CULTURE
CONTEXT
PERSONALITYHUMANITY
BEAUTY ARCHITECTURE
trans·la·tiontransˈlāSH(ə)
the conversion of something from one form or medium into another
Through an evolution in personality, observation, abstraction, and application comes the ability to design. The design is born in the culture, that of a specific time and place, the architect is merely the translator. In a modern world relying heavily on imagery, I seek to preserve the integrity of place and experiential space. Here lies my observations paired with intuition, a translation of my mind.
RESUME
A MEANS OF EXPRESSION
DALLAS CENTER FOR ACOUSTICS
RAMMED EARTH
TRUCK BED HOUSING
STUDIO POD
KCAI STUDENT HOUSING
CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
THE NETWORK
UNIVERSITY OF KANSASGRADUATION MAY 2015
[email protected] 630 4245
M. ARCH
SKILL SET FOCUS
RevitAuto CadMicrostationPhotoshopIllustratorIn DesignSketchupLumionArtlantisV-RayIntuition is best communicated through the hand with pen on paper
Site / ContextPracticality / FunctionalityDaylightingSustainable Design
passive simple beautifulHospitalityInterior / Exterior RelationshipModularity / Spatial ConservationDensity
compression expansion
michael BURCH
RESUME
WORK EXPERIENCE AWARDS
2013Summer internship with Jacobs Engineering and Architecture
Dallas, TX
20146 month internship with DP Architects
Singapore, Singapore
Design build studio
2010H. Roy Mock Architectural Scholarship
2013Design Contest “Student Winner”
Radical Innovation in Hospitality Design Competition
Presentation at the Undergraduate Research Symposium
Modular study of Work / Live / Sleep Environment
St. Louis Branch AIA Scholarship
2014JA Burzle Architectural ScholarshipIP Study Abroad Scholarship
Lawrence, KS
REFERENCES
Kapila Silva
Chua Zi Jun
Chad Kraus
+1 785 864 1150
+1 785 864 4129
[email protected] of Kansas, Assistant Professor
University of Kansas, Associate Professor
[email protected] Architects, Associate Director
Bly Windstorm+1 360 643 [email protected], Lead ContractorEarth Dwell LLC
20153 months constructing Alaska’s first rammed earth home
Palmer, AlaskaDesigner for Kinitiative - a non profit organization providing affordable residential and health care solutions to The Gambia in Africa
Lawrence, KS
EXPRESSIONCOMMUNCATION
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(far left) Tempietto - Rome, Italy
(far right) Marina - Cape Cod, Massachusetts
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(middle left) Taj Mahal - Agra, India
(middle right) Delta Shelter - Mazama, Washington
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“LEARNING TO DRAW IS REALLY A MATTER OF LEARNING TO SEE. TO SEE CORRECTLY-AND THAT MEANS A GOOD DEAL MORE THAN MERELY LOOKING WITH THE EYE. THE SORT OF ‘SEEING’ I MEAN IS AN OBSERVATION THAT UTILIZES AS MANY OF THE FIVE SENSES THAT CAN REACH THROUGH THE EYE AT ONE TIME”
KIMON NICOLAIDES
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As the trial run for a six month University program partnered with South East Asia’s largest architectural firm, DP Architects, I spent half of the final year of my Master’s interning in Singapore, Singapore. Learning an entirely new working culture paired with full submersion into a foreign environment facilitated more than an increased learning curve, but an essential change in perspective. The experience began to profoundly reveal the meaning of place in architecture.
EXPLORATIONS
OBJECTIVE
“IT IS BETTER TO LIVE IN A STATE OF IMPERMANENCE THAN IN ONE OF FINALITY.”
GASTON BACHELARD
Cultural AdaptationObservation
Master PlanningGraphics
International Projects
INTERNSHIP OBSERVATIONAsia
DPA with Maki and AssociatesSINGAPORE, SINGAPORE
mediacorp HEADQUARTERS
Two weeks shadowing the project architect on site, attending client meetings, and studying construction drawings.
CONTRIBUTIONS
Community integrated national broadcasting headquarters
BALI, INDONESIA
bali GALLERIA
Shopping center renovations: all facades, circulation, interiors, programming, entry portals, parking, and courtyards.
CONTRIBUTIONS
LEVEL 2 FLOOR PLAN
Presentation Layouts Atrium / Facade / Interiors Design Graphics Construction Drawings Programming
CONSTRUCTION PHASING CONNECTING GREEN SPACE COMMUNITY PLANNING
astana ECO CITYConceptual master plan for a green centered multi use community development.
Presentation Layouts Massing Studies GraphicsPrecedent Research Diagramming Conceptual Design
CONTRIBUTIONS
ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN
2014India - Singapore - Thailand - Cambodia Japan - Vietnam - Indonesia - Malaysia
OBSERVATIONArchitecture of PlacePublic Space
Aside from interning in Singapore, my learning and personal growth came extensively from observations and interactions. Post internship travels took me across Asia from Indonesia to Japan reveling in timeless architecture and uncovering how people use space. During a four week trip through India I did research for a later paper analyzing the usage of space as a bi-product of culture and environment in Indian cities paired with criticisms of Corbusier’s master plan of Chandigarh. His focus on creating an “ideal city” lost cultural focus and is at a critical disconnect with the Indian way of life. Every architectural move must be focused entirely on providing space for a particular body in a particular place.
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(upper left) Angkor Wat - Siem Reap, Cambodia
(lower left) Fushimi Inari Shrine - Kyoto, Japan
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(upper middle) Ayutthaya Temple Complex - Ayutthaya, Thailand
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(upper right) Red Fort - Agra, India
(lower middle) Sunny Hills Tea House - Tokyo, Japan
(lower right) Henderson Waves Bridge - Singapore, Singapore
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MAHATMA GANDHI
The Network is a two part project, the first being a masterplan component aimed at transforming the downtown into a more livable urban fabric, and the second being a designed programmatic insertion into the created masterplan.
The masterplan leaves the city’s existing main street intact, but looks to provide a lateral pedestrian extension with a focus on existing green space, supplemental housing, and appropriate program. The building design component is to be a new cultural hub for downtown Lawrence, a collaborative center for students and the community to fuse in the heart of this historic town.
EXPLORATIONS
Green SpaceDaylight Manipulation
CollaborationWalkability
Passive Heating / Cooling
OBJECTIVE
“NO CULTURE CAN LIVE IF IT ATTEMPTS TO BE EXCLUSIVE.”
CONVENTION CENTERLawrence, KS
MASTERPLAN
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CONCENTRATIONAn increase in residential units downtown to drive business interest and convert the area into a thriving living network.
ACTIVATIONConnecting downtown to the existing green spaces, and providing additional outdoor space encouraging community living and healthier lifestyles.
EXPANSIONSupplimental program along downtown’s East-West axis to convert a main street into a downtown fabric.
INTEGRATIONConnecting the University to the community with carefully placed multifunctional program.
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campus disconnect
massachusetts streetinfrastructurehuman scale
employment density2011
lawrence
STRATEGIES
EXISTING URBAN
ZONING PROPOSAL
Cultural Hub
Mixed Use
Residential
Activated Green
MASTERPLAN
CONDITIONS
A lateral expansion of Massachussetts Street, Lawrence’s main street, as an activation and extension of the city’s existing green space.
Pedestrian Greenway
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CULTURAL HUB
PLANNING
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CONFERENCE HALL
LOBBY / LOUNGE
CONFERENCE HALL+STUDENT CENTER+PUBLIC FORUM the network COLLABORATION
RIVER DEVELOPMENT RIVERSIDE PARK EXPANSIONproposal proposal
6TH STREETKANSAS RIVER
COLLABORATION
A collaborative programmatic insertion to join the community and student body in an prominent downtown location. The building activates the adjacent park, acts as an urban student union, and holds a 1500 person conference hall for both community and university functions.
PEDESTRIANGREENWAY
SUN SHADES
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An elevated lobby lounge provides Westward sunset views above the park tree line. A system of operational curtains adjust to permit appropriate levels of natural light.
ENTRY+LOBBY
BUS STOP+TRANSIT LOBBY+BIKE SHARE
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(left) Exterior of elevated lobby - East facing
(right) Interior of elevated lobby - Northwest facing, operable canvas screens
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A north facing conference hall optimizes river views and indirect lighting, and a canvas screened, west facing conference lounge provides elevated sunset views of the adjacent park.
CONFERENCE HALL+LOUNGE
VIEWS+NOISE CONTROL+INDIRECT LIGHT
6th street
kansas river
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(left) Interior of Conference Hall - North facing
(right) Interior of Conference Lounge - South facing, Setting sun
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A South facing Eco-Atrium acts as a trombe wall and gathering area for the 5 level student center. The student center is equip with a coffee shop, library, book store, and open studio space.
STUDENT CENTER+ECO ATRIUM
CLIMATE CONTROL+ENERGY REDUCTION
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(left) Exterior of the Eco-Atrium - North facing
(right) Interior of Eco Atrium - West facing
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Design a museum located in the arts district of Dallas, Texas showcasing all things related to acoustics and musical performance. Formal decisions were heavily guided by a series of moves reflecting off of the movement of sound as well as the abstraction of a violin and a facade treatment in response to musical sheet music. The museum is designed with acoustical experiences, putting the occupant in sensory conditions weighing primarily on auditory, but are also visually restricting to heighten acoustic awareness.
EXPLORATIONS
OBJECTIVE
“MUSIC IS THE MEDIATOR BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL AND THE SENSUAL LIFE.”
ACOUSTICS MUSEUM AND
Dallas, TX PERFORMANCE HALL
Large programInterior/exterior relationship
Private vs Public
Acoustics
Plans as art
Curvilinearity
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
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Planning of the building focused around a perimeter circulatory path of ramps, slowly revealing downtown Dallas and providing natural light through a paralleled density gradient of louvers and wall openings. Formal, material, and experiential decisions are all guided by musical instruments and acoustical properties, and the organization of the building is divided by audio-centric spaces.
Urban Integration Manipulated ViewsCONTEXT
Formal Decisions
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The perimeter path of ramps, louvers, and wall openings provides a collage of calculated views towards key pieces of the Dallas urban landscape as well as allows filtered light into the building.
Perimeter CirculationSPATIAL PLANNING
Light Modulation
Indirect Light intothe Galleries
VIEWS
NATURAL LIGHT
Towards Arts District in Downtown Dallas
Diffused Light ontoperimeter ramps
NATURAL LIGHT
VIEWSChanging downtown views with a linear permieter progression
VIEWSUnresitrictedskyline views from a public rooftop
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AUDIAL INTENSITY+UBRAN INTEGRATIONwater passage
A play on elevation to gradually remove the city and submerge the occupant into a self reflective auditory experience. Placed at the corner of two busy streets, the passage is designed to be a regularly used alteration to the adjacent sidewalk.
CAFE GALLERY
ACOUSTIC CHAMBER GALLERY
GALLERY
LOBBYPERFORMANCE HALL
MECHANICAL
LOUNGE
RAMP
OFFICE
GALLERY
GALLERY
LIBRARY
RAMP
GALLERY
COMPOSITIONAL EXTRACTION+INSTRUMENTAL ISOLATIONacoustic chambers
The chamber is an auditory experience meant to remove all but certain instruments in each of the four acoustically designed rooms. The linear progression takes occupants in and out of the central room (the song in its entirety), and into rooms of instrumental isolation. Five chambers provide for a variety of displays, the primary chamber extending from the ground floor up to the sky.
acoustic propertiesinstrumental isolationchamber plan: blues acoustic chamber gallery floor plan
blues song in full
percussionbrassguitar
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As a part of an internship at Jacobs Engineering and Architecture in Dallas, TX, I led a multi-disciplinary team of interns to design this hypothetical solution to the current disaster relief problem. Truck bed housing is a transportable, adaptable, and simple interlocking cubic combination designed to maximize spatial conservation and provide immediate relief.
EXPLORATIONS
OBJECTIVE
“I LONG, AS DOES EVERY HU-MAN BEING, TO BE AT HOME
WHEREVER I FIND MYSELF.”
INTERN DEVELOPMENT DISASTER RELIEF
Economic PlanningTransformation
Disaster Relief
Adaptation
Modularity
Practicality
MAYA ANGELOU
Dallas, TX
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As a design-build studio of 16, our goal was to formalize a local conservation area entryway into a concretized expression of rammed earth. As project architect, my role was to initially conceptualize the project through contextual and material studies, and later transitioned into a construction leader for the project.
The Field Station Gateway stands as a public expression of the institution’s identity. The project’s location is characterized by transition - an edge mediating between a native prairie to the west and deciduous woodlands spreading out east and south.
EXPLORATIONS
CollaborationSustainability
Rammed EarthConstruction
Contextual abstraction
OBJECTIVE
“IN ALL THINGS OF NATURE THERE IS SOMETHING OF THE MARVELOUS.”
PLATO
Lawrence, KS
RAMMED EARTH
STUDIOdirt works
design-build
PRARIE
CLAY / SAND / SHALE MIXTURE7% PORTLAND CEMENT
6-10 % MOISTURE CONTENT BLEND, APPLY PRESSURE
From the horizontality of the prairie to the verticality of the woodlands, a thick wedge-shaped rammed earth mass rises and thins as it establishes the
threshold through which one enters the tree-lined entry drive. Contextual ExpressionSustainability
TRANSITION- PRARIE TO FORREST
mixture content
7% FLY ASH
CHARRED CEDAR CAP REFURBISHED FARMER’S GATE
P R O C E S S
P R O D U C T
FORREST
foundation mix pour ram descend reveal
SITEGOLDWING ESTATES LOT 4
butte rd palmer, ak 99645
The project is the first rammed earth structure in Alaska. It is a collaboration between the Aleutian Housing Authority, Earth Dwell LLC, and West Virginia University’s rammed earth research department. The home has a passivhaus standard envelope with nearly no thermal bridging and walls of R value 40.
In an effort to quantifiably understand the performance of rammed earth, this prototype home is equipt with humidity, temperature, and energy monitors. Alaska’s severe climate provides radical temperature swings, ideal for research motives in understanding the performance of this material.
EXPLORATIONS
Collaboration
Sustainability
Rammed EarthConstruction
Climate
OBJECTIVE
Palmer, AKconstructionRAMMED EARTH
MEDIA“Ramming Alaska”_youtube.com
A short documentation I made for the project showcasing the construction experience.
CONSTRUCTION PHASINGWeek 1: Wall G Week 2: Wall E Week 3: Wall B Week 4: Wall K Week 5: Wall A
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Pushing the conventional ideas of hospitality outside of the typical realm of design. The annual design competition, Radical Innovation in Hospitality award, is open internationally to professionals and students. The Studio Pod develops a modular studio desk that transforms into a sleeping station. An arrangement of pods can suit settings from libraries to airports to the generic workplace. The Studio Pod combines ideas of work efficiency, simplicity, organization, versatility, and comfort into a practical way of considering the common cubicle.
EXPLORATIONS
OBJECTIVE
DESIGN COMPETITION LAS VEGAS, NV
WORK - LIVE - SLEEP
Industrial DesignSpatial Conservation
CustomizationOrganization
Community
ACCOLADE2013 Radical Innovation in Hospitality Competition: Student WinnerLive - Work - Sleep Presentation at the Undergraduate Research Symposium
WILLIAM SHAKESPEAR
“WE ARE SUCH STUFF AS DREAMS ARE MADE ON, AND OUR LIFE IS ROUNDED WITH A SLEEP.”
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The Studio Pod features two interior working surfaces, split by function, one for digital and the other for the hand. The chair swivels between the two, as well as out onto an extruded platform, and transforms into a sleeping station. The interior is designed to maximize space usage and optimize customization, organization, and comfort.
Work - Live - Sleep Spatial ConservationOrganization
transform WORK TO SLEEP
modular units
BEDDING STORAGE
PERSONAL BELONGINGS
PHYSICAL WORKSPACE
DIGITALWORKSPACE
CHAIR TRACK
BALCONY
MODEL MATERIAL STORAGE
WASTE
OPEN SHELVING
DRAWINGUTENSILORGANIZATION
PRESENTATION SHELF
EfficiencyASSEMBLY / PACKAGING
COMMUNITY ELECTRIC NETWORK
TranslucentPhotovoltaicPanels
TranslucentPhotovoltaicPanels
Solar Energy Storage/
Converter
KCAI Student Housing is a contextually designed revitalization of the current student housing. Through investigations of public and private space evolved the project’s concepts. A privacy hierarchy is defined through spatial separation planned to provide stepping stones for social engagement. Materiality is reflective of adjacent buildings, but contemporary adjustments were made to emphasize formal decisions as well as provide unique experiences.
EXPLORATIONS
OBJECTIVE
HIERARCHICAL SOLITUDE Kansas City, MO
Spatial hierarchyCommunity integration
MaterialityDaylightingSocial planning
“THE SUN NEVER KNEW HOW GREAT IT WAS UNTIL IT STRUCK THE SIDE OF A BUILDING.”
LOUIS KAHN
PRIVATE PUBLIC
Self-reflectiveFocused
Controlled
SpontaneousDeflective
Active
Material StudiesCONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT
Beginning with a study of concave and convex surfaces and how they react to light and sound, I associated their behaviors with the division of space; concave with private space and convex surfaces with public space. Material studies of high density foam, plaster and rubber to abstract the conceptual narrative ultimately lead to the buildings form.
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WALL BODY
The wall must be reflective of the space which it defines, the body it defines for.
The wall as a formal representation of the conceptual narratives it speaks to.
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Material DecisionsCONTEXT Site Placement Entry Sequence
A gradual descending entry sequence pays respect to the existing site conditions and brings the occupant into the building through its core.
Spatial appropriationPRIVACY HIERARCHY The plan is the result of a modular “neighborhood” rotated around a central public union. Vaulted
ceilings of brick and wood provide a unique undulating circulatory experience, define space, and gently catch the rising and setting suns. Corbeled brick extrusions provide pockets of daylight and exterior views - a skyward focus.Social engagement
STUDENT UNION NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITIES COMMUNITYKITCHEN
CONNECTIONLOBBIES
READING PATIOS/FIRE STAIR
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mesh brick tie
2” x 6” corbelled bricks
spray foam insulation
3” pre-cast concrete bubble
8” concrete hollow core slab
4” rigid insulation
air and weather barrier
2” steel plate1/2” wood finished trim
pre-cast concrete panel
2” concrete finish
vaulted reinforced brick ceiling
8” diameter round duct
double pane low-E glass
pre fab masonry bubble
Sleeping Pod Shared Living Space Neighborhood Communities
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CORBELLED BUBBLE CONSTRUCTION
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RESIDENTIAL LINK + COMMUNAL SPACEconnection lobbies
The two story connection lobby breaks up the building sectionally, and provides interaction points between
floors. The space also connects the student union with the residence hall, controlled by a key card access door.
A large skylight provides light to the entire space, but manipulates vantage points for unique experiences and
asserts an appreciation of scale.
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