conor brady 2011 portfolio
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A portfolio of my architectural workTRANSCRIPT
MArch — June 2010School of Architecture and Interior Design, University of CincinnatiCincinnati, Ohio 2006-2010MA Thesis:”Ugly Duckling; The Adaptive Reuse of a Northside Machine Factory”Advisor: Patricia Kucker, Second Chair: Nnamdi Elleh
Honours B.A., English — June 2004University College, University of TorontoToronto, Ontario 2000-2004Specialist Degree in English, Minor focuses in Art History and Political Theory
Education
Work
Conor Brady
339 Ludlow Ave., #6Cincinnati, OH 45220 USA
Instructor School of Architecture and Interior Design, University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio Winter 2011- Spring 2011Courses: 23SAID202: Assemblies of Space (Sophomore Design Studio). Guided students in exploring spatial organization through manipulation of tectonics and compositional order. 23SAID322: Scripps Home Studio. Aided in development and instruction of a combined interiors/architecture sponsored studio creating concept designs for a residential design demo center for HGTV in Knoxville, TN.
Instructor Department of Architecture and Interior Design, Miami University Oxford, Ohio Fall 2010- Winter 2011Courses: ARC114: Graphic Representation Skills II, and ARC213: Graphic Representation Skills III. Traine students in digital and analog rendering skills including software (Adobe Suite, AutoCAD) and traditional hand methods. ARC201: Sophomore Design Studio. Oversaw 17 core studio projects oriented around the creation of a peace talks center.
Intern Studio Gang Architects Chicago, Illinois 2009Developed publication images for article on the Aqua Tower (“Aqua Tower”, The Plan, April 2010). Rebuilt complex structural/HVAC coordination model for the Media Production Center project at Columbia College. Created large and small scale physical schematic design models for Blue Wall Environmental Center in North Carolina. Produced construction document set for high-rise apartment building.
Elite Graduate Assistant / Teaching Assistant School of Architecture and Interior Design, University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 2008-2010Courses: 23SAID204: Representation Skills and 23SAID104: Documentation Lab. Trained students in digital and analog rendering skills including software (AutoCAD/Revit, Rhinocerous, Adobe Suite) and traditional hand methods.
Intern Terry Boling Architect Cincinnati, Ohio Summer 2008, Fall/Winter 2010-11 Collaborated in the design and rendering of an acoustic art wall installation at Lightborne Communications in Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati. Executed fabrication of wall panels off site, and the installation of the art wall on site. Developed a schematic design document set for a $400,000 residential addition in Columbus.
Skills 4+ years of experience with Adobe Suite, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Rhinoceros 4, FormZ RenderZone Plus, V-Ray Render and Maxwell Render. 4+ years of experience with film and digital photography. 4+ years of experience with drafting and model building in educational and professional environments. 6 months experience with Epilogue Laser Cutter. Week-long workshop in Grasshopper definition development at Washington University (2010). Experience preparing print files for z-corp 3D printer and files for Como CNC mill.
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Research Assistant for Michael Zaretsky School of Architecture and Interior Design, University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio Summer 2008Conducted a feasibility study for constructing a full-featured Health Center in rural Tanzania. Compiled output of research into an exploratory document that was presented to fund Village Life Outreach and was used to establish an academic studio.
Graduate Assistant for Marshall Brown School of Architecture and Interior Design, University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 2007-2008Assisted with an entry for the Steedman Competition (University of Washington), and an ongoing alternate proposal for Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn submitted as an entry for a Metropolis competition. Organized, copy-edited and oversaw publication of course process book.
InternBaxter Hodell Donelly and PrestonCincinnati, Ohio 2007Produced construction documents and Sketchup models for the Caresource high-rise project in Dayton, OH. Created construction document sets for Macy’s and Belk retail stores.
InternFloura-Teeter Landscape Architects Baltimore Maryland 2005-2006Developed Sketchup models and AutoCAD drawings of landscape design for the University of Baltimore’s Student Center. Built and maintained company website (circa 2006).
Field Trainee Henry Lewis Contractors Baltimore, Maryland 2004-2005Worked in a field training position on the large-scale historic renovation of Latrobe’s Basilica of the Assumption in downtown Baltimore.
Work(Continued)
Awards College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning Outstanding Graduate Student in Architecture 2010
SAID Outstanding Service and Citizenship Award 2010
SAID Elite Graduate Assistant Fellowship 2008-2010
Woseczek Scholarship 2008-2009
SAID Graduate Assistant Fellowship 2007-2008
Department of Civil Engineering Research Assistant Fellowship Summer 2007
SAID University Graduate Scholarship 2006-2010
Service Committee Member Search Committee: Director of the School of Architecture and Interior Design College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning (DAAP), University of Cincinnati 2009-2010
President Student Society of the School of Architecture and Interior Design (3xSAID)University of Cincinnati, 2009-2010
Activities Masters Swim Club, University of Cincinnati, 2007-2008
Varsity Crew, University of Toronto, 2000-2003
References available upon request
Metal Arts CenterThesis Studio [9 Months]Advisor: Patricia Kucker
This is the companion project to my Master’s Thesis, “Ugly Duckling; The Adaptive Reuse of a Northside Machine Factory.” The project organizes around the insertion of a metal arts fabrication facility into a vacant warehouse property in Northside, OH. The interventions retain the graceful existing steel structure that defines the overall form of the building, while carving away new entries and workspace to activate the site and engage
the face of an adjacent city park. Located one block away from an emerging business district, the program aims to expand the scope of industrial renewal into a neighborhood engaged in urban renewal by providing a sustainable center to house ironworking and foundry processes for local artists, as well as activities and exhibitions promoting metal arts education.
1. Sculpture Park2. Workyard3. Office4. Classrooms5. Welding/Fabrication/Storage6. Cafe
7. Auditorium8. Machining Studio9. Ironworking Studio10. Casting Studio11. Gallery
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The existing facility is dominated by an expansive high-bay space that runs North-South for the entirety of building. My proposal inserts a series of volumes, crafted to interact with the structure while creating distinct spaces within the interior to house different elements of the metalworking program. Each insertion initiates a reaction in the exterior skin, where a volume is carved from the existing structure, creating scoops that increase visibility and communication between the public outside, and the artists and students within.
Cranbrook SpaSEC Studio [6 Months]Professors: Patricia Kucker, Terry Boling
This project is a Spa designed to integrate with the Williams-Tsien designed natatorium at the Cranbrook School (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan). Taking cues from the axial planning present at the school, the posture of the neighboring building and the steeply sloped site, the spa is directed into the air, forming both a gateway to the woods beyond and a reciprocity with the natatorium.
1. EAST 2. SOUTH 3. WEST
The Spa mediates a complex series of wet and dry programs, issues of public and private access, and requirements for daylight and exterior site spaces. While dry and public programs are arranged within a solid base volume that fronts along the “Grand Allee” (the main thoroughfare through Cranbrook’s Campus), the spa programs and contemplative programs are free to be arrayed in a climbing volume that terminates in the treeline, providing a sense of seclusion in nature, while being convenient to the central campus.
The building’s orientation in plan and elevation is meant to emphasize its relationship with its neighbor, amplifying the function of each structure and creating a nuanced and integrated addition to the historic campus while still operating in a contemporary mode.
Much of the design development in this studio was achieved through the iterative creation of fragment models which are each geared to a specific purpose and set of issues. By removing larger concerns and focusing on single joints or conditions, the models allow for a more flexible creation of space. By moving between scales fluidly, they act as a generative process for the resulting final design and help create a coherence between different stages of the project.
The final model of the spa depicts the grounded portion of the building that houses the entrance sequence and support program. The volumes that are “buried” and located adjacent to the quadrangle are clad in continuous sections of snugly-joined brick, echoing the dark, horizontal brick employed on the surrounding buildings. The volume that leaves the ground is clad in wood and perforated to allow selected daylight in and express the underlying structural frame that makes its flight possible.
Canoe LiveryTectonics Studio [3 Months]Professor: Karl Wallick
This studio organized around continuous production of iterative models and drawings. The brief was to render an abstracted building proposal while operating within a framework of tectonics popularized by Gottfried Semper. We were charged with nominating and exploring a relationship between constructive types, in this case, the interaction of “plane” and “frame.”
The core aim of this studio was to develop a design process that did not rely on parti development or programmatic design, but rather one that evolved and generated its own process through the relationships of constructed elements and space. Model to drawing, drawing to model, each precedent work influenced the creation of the next operation, developing a coherence and relationship between all models and clear sense of progression.
Thesis Research Drawings18”x24” bristol, graphite, collage, watercolor and xylene transfer[2010]
The drawing on the left explores the existing facility, its construction, and its spatial qualities, as well as cataloguing additions to the facility overtime. The drawing on the right looks at the site and the immediate neighborhood context, focusing particularly on the green space directly adjacent to the warehouse facility.
The drawing at top charts movement through site and associated views in Asplund and Lewerentz’s Woodland Cemetery. The drawing at bottom explores the concept of detail in the work of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects.
Site and Detail Research Drawings18”x24” bristol, graphite, collage, watercolor and xylene transfer[2008, with Jacob Mans]
Aqua Tower SectionsFor Publication in The Plan, April 2010[for Studio Gang Architects]
As an Intern for Studio Gang Architects, I helped develop sections of the Aqua Tower in Chicago for publication (The Plan, No. 41 April 2010). I was responsible for filling empty section drawings with construction information, annotation and adjusting line weights for viewing at different scales.
Studio Gang ModelsVarious Project Models[for Studio Gang Architects]
While on internship with Studio Gang Architects, I worked on models for the schematic design phase of the Blue Wall Environmental Center, and for the construction administration phase of the Columbia College Center for Media Production.
The model for Columbia College, in Chicago, was used as a construction document on-site to help contractors install the complex mechanical systems required by the film school.
Lightborne Design / Build Wall Installation [for Terry Boling Architect]
I worked as an intern for Terry Boling Architect. This is a wall of custom doors that separates cubicles and a hallway that we designed and built. When closed, the doors help create a continuous and textured surface that provides acoustic dampening. The top image is a composite render, the bottom row of images are finished pictures of the wall we installed, after a summer of cutting and stacking homasote and bolting together steel structure.
Columbus AdditionModel and Schematic Design[for Terry Boling Architect]
These are models and schematic drawings I have created for design review as a part of Terry Boling Architect’s ongoing design for a residential addition in Columbus, Ohio.
Sukkah City Competition Temporary Pavillion Installation [with Nathan Strieter and Jacob Mans]
This is a group entry for the 2010 Sukkah City Competition. Sukkahs are temporary shelters created for the Jewish harvest holiday of Sukkot. Our submission promoted the use of agricultural by-product and waste cardboard to create a temporary pavilion that would meet and compliment the guidelines of the religious observance, slowly decaying over the week of its use to demonstrate the nature of change.
Palace of RecreationSteedman Competition Boards [for Marshall Brown]
These are boards created for the Steedman Competition while I was a research assistant for Professor Marshall Brown. The project involved the adaptive reuse of a vacant cold storage warehouse in St. Louis. Our proposal transformed the structure into a large scale center for recreation and health, specifically targeted at the industrial workers who populate the area.
UNITYCONNECT NEIGHBORHOODS.CONNECT CULTURES.CONNECT CITIZENS.CONNECT OPEN SPACE.CONNECT ECOLOGIES.CONNECT ECONOMIES.CONNECT BROOKLYN.
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UNderstanding, Imagining and Transforming the Yards is a collaborative project with a dual mission: Transforming the Vanderbilt Rail yards site into a place that is culturally and economically productive is one part of the mission - transforming the development process is the other. Our goal has been to unite citizens, elected officials, designers, and developers in a collaborative effort to imagine a new model for urban design and development in New York.
Our efforts began in spring 2004 in cooperation with City Council Member Letitia James. With her sponsorship, our team of architects and urban designers from Brooklyn worked to create a menu of development alternatives for the Atlantic Yards Site – alternatives of course, to the recent 7.6 million square foot proposal by Forest City Ratner Companies. . .
We are joining citizens, elected officials, designers, and developers in a collaborative effort to imagine a new culturally, environmentally and economically sustainable model for urban design and development in New York.
SEPERATE
CONNECTED
UNITED!
HOUSINGapar tment.loft.townhouse.homeCULTUREar t.performance.theatres
COMMERCEshop.l ight.hotel.business.market
COMMUNITYschool.senior.child.l ibrar yLEISUREpark.athletics.dining.club
INFRASTRUCTURErail yard.subway.parking.streetscape.landscape
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HousingApartmentsLoftsTownhomes
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CulturalArt studios and galleriesMusic performance venues Movie Theatres
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CommerceShopping(local, regional, national, international)
Light ManufacturingHotelSmall Business IncubatorsSupermarket
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Community Ser vicesSchoolSenior Citizen FacilitiesChild CareLibrary
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Recreation & LeisureParks and plazasAthletic FieldsIndoor Recreation CenterDiningClubs and Bars
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InfrastructureRail yard DeckingSubway (access and improvements)
ParkingStreetscape(pedestrian & auto traffic improvements)
Remediative landscapes and Technologies
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Total 4,540,000
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THE YARDSUNITYCONNECT NEIGHBORHOODS.
CONNECT CULTURES.
CONNECT CITIZENS.
CONNECT OPEN SPACE.
CONNECT ECOLOGIES.
CONNECT ECONOMIES.
CONNECT BROOKLYN.
plan for the Vanderbilt Yards
Atlantic Ave.
Flatbush Ave.
Vand
erb
ilt A
ve.
Atlantic Ave.
Fort Greene
Prospect Heights
The Yards
Flatbush Ave.
Park Slope
Vand
erb
ilt A
ve.
Atlantic Ave.
Flatbush Ave.
Vand
erb
ilt A
ve.
UNderstanding, Imagining and Transforming the Yards is a collaborative project with a dual mission: Transforming the Vanderbilt Rail yards site into a place that is culturally and economically productive is one part of the mission - transforming the development process is the other. Our goal has been to unite citizens, elected offi cials, designers, and developers in a collaborative effort to imagine a new model for urban design and development in New York.
Our efforts began in spring 2004 in cooperation with City Council Member Letitia James. With her sponsorship, our team of architects and urban designers from Brooklyn worked to create a menu of development alternatives for the Atlantic Yards Site – alternatives of course, to the recent 7.6 million square foot proposal by Forest City Ratner Companies. . .
We are joining citizens, elected offi cials, designers, and
SEPERATE
CONNECTED
UNITED!
Atlantic YardsUNITY project[for Marshall Brown]
I helped create the model, pamphlets, presentations and competition boards for the UNITY project, an alternative planning proposal for the Atlantic Yards property in Brooklyn. This site is set to house a redevelopment designed by Frank Gehry. As one of the last remaining major parcels of real estate in New York, this site has the potential to change the character of a large section of Brooklyn. The UNITY proposal suggests that a greater
diversity of designers and developers be invited to work with the site, emphasizing the existing vibrancy of the neighborhood.