Architectural Portfolio Vol. 2

Claire Seger

“Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.” -Henri Kaiser

Problem-solving has always been my greatest hobby. Since I was young, I’ve loved piecing together puzzles, answering riddles, and figuring out every math question. Architectural design presents some of the most challenging problems in this world that are just waiting to be solved. Each design decision has both consequences and benefits. As designers, we accept the responsibility to serve the future users of a space to the best of our ability. It is this idea of learning to think for the good of others, and not for ourselves, that makes architecture so difficult. Yet, this is also what excites me about architecture. The more complexities to any problem, the more creative I am encouraged to be, not for myself, but for others. The responsibility and opportunity to create positive change in my environment is incredibly exciting to me and I cannot wait to start!

Claire Seger, LEED Green AssociateBachelors of Architecture 2014 CandidateUniversity of Oregon

Phone: (402) 651-6493Email: seger.claire@gmail.comOnline Portfolio: segerclaire.wix.com/portfolio

Coursework More...Studio Projects

02 Master Planning

04 Design + Build

05 Modular Systems

06 Recreation Design

03 Historical Reuse 07 Event & Site Response

01 Current Project

10 Luminaire 13 Resume

12 Photography

08 Detail Drawings

09 Trombe Wall

11 Personal Projects

The studio traveled to Libreville, Gabon to conduct a participatory week-long workshop to help the Université Omar Bongo redefine their campus. Working with both students and faculty, we spent time analyzing and understanding the current conditions and asked students what the strengths, opportunities, weaknesses, and threats of their current campus are. We then facilitated non-architecture students to design their visions and master plan for their new campus. The group of students I facilitated focused on minimizing demolition and redeveloping the existing campus.

It was an amazing experience that allowed me to grow both personally and professionally, and reminded me how selfless and interactive design should be. Spring term the studio will be developing individual buildings to illustrate sustainable uses on a smaller scale. Stay posted for more information.

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Associate Professor Dr. Mark Gillem & Adjunct Faculty Barry Gordon Terminal Studio | Winter-Spring 2014

Scope: Visioning, Public Participation, Master Planning (75+ years), Landscape Design, Water Urbanism Research, Building Schematic Design, Envelope Detailing

Size: 120 Acres (Campus)

Current Project

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Street & Quad Sections

Minimum Demolition Final Illustrative Plan

1. Workshop in Libreville (Jan. 9-20)

Working with students, faculty, and staff to analyze the existing conditions (using Albert Humphrey’s SWOT Analysis) of the campus

Looking through precedents of successful designs and spaces (quads, streets, & nodes) of campuses worldwide and teaching non-architecture students the principles of design

Designing 4 alternatives and their phasing with students and faculty

2. Bringing it Home/Production (January-February)

Producing models, drawings, diagrams to illustrate the designs of the collaboration between the studio and the Gabonese students

Sharing experiences and outcomes of workshop via an open house, presentations, and out website/blog

3. Creating Regulating Plans usingForm-Based Codes (February)

To make a campus design that lasts, it is critical to think about future development

The Form-Based Codes specify:

Parcels of land for development, what type of development, build-to lines, setbacks, parking placements, designated open spaces, critical building entry points, minimum/maximum building heights, and building envelope standards

The Four Alternatives: 1. Minimum Demolition 2. Compact Infill 3. Radial Plan 4. Maximum Demolition

Reviewing and refining designs for both the master plan of the campus and the infrastructure

Presenting the designs and discoveries of the workshop to the Université Omar Bongo

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Minimum Demolition Regulating Plan

4. Design New Campus from Regulating Plans & Documentation (March)

To understand and test the effectiveness of our Regulating Plans, we redesigned the campus through the Form-Based Codes

In preparation for the term final presentation, we worked at documenting our processes and communicating the design principles of each alternative

5. Individual Building Schematic Design & Design Development (April-June)

This stage of the studio will be more similar to a traditional studio, in that we will design individual buildings on the campus design alternative of our choice.

We will later present our design schemes as examples of possible sustainable solutions when nine students and three professors from Université Omar Bongo travel to the University of Oregon in June

7. Come to a Design Consensus (June)

Representatives and the instructors from the University of Oregon terminal studio will return to Libreville and meet with students, faculty, and administration to decide and develop a final master plan using the knowledge gained from the four alternative iterations

Photo Collage Vignette

This project was to re-vision an old, beloved raceway in northern Portland. The project was very complex in that the site is located in a flood plane, so we spent many weeks of the term working to develop landscape plans.

The driving goal that led to my design was to connect the various pieces that go into a racetrack, as well as the new programmatic elements such as an E.V. testing facility and small wetland research facility. This connection was formed through the concept of movement. The movement of visitors, racecars, and floodwater alike is a constant cycle on the site, tying into the changes and evolution of racing over time. These ideas from the site were then carried to a smaller scale to Schematic Design of the flexible E.V. testing facility.

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Adjunct Faculty Juli Brode | Upper-Level Studio | Spring 2013

Scope: Visioning, Master Planning (50+ years), Landscape Design, Wetland Research, Building Schematic Design, Envelope Detailing

Size: 500 Acres (Master Plan); 8,180 sq. ft. (E.V. Testing Facility)

Portland International

Raceway

Final Presentation Rendering

Conceptual Process Models

Promenade Physical ModelPromenade Physical Models

E.V. Testing Center Interior Perspective

Garage Organization & Safety Zoning

E.V. Testing Center Section Model

This old flour mill site is a real project of the Portland Development Commission, who we had the chance to work with throughout the design process. Our goals were to revision the site and think about the edges of the river, train tracks, Field’s Park, and the Pearl District. My partner and I chose to engage each of these elements and focus on the transitions between spaces. We were also encouraged to save much of the older buildings while adding new pieces where the program required. We did this by saving the structure of some older buildings while adding new pieces to juxtapose the existing and highlight one another.

We then took our concept of ‘new breaking out of the old’ to a building scale; we developed the visitor center by using pieces of the existing and iconic warehouse on the river’s edge such as its structure and roof.

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Professor Ihab Elzeyadi | Upper-Level Studio | Summer 2013

Design Partner: Gina Auduong

Scope: Master Planning, Reuse and Restoration, Landscape Design, City Transit Research, Building Schematic Design

Size: 2 City Blocks (Master Plan); 20,000 sq. ft. (Visitors Center)

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Amtrak Railroad

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10. Pedestrian Tunnel11. Pedestrian Bridge12. Event Expansion Space13. Organic Park Space14. Second Story Boardwalk15. Reflection Pool 16. Formal River Connection17. Underground Parking Entry

1. Main Plaza2. Retail3. Apartment Housing4. Workspace5. Visitor Center6. Transitional Ruin Garden7. Greenway8. Arts & Culture Gallery9. Restaurant/Event Space

Site Section

Hierarchy of Spaces

Access to Water Edge

Formal vs. Organic

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Greenway

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Site AccessOpen Spaces

Hierarchy of Spaces

Access to Water Edge

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Site AccessOpen Spaces

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Site AccessOpen Spaces

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Site AccessOpen Spaces

Diagramming the Site

1. Human Interaction

2. ShiftingComposition

3. New Reactions(each time)

ProgrammaticSpacing

CentralCirculation

Main Access

Visitors Center Conceptual Diagrams & Model

1. Human Interaction

2. ShiftingComposition

3. New Reactions(each time)

ProgrammaticSpacing

CentralCirculation

Main Access

1. Human Interaction

2. ShiftingComposition

3. New Reactions(each time)

ProgrammaticSpacing

CentralCirculation

Main Access

1. Human Interaction

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3. New Reactions(each time)

ProgrammaticSpacing

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Main Access

Glass Skylight

Existing Warehouse Roof

Expose Existing Structure

Exhibit Mezzanine Space

Glass Enclosures

Openings allow Cross Ventilation

Existing Warehouse

Concrete Slab

View to River

Glass Skylight

Existing Warehouse Roof

Expose Existing Structure

Exhibit Mezzanine Space

Glass Enclosures

Openings allow Cross Ventilation

Existing Warehouse

Concrete Slab

View to River

Glass Skylight

Existing Warehouse Roof

Expose Existing Structure

Exhibit Mezzanine Space

Glass Enclosures

Openings allow Cross Ventilation

Existing Warehouse

Concrete Slab

View to River

Visitors Center Ground Floor

Visitors Center Mezzanine

Architectural Context Analysis of Pearl District

Final Presentation Rendering

OregonBILDS is the first Design + Build student program of its kind in Oregon. The money made by selling the house will support the next year’s design and budget. Because of this, we were very concerned with staying within budget, constructability (as students will be the laborers), and marketability (we had a profiled user group and needed to make a profit).

We designed an affordable house for a large extended family that can expand easily. We focused on getting the drawing set ready for permits and met with consultants. As a group studio, much was gained from the organization of dividing work and communication.

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OregonBILDS | Design + Build Group Studio | Fall 2013

Scope: Site Design, City Codes, Budgeting, Construction & Permit Set Drawings, Landscape Design, Building Schematic Design, Detail Design, Construction

Size: 1,280 sq. ft. Construction Began: Jan. 2014 | Goal to Sell: July 2014Project Budget: $100,000

The Hope Loop House

Rendering by Classmate, Cameron Huber

Typical Foundation Detail

Eave Detail

Garage Ledger Detail

Currently Under Construction

Staircase PerspectiveGuardrail Section

For the final presentation, I pursued my interest in the heart of the house, the staircase. This exploration included materials, bookshelf, handrail, and guardrails.

Elevation View from KitchenFull-Scale

Guardrail Model

This project was an in-depth look at modular systems of struc-ture. We focused on materiality, joinery, and form (both at the scale of the module and the overall shelter). Our design was inspired by the strength, elegance, and complexity of a möbius strip. My partner and I repeatedly tested different materials and base angles to find the strongest solution for the overall shape of each strip.

Our structure’s stability was formed by the bending stiffness of the strips, but when the plastic was divided (since they had to be transported to Paris for our final presentation), their bending stiffness was decreased. This did not align with our hypothesis and caused the need for a cushioning material between the plastic strips that could transfer shear forces down to the base. This allowed our full-scale model to be strong enough to hold its own weight, as seen to the right.

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Study Abroad: Universität Stuttgart | Taught in German Fall-Winter 2013 | Upper Level Tech Studio

Design Partner: Stefan Scheffler

Scope: Global shell-like concept, local double-curved modular systems, joinery, full-scale mockup planning & construction

Paris Metro Shelter

Front View

Footing Detail Drawings

Section

Process/Testing Models

The Eugene YMCA is looking to expand in phases on their existing site. Because of this and the local zoning, there was a strict pull to build the main building on the south half of the site. The YMCA tennis courts are some of the only indoor courts in the city and are extremely valued, so finding space for them became a priority. We worked with the clients and presented schemes to them throughout the process.

As the program of this project dictates much of what and how to design, I organized the main spaces around a barbell-shaped circulation zone. Safety being a large concern from the clients, I focused on breaking up the mass and allowing views through the entire site so as to employ ‘eyes on the street.’

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Instructor Megan Haight | Third-Year Studio | Summer 2013

Scope: Site Planning, Programming, Client Interaction, Building Codes Research, Building Schematic Design

Size: 2 City BlocksMinimum 125 Parking Spaces

Eugene YMCA

Natatorium

Wellness Center

Wellness

Gym

SmallLounge

Racquetball

Men’s Women’s

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Outdoor Play

Café

Lobby

Storage

FrontStaff

Admin.

Office

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ExerciseStudio

Multi-purposeRoom

YogaStudio

OutdoorRoof

Garden

BoardRoom

Admin.

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Walking Circut

Skybridge

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2’ Subgrade Parking(126 Spaces)

Natatorium

Wellness Center

Wellness

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Racquetball

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Outdoor Play

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Multi-purposeRoom

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Outdoor Play

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Multi-purposeRoom

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Second Floor Plan

Ground Floor Plan

Natatorium

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Tennis Court Section

Entry to Natatorium Section

Entry Courtyard Vignette

This project was located on an old orchard site that is used now as a public park and living history site. It is often used for events, so the task was to design an events center anywhere on the site. My events center lies atop a gentle hill that overlooks some of the only open space on the property and is bordered by orchards. It is visible from the entrance of the site and the curvilinear spine of my building reaches out towards the entry to greet visitors and then guides them through the building and back out to the open space.

I organized the building in that one would pass through the spine several times, but always be grounded by that constant presence. The services are located in the back, while the larger events space looks out towards the orchards, open space, and butte in the distance. The roof structures of the front and back pieces differ to help illustrate this differentiation.

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Assistant Professor Mark Donofrio | Second-Year Studio | Fall 2011

Scope: Site Planning, Building Schematic Design, Construction Details

Size: 4,800 sq. ft.

Dorris Ranch

Events Center

Concept Models

Concept Models

East Elevation

Perspective Along Spine

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Building Enclosures | Fifth-Year Course | Fall 2013

Topics Covered: -Enclosure Systems & Climate -Enclosure Barriers -Roof Membranes & Cladding -Building Materials: +Masonry & Terra Cotta +Glass & Glazing Systems +Wood +Concrete +Stone +Metals

Straub Hall Remodel

Canopy Detail

Parapet Detail Layered Structural System

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Environmental Control Systems 1 | Second-Year Course | Winter 2012

Project Groupmates: Rachael Hudson, Spencer Roedel, Jenelle Barzola

Recycled Trombe W

all

In theory, this up-cycled cob wall acts similar to a traditional mass-and-glass assembly for a trombe wall. The only difference is that the air cavity is divided into smaller portions, held within the glass bottles.

Purpose: to compare a standard cob wall’s heat capacity to that of an up-cycled wall assembly of cob and recycled bottles.

Hypothesis: the recycled glass bottles will absorb the sun’s heat, and then transfer the heat to the thermal mass of the cob. Indirect gain from the suns rays then radiates the heat after there is no longer exposure to sunlight.

Stomping the Cob!

Methodology:

Stomping the Cob! Recycled Bottles During Curing Process

Results: the empty bottle assembly performed better than the plain cob in regards to maximum temperature reached. The water-filled assembly, on the other hand, retained its heat for longer than the two other assemblies.

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Environmental Control Systems 2 | Second-Year Course | Spring 2012

Project Groupmates: Arnold Toriumi, David Cho, Lena Traudt

Luminaire

Final Rendering

Lighting Quality

Luminaire Plan & Section

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Personal Projects

1. Board Game(Hand-cut pieces, Laser-cut images, Woodburning, Cards)

2. Angel in Tree(Pen & Ink)

3. Abstract(Graphite)

4. Symmography(Yarn Art)

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Gifts

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5. Pattern Exploration(Pen & Ink, Colored Pencil)

6. Mural(Construction Paper)

7. Wedding Gift (Box & Original wine label)

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Photography

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1. Church on a Hill(Stykkishólmer, Iceland)

2. Lines of Moss(Flatey, Iceland)

3. Heated Landscape(Iceland)

4. Under the Bridge(Florence, OR)

5. Framed Path(Budapest, Hungary)

6. Shadow of Three(Stuttgart, Germany)

7. Cover Photograph: Colored Landscape(Ireland)

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Claire Seger

Practicum StudentRobertson Sherwood Architects (Eugene, OR)

Drawing with SketchUp & AutoCAD, Joining site visits, Formatting proposals & charts, Tracking & marking drawing changes, Advising interior material palettes, Designing presentation boards, Meeting with consultants

Design assistance for new 121-foot schooner sailboat, Conducting naval architecture research & analysis under UO Professor, Producing AutoCAD construction documents, Creating Rhinoceros 3D model

Leading research & design of rainwater catchment system, Coordinating on-site construction & organization, Preparing construction drawings

Visiting construction sites, Executing secretarial & communication bookkeeping, Assisting in performing individual project tasks, Tracking redline corrections

Teaching AssistantUniversity of Oregon First Year Studio

Assisting students with design principles, Teaching drawing, Physical modeling, & representational skills, Introducing the connection between concept & actuality

AutoCAD DrafterNaval Architecture S.A.L.T.S. Project

Research & Design LeadCenter for the Advancement of Sustainable Living

Summer InternStraightline Design, Inc. (Omaha, NE)

Office TraineeAlley Poyner Macchietto Architecture (Omaha, NE)

Meeting with clients, Drafting with AutoCAD, Advising design decisions, Analyzing site conditions

Telephone: (402) 651-6493

E-mail: seger.claire@gmail.com

Online Portfolio: http://segerclaire.wix.com/portfolio

Fall 2010-Fall 2012

April 2013-Today

January 2014-Today

Summer 2013

Summer 2011

Summer 2010

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEUniversity of OregonEugene, OR

Bachelors of ArchitectureMinors: German, Art History, Business Administration

EDUCATION

Universität StuttgartStuttgart, Germany

Study Abroad 2012-2013Focus of Study: Architecture (Seminar & Design), German Language & CultureAll courses taught in German

RELEVANT SKILLSAutoCAD & RevitRhinoceros & GrasshopperAdobe (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)SketchUpV-RAY & Artlantis Rendering SoftwareMicrosoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)Construction DrawingsHand Drafting & Physical ModelingWoodshop/WoodworkingPhotographyMac & Windows OS

REFERENCESAssociate Professor Dr. Mark Gillem mark@uoregon.eduAssistant Professor Mark Donofrio donofrio@uoregon.eduAdjunct Faculty Juli Brode julib@uoregon.edu

LEED Green Associate | Student Member ASHRAE | Student Member AIAS

Thank You.