowers; and fish need unpolluted rivers and streams.

Once a survey of a projects parameters is completed, rigorous layered diagramming allows relationships and opportunities for stacking value to emerge. When crystallization occurs, all parameters have been accounted for and are no longer disparate. The crystal lens that focuses the numerous parameters into one common narrative is my parti. It materializes prior to any notions of form, organization or material, and is the seed from which all decisions will get root. Sophisticated design offers clarity of thought and concept resolution. The parti eliminates noise and ensures that clarity is achieved.

DESIGN STATEMENT

...a place that... engages the

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TOBIN NEWBURGH M.ARCH LEED AP | 541.602.4808 | [email protected] | www.tobinnewburgh.com EDUCATION Master of Architecture. University of Oregon: Eugene, Oregon. 2010.

Emphases in urban design, net-zero energy, ecological integration and affordable housing. Activities: Ecological Design Center, Design Bridge, ASHRAE, KWVA Radio DJ.

Bachelor of Arts in Nature and Culture. University of California: Davis, California. 2005.

Completed 3-years Mechanical/Civil Engineering coursework. Other emphases included: Environmental Science, Studio Art, Sociology and Cultural Studies. Activities: Whole Earth Festival, The Domes Innovative Housing, Project Compost.

SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY AutoCAD, Google SketchUp, IDX Renditioner, Design Builder (Energy Plus), NREL BEopt,

Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office and currently learning Revit/Ecotect. ACHEIVEMENTS/RECOGNITIONS Exhibitions

2010 - Present: http://architecture.uoregon.edu 2 projects featured. 2010: Sustainable Cities Initiative Forum with Portland Metro project featured. 2009: LaVerne Krauss Gallery furniture exhibition project displayed. 2009: AIA White Stag Building exhibition project displayed.

Published Work Newburgh, Tobin and Michael Ober. Hot Lunch: A Post Occupancy Study of the Food For Lane County

Building, in ECS I Case Studies Winter 2008, ed. Alison Kwok. University of Oregon, 2008. Kwok, Alison. Zero Net Energy Design Workshop and Charrette. University of Oregon, 2009. (contributed

energy modeling data of Charrette designs and editing) Kwok, Alison. ECS Case Studies Winter 2009. University of Oregon, 2009. (as Teaching Fellow oversaw

and guided student case studies) Grondzik, Walter T., Alison G. Kwok, Benjamin Stein and John S. Reynolds. Mechanical and Electrical

Equipment for Buildings, 11th Ed. Wiley, 2009. (contributor)

Other Academic Commendations 2010: Design studio taught by Michael Fifield, AIA. Housing Innovation Project 2010: Course taught by David Cook (Behnisch Architekten). Beyond the Building as Object 2009: Design Studio taught by Brook Muller. Urban Housing Forest 2008: Course taught by Alison Kwok, AIA. Environmental Control Systems

Academic Fellowships 2010: Center For Housing Innovation: Research Fellowship (Net-Zero Energy Retrofit Guidelines) 2009: Center For Housing Innovation: Teaching Fellowship (Net-Zero Energy Retrofit Guidelines) 2009: Center For Housing Innovation: Research Fellowship (Net-Zero Energy Modeling) 2009: Environmental Control Systems: Teaching Fellowship 2008: Product Design: Administrative Fellowship (Project Workshop Consultation)

Other 2010 - Present: At Home Father 2009: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design - Associated Professional (LEED AP Legacy) 2005: Thru-hiked all 2,600 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail 1998: Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout and Order of the Arrow

WORK EXPERIENCE 2010 - Present: Freelance Architectural Designer and Drafter Eugene, OR

Provided design services for projects including: additions, A.D.U.s and a farm-resort master plan. Drafted construction documents, researched materials and developed high performance details. Worked with City/County for code compliance and permit approval.

2005 - Present: Freelance Graphic Designer Berkeley, CA | Eugene, OR

Started small graphic design business to fill a niche within a specific music community. Designed and printed hundreds of event flyers, show posters and CD covers. Utilized digital and hand design work as well as digital printing and screen printing.

1998 - 2010: Apprentice Carpenter/Builder Corvallis, OR | Davis, CA | Berkeley, CA | Eugene, OR

Worked for four general and specialized contractors - sizes ranged from 1-40 employees. Experienced in all phases of residential and small commercial construction. Practiced alternative/sustainable construction: advanced framing, cob, PISE and straw bale. Lead builder on additions, kitchen/bath remodels, roofs, a strawbale greenhouse, decks, etc. Drafted construction documents, worked with city planning and acted as project manager.

2002 - 2005: Public Relations/Course Instructor UC Davis Experimental College Davis, CA

Public relations, marketing campaigns, special events and promotional responsibilities. Taught clases: Non-Violent Conflict Resolution, Team Building and Consensus Decision Making.

2002 - 2003: Educational Outreach Coordinator UC Davis Project Compost Davis, CA

Part of team that brought campus wide composting back to UC Davis. Taught community members about program, participation and home compost techniques. Operated route to collect and compost: more than 700 pounds of food waste daily.

2000 - 2002: Executive Director Whole Earth Festival Davis, CA

Created vision, hired 43 member staff, oversaw all operations and produced festival attended by ~30,000. Coordinated logistics with University of California officials and sub-contractors. Created first sustainable operating budget in 4 years, managed business affairs/accounting and ran P.R. Previous staff positions: Appropriate Technology, Publications Editor, Reusable Dishware Director and

Volunteer Coordinator. 1997: Engineering Intern/CAD Operator Hewlett Packard Corvallis, OR

Created 3D models of test tools for development, CAM operators and manual publication. Produced graphics and served as details drafting specialist for reports and manuals.

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NW CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY TOWERWest Burnside & Broadway - Portland, Oregon

WINTER 2009PROFESSOR: WILL BRUDER, FAIA

Placed in a whirling intersection of human interaction, history and scales of architecture, this building uses arching, shifting planes, spiraling spaces and verticality to harness the chaos and exploit opportunities to create spaces from activated to calm. Situated at the convergence of two street grids, it is an urban gateway that connects North with South and old with new. At its base, a spiral-ramping photography museum, greenhouse restaurant and urban retail spaces serve as a social hub and also frame pedestrian-oriented street rooms.

The upper tower strata hold a mix of 200 affordable and efficient residential units, including: studios, single bedroom and double bedroom. Unit sizes range from 400-600 square feet. Northern units benefit from niches created in the double facade while Southern units gain ample balconies from crenulation of the skin.

This building is designed to take advantage of the sun and wind, manage stormwater, encourage a low carbon lifestyle and contribute to the ecological diversity of Portland. The East-West elongated shape maximizes passive solar potential and gives all units sufficient access to daylight. The radial structure sheds cold northern, Winter winds and captures Summers southern breezes. The double facade on the Northwest aspect of the tower shelters exterior, operable shading devices where the sun and wind are the most brutal, neutralizes pressure differences caused by driving winter winds and creates unique, occupiable, interstitial spaces that blur the line between indoor and outdoor. The unitized curtain wall provides for superior thermal performance, optimized daylighting and minimal construction waste.

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Layered museum entry sequence helps shed preconceptions, preparing visitors for the mobius ramp of discovery.

Four story atrium brings light, connectivity and grandiosity to adjacent spaces.

The ramp wraps more than 3600 around the building, providing filtered peeks

through the perforated steel scrim into the greenhouse and street scape in which the journey began.

Staggered vegetated roof gardens provide a ladder for polinating insects and birds, create dynamic visuals, filter air, raise building albido and connect occupants with natural outdoor spaces.

Community commons room/terrace provides space for entertaining, studying, barbequeing and more.

Double facade shelters operable shading devices, reduces street noise, neutralizes envelope pressure and blurs the line betwee in and out.

Flat floored auditorium with moveable seating is the perfect place to attend a

lecture, film, meeting or wedding.

Greenhouse provides shortest farm to restaurant travel imagineable, biophylic connection, and thermal comfort even

on wet cold winter days.

Ducts spanning half of each unit width allow passive cross ventilation which combined with optimized solar shading, a tight envelope and heat recovery ventilation means little to no cooling or heating energy.

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Four basic units and variations of unitized curtain wall system. Transome replaced with photovoltaics on South facade.

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Looking north up SW BroadwayResidential and museum entries along W Burnside

Auditorium/library mass, greenhouse, parking entry, residential back entry and retail from Bancorp Tower along Sixth

Entry foyer/atrium with cafe, auditorium stairs and gallery ramp stairs Gallery Two - back in the atrium strata

Gallery One: on ramp landing along SW Sixth Avenue

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Gallery Two: meetings rooms and auditorium

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ECOLOGICALLY NESTED, TRANSIT ORIENTED HOUSINGCivic & TriMet Max Yellow Line - Gresham, Oregon

FALL 2010PROFESSOR: BROOK MULLER, JOSH CERRAProject Team: Tobin Newburgh, Matthew Sillaman & Dan Edleson

Located near the end of the light rail, in one of Portlands farthest East suburbs, this urban housing forest optimizes a parcel owned by the Portland Metro regional government. Purchased to preserve housing and commercial development along the public transit corridor, this property sits at a prime location and contains a rich forest ecosystem, making it of high interest to both Metros Transit Oriented Development and Nature In Neighborhoods groups.

Street-oriented walk ups and balconies activate the street edge, forming an urban streetscape along Civic Drive. The interior of the site features cascading green roofed parking awnings that form a visual screen and urban farming opportunity while serving as a spatial and hydrological conduit into the site. This gradient from hardscape to terraced green roofs to architectural wetlands to open wet forest connects occupants to the site and allows for a myriad of experiences from open and social to secluded and reflective.

While subtle landscape shifts clearly delineate public and private spaces, the site interior serves as a mostly public park space featuring a boardwalk through the wet meadow connecting existing housing and retail on the SW of the site to a new plaza adjacent to the Max station on the NE of the site.

This project was chosen to be featured by Portland Metro at the Sustainable Cities Initiative forum.

02A reason to live in the burbsProgram

Stitching together the site

Residential Units - 128,000 SF

Commercial Space -11,000 SF

Vehicular Parking and Circulation - 48,850 SF

Outdoor Recreational Space and Path System - 20,000 SF

Community Gardens - 6,000 SF

Ecological Conservation - ~20,000 SF

TOTAL SITE: 200,000 SFTOTAL PROGRAM: 234,000 SF

Active street edge buffered for refuge

A node of connectivity upon arrival

Corridors full of light and lifeNodes of porosity

Residential Units: 128,00 SF

Commercial Space: 11,000 SF

Vehicular Parking and Circulation: 48,850 SF

Outdoor Recreation Space and Path System: 20,000 SF

Community Gardens: 6,000 SF

Ecological Conservation: ~ 20,000 SF TOTAL SITE: 200,000 SFTOTAL PROGRAM: 234,000 SF

Ecologically Nested: site perspective - looking NE from boardwalk

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ALBINA AFFORDABLE URBAN HOUSING N Williams & Fremont - Portland, Oregon

WINTER 2010PROFESSOR: MICHAEL FIFIELD, FAIA

Situated on the historic Main St (N. Williams) of NE Portlands Albina district, this community resides at the intersection of a rich history and a promising future, is home to Portlands largest African/African-American population and is a critical ecological link between the Willamette riparian corridor and a network of alleys and street trees to the east.

The site is organized in a series of alternating hardscapes and ecoscapes that are woven together by N-S links that foster community interaction/engagement, provide green ladders for pollinators to the roof and celebrate the storage and management of stormwater. Single loaded stacked townhouses and alternating landscape bands mean that every unit has direct access and connectivity to the shared parking court (Woonerf) and the common green as well as access to daylight and fresh air. Affordability is addressed through small unit size, unit modularity, component standardization, low utilities due to net-zero energy use, rainwater collection and on-site economic opportunities.

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SITE: 2.94 ACRES 60 1 BEDROOM @ 800 SQFT10 2 BEDROOM @ 840 SQFT

19 STUDIOS @ 410 SQFT8 LIVE WORK @ 900 SQFT

TOTAL: 97 DWELLING UNITS & XX SQFTDWELLING UNITS PER ACRE: 33

RESIDENTIAL PARKING: 72 SPACES (74%)RETAIL: 11,500 SQFT

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PERMEABLE OPEN SPACE64,500 sq.ft.

IDEAL (HISTORIC) CANOPY COVERAGE 116,500 sq.ft.

82,000 sq.ft.

RESIDENTIAL BUILT PROGRAM82,000 sq.ft.

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PARKING23,200 sq.ft.

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COMMERCIAL21,500 sq.ft.

SITUATED AT N. WILLIAMS & FREMONT

GETTING OFF THE BUS - ARRIVING HOME LIVING IN THE STREET - WOONERF A CHANCE TO TALK WITH THE NEIGHBORS HOME AGAIN

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PARKING

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FOOD RAMP

KENTEN OF CONNECTIVITY

A Woonerf is a type of shared parking court/street that is designed to give the pedestrian equal or greater realm as the automobile. Woonerfs and Slow Streets have legal definitions in other parts of the world where very slow max auto speeds are enforced. Typically there is no definition of a sidewalk, so pedestrians and cars actually share the same space. Additionally, bollards and plantings are often used to compress the driving area and slow down traffic.

A Food Forest is a concept taken from the Permaculture movement. As the diagram shows, a Food Forest uses the vertical layered structure of a forest as a blueprint for a ecologically regenerative system that can grow human food crops at much greater densities than conventional farming. The forest approach has a greater reliance on perennial plants that are better for the soil, require less maintenance, can supply more food per unit area and uptake more stormwater.

The food ramp in each of the common green spaces allows for a gradient of crops to be planted based on their water needs. Gravity fed irrigation from the rainwater cisterns can travel down the food ramp collecting toward the bottom. Bog loving, shelter dwelling crops can be grown at the bottom of the ramp while arid crops get a place at the top.

Kenten is an African word for basket and the root of Kente Cloth, a type of cloth made by weaving narrow strips that are then stitched together into a larger cloth. It is an appropriate analogy for this project situated in a predominantly African/African-American community, because similarly, the site plan is composed of alternating strips of shared court and ecoscape that are stitched together at nodes of human and ecological activity.

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ACTIVE URBAN STREET EDGES

DIRECT SOLAR ACCESS FOR ALL

MAXIMIZE CANOPY COVERAGE

ACCOMMODATING EVOLUTIONWATER & ECOLOGY MATERIAL PALETTE

LIVE LIVE

GARAGE

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EVOLUTION OF GARAGE IN SOUTHERN FULL BAR, ALLOWING FLEXIBILITY, ECONOMICOPPORTUNITY AND INCREASED DENSITY AS THE CAR BECOMES LESS CENTRAL

EVOLUTION OF LIVE/WORK UNITS ALONG WILLIAMS AND VANCOUVER AS ECONOMICOPPORTUNITIES INCREASE

TWO UNASSOCIATEDROOMATES IN SEPARATEROOMS

SINGLE OR COUPLEIN SUITE CONFIGURATION

PARENT(S) WITH CHILD(REN)

TWOBEDROOMTOWNHOUSE

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EXPANDING STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AREA ECOLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY THROUGH THE SITE

MULTI-TIERED FOREST CANOPY MODEL OFFERS OPPORTUNITY TO STACK PROGRAM AND INCREASE FUNCTIONAL DENSITY

BIRDS OF PREY USE HIGH POINTS AS LOOK OUTSVOLES AND OTHER RODENTS USE HIGH CANOPY FOR FOOD AND SHELTERTALL CONIFERS EVAPOTRANSPIRATE LARGER QUANTITIES OF STORMWATER

OFFERS FOOD TO BIRDS, INSECTS AND SMALL MAMMALSSEASONAL SHADE TREES

PROVIDES FOOD FOR HUMANS, INSECTS, BIRDS AND OTHER ANIMALS

CULINARY AND MEDICINAL FRUITS, BERRIES AND HERBSHABITAT FOR INSECTSSHADE OUT INVASIVE PLANTS

UPPER CANOPY - MIXED CONIFER

MIDDLE CANOPY - MIXED HARDWOODS

LOWER CANOPY - DWARF FRUIT TREES

SHRUB LAYER - NATIVE AND FOOD

HERBS AND GRASSES

WATER FILTRATION AND INFILTRATION

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SECTION B: SOUTH -> NORTH

RAW SALVAGE WOOD

METAL PANEL

PAINTED CEMENTIOUS LAP SIDING

LEGACY TREE/FOREST

SITE POURED CONCRETE

PERMEABLE PAVERS

INTENSIVE GREEN ROOF

COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE

GLASS

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WATER TANK SECTION

SOCIAL STAIR

WALL ASSEMBLY DETAIL

WOOD COMPOSITE LAP SIDING

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AIR SPACE

POLYSPUN OLEFIN WEATHER BARRIER

BLOWN RECYCLED CELLULOSE INSULATION

2X4 ENGINEERED OUTER STUDS

2X6 ENGINEERED STRUCTURAL STUDS

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BLOWN RECYLCED CELLULOSE INSULATION(DEW POINT LOCATION)

STRUCTURAL SHEATHING W/ TAPED SEAMS(AIR BARRIER)

OPEN WEB TRUSS SOLAR GRID GREEN ROOF

GREEN ROOF

- 2 TANKS COMBINED TOTAL 14,780 GALLONS, OR 1/4 OF ANNUAL RAIN FALL ON THE 3,000 S.F. OF ROOF COLLECTOR AREA- CAN SUPPLY 164 GALLONS PER DAY OVER 3-MONTH DRY PERIOD (LESS THAN 11 GALLONS PER UNIT PER DAY IF REDIRECTED FOR DOMESTIC USE)- OVERFLOW IS RELEASED THROUGH CASCADING FILTER SYSTEM- PERMEABLE GREEN ROOF ACTS AS PRE-FILTER

- CONVERGENCE POINT FOR TENANTS OF 15 UNITS- MULTIPLE LEVELS TO OCCUPY- ACTS AS sTAIR AS A STAGE- CREATES PLACE FOR MAILBOXES

- 4 WIDTH MODULE ALLOWS FOR NUMEROUS OPTIONS FOR PV AND HOT WATER UNITS- 25 SPAN ALLOWS FOR NO UNNECESSARY ROOF PENETRATIONS- MODULARITY MAKES SERVICING EASIER- REDUCES OVER-EXPOSURE OF GREEN ROOF BELOW

- COOLS ROOF THROUGH SOLAR ABSORPTION AND TRANSPIRATION- REDUCES STORM WATER SURGE- HELPS PV PANELS OPERATE AT MORE EFFICIENT TEMPERATURES- PROVIDES HABITAT FOR POLLINATORS SUCH AS INSECTS AND BIRDS- SLIGHTLY INCREASES INSULATIVE VALUE OF ROOF

- PRE-FILTERS WATER BEFORE ENTERING TANKS- REDUCES HEAT ISLAND EFFECT- CREATES LADDER FOR POLLINATORS BETWEEN ROOF AND GROUND- SERVES AS STOPOVER FOR BIRDS AND INSECTS MIGRATING NORTH-SOUTH THROUGH THE SITE

WATER STAIRS

STRUCTURAL STEEL SUPPORT

FLAT MOUNTED, MODULAR PV ARRAY

FLAT MOUNTED, MODULAR SOLAR HOT WATER

WALL PARAPET

RAIN SCREEN ENCLOSURE

ENGINEERED WOOD

WATER CONTROL VALVE

- PROMOTE AWARENESS OF RAIN WATER- PLACE FOR CHILDREN TO PLAY- FILTERS RAIN WATER IN STAGES- CREATES HABITAT NICHES

- SIMPLE STRUCTURE ALLOWS IT TO DISAPPEAR WITHIN BUILDING MASS- 5 DIAMETER PIPE SECTION HSS COLUMNS SUPPORT 39,000 POUNDS (20 UNSUPPORTED) (ACTUAL LOAD WHEN TANKS ARE FULL = 30,840)- U.S. SOURCED AND 90% RECYCLED

- 908 S.F. OF COLLECTOR AREA PROVIDES 8,712 kWh/YEAR OR 3.18 kWh/DAY/UNIT SOURCE: NREL PVWATTS CALCULATOR

- PROVIDES ESTIMATED 50% REDUCTION IN WATER HEATING ENERGY USE- 288 S.F OF COLLECTOR AREA (COMPARBLE TO 200 S.F. TILTED)- ESTIMATED NEED IS APPROXIMATELY 200 S.F. IF 2 ADULTS PER UNIT

- HOLLOW BOX COLUM- CONSEALS STEEL TANK STRUCTURE- CREATES CHASE FOR DOWNSPOUT AND OTHER SERVICES- SPATIALLY CONNECTS ROOF TO GROUND

- SUPERIOR WATER PROTECTION FROM AIR SPACE DRAINAGE, NEUTRAL PRESSURE ZONE, AND MOISTURE MAZE PANEL CONNECTIONS- PROTECTS VULNERABLE OVERHANGS AND PARAPETS

- LOCAL PRODUCT- FORMALDEHYDE FREE- USES SUSTAINABLY HARVESTED MATERIALS

- 2-WAY VALVE GIVES USER CHOICE TO TURN ON WATERFALL OR IRRIGATION- WATERFALL CAN BE TURNED ON FOR CHILDREN ON HOT DAYS OR TO IRRIGATE RIPARIAN ZONE

GYPSUM BOARD INTERIOR FINISH

ASSEMBLY R-VALUE: 69.6 hr*ft2*oF/Btu

ASSEMBLY R-VALUE: 32.3 hr*ft2*oF/Btu

BLOWN RECYCLED CELLULOSE INSULATION

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ROOF ASSEMBLY DETAIL

Intersectionality: NE Portland History MuseumN Fremon Ave & N. Mississippi Ave - Portland, Oregon

SPRING 2008PROFESSOR: RICHARD SHIGA

Held in tension between past and future, moments in history are multidimensional and their artifacts require spaces in which to view them in a non-singular way. Serving as a period, or more accurately, an ellipses to the continually growing North Mississippi Avenue, this Portland History Museum removes the participant from the Mississippi experience through a layered fracture from the grid. Once inside, subtle, structural reminders re-orient the patron to the orthogonal grid building to a climax in the intimate second gallery whose focused view of the Downtown Portland skyline, featuring the prominent US Bancorp Tower, reconnects the timeline of Portlands unique history.

The spatial topography of the site is such that the second gallery sits on a precipice, revealing a great sense of expansion. Similarly, the basin south of the site, expands to the east and thus the primary gallery, offices and cafe are situated in a manner to exploit the opportunity to create tension between the feeling of containment and expansion out to the hills beyond Legacy Emanuel Hospital. It is in this juxtaposition of colliding grids, long horizontal view axes, compression and expansion, removal and revealment, shelter and prospect, that a person is best enabled to reflect on historic objects.

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Community Partners International Office BuildingSW Ankeny Street & SW First Avenue- Portland, Oregon

WINTER 2008PROFESSOR: Guntis Plesums

Simple and elegant, this small-medium sized office building maximizes occupants access to light, air and views without overheating or producing uncomfortable glare. Anchored by the conference room and bookstore cube, a four storey L-shaped mass prominently occupies the corner while preserving a light well to the interior of the site. The public gallery and office spaces are served by a grand entry framed in the mosaic glass south wall, while the caf and restaurant permeate onto the east sidewalk, allowing customers to grab a snack or beverage as they wait for their train.

Solar aperture is optimized on the south wall through a mosaic of transom panels, low-e glass, clear glass, operable windows, horizontal shades and light shelves. The west and east facades are optimized by window boxes that shelter operable shading devices, shade harsh, low angle radiation, provide thermal buffering, and reduce street noise. A central courtyard provides a green oasis for all spaces in the building as well as flood daylight into the most remote corner of the site which includes the bicycle storage, gallery preparation space and other logistical areas.

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Furniture - Four Gate Table

Urban habitation, energy efficiency and finite resources beg us to dwell in smaller spaces. The FOUR GATE TABLE provides luxurious space for dining and crafting and folds neatly as a side piece.

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Enjoyable social meals proceed in two distinct stages: dining and relaxing. The TWO POSITION CHAIR responds by rocking into two accommodating postures.

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TOBIN NEWBURGH ::: FURNITURE DESIGN ::: DEPT. OF INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE ::: UNIVERSITY OF OREGON ::: SPRING 2009 ::: JULIE SCHEU


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