GEOFFREY CAVALIER PORTFOLIO

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GEOFFREY CAVALIER1211 Highland Avenue Unit 206Knoxville, TN 37916P: 615 964 1260E: gcavalie@vols.utk.edu

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NATIONAL ACADEMY OF THE AVANT GARDE

KNOXVILLE FARMER’S MARKET

LOUISVILLE NATURE INTERPRETATION CENTER

KNOXVILLE STEM ACADEMY

THOMAS JEFFERSON TREASURY

McCLUNG MUSEUM EXHIBITS

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NATIONAL ACADEMY OF THE AVANT GARDE

KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEEINSTRUCTOR: Mark Schimmenti

Artist from all over the world who create Avant Garde works will be allowed to apply to be one of the fifteen art-ist to stay in the National Academy of the Avant Garde for three months so that they may have resources to produce work, people to work together and communicate with, and overall an environment that is conducive to producing great works of Avant Garde art. They will be provided with hous-ing, meals, a studio, workshops, and transportation so that they may be able to concentrate on their work. The environ-ment of the academy is meant to encourage collaboration and communication through interactions within the Academy amongst the artist.

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The site is currently a parking lot in between North and South Gay street, next to Crowne Plaza. As a class we chose the site because it was close to the north part of South Gay street, which has a strong art conscious culture, it is not touching any buildings and it is adjacent to a park so it gets ample sunlight and has potential for many views, and we believed that parking lots are a waste of urban space.

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1 Community2 Courtyard3 Bedrooms4 Studios5 Kitchen6 Elevator

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The building is made of three areas, public, communal, and private. Public is located on the Gay Street level. Here you will find retail spac-es and an art gallery. Anyone can come into this space. The private space is located on the exterior areas of the building on the second and third levels. These are the bedrooms and bathrooms. It allows for artists to take care of their human needs and work if they wish to not be disturbed. The Communal areas are in the center of the building. They are the hallways, the courtyard, and the cylinder. These spaces are meant to encourage interaction between the artists whether from meeting someone while they are walking, during meals, or in the out-door area of the courtyard. The cylinder has many different spaces, including library, lounge, and dining area. It is meant to be a central place where no one is the head of the table, where everyone can come together to better themselves and each other.

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KNOXVILLE FARMER’S MARKETKNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE

INSTRUCTOR: WILLIAM MARTELLA

Recognizing Knoxville’s successful farmer’s market and heavy growth of the food service business, the design con-sist of permanent market spaces on the ground floor and a culinary art school on the second floor complete with a restaurant. The building itself is meant to interact heavily with the downtown area. Circulation from store to store oc-curs outside of the building. The restaurant extends past the building’s footprint, announcing itself to the people on the ground so it may not be ignored. This move also allows for customers of the restaurant to view down Market Square.

To create a sense of escape from the urban environment a grove was created in a grid allowing for spaces in its corners that have a dense accumulation of trees so a person may have lunch, take a phone call, or enjoy the shade of the trees. In this grove an absence of trees insinuates a path in the form of a curve so users can be directed from Market Square, through the Farmer’s Market building, to Gay street.

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This semester was an integration stu-dio so detailed drawings were required. Sections and plans of the kitchen and the restaurant are shown to the left and right.

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A group site model of the adjacent buildings was made of particle board. The model I constructed our design was the building in the center and all the trees. Chipboard was used for the walls and ceiling, thin translucent plastic was used for the windows, and wire mesh was used for the metal mesh that will allow for vines to grow on the win-dows for shade in the summer time, and to help represent the building as a farmer’s market by showing green and setting it apart from other buildings in the area.

The model helps represent the thinning of trees in the grove that guides pedestrians in between Market Square and Gay street. The model also shows how the mechanical awnings will provide shade for the shops during the summer months.

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LOUISVILLE NATURE INTERPRETATION CENTER

LOUISVILLE, TENNESSEEINSTRUCTOR: SEAN MARTIN

The organization Plan ET presented our studio with the is-sue that there were not greenways in the surrounding coun-ties around Knox county. The benefits of greenways are immeasurable, ranging from new opportunities for transpor-tation to floodplain spaces. As a team of five we decided to connect the town of Alcoa with the town of Louisville. In two established towns this was a great challenge allocating space for a greenway. We realized how vehicularly depen-dent our society is and came across a few times where it would be necessary to obtain a person’s private property to complete this project.

After we finished this portion of the project we were indi-vidually assigned to design a piece of architecture that we thought should go along the greenway. I decided that the area would benefit by having a center along the greenway that would be a rest stop for users of the greenway and teach visitors about nature, composting, and the local history.

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The design goals produced a program requiring public re-strooms, a seating and assembly area, maintenance office and workshop, and an naturalist’s office. Other needs that were not designated rooms or even spaces were compost-ing stations, non-edible vegetation, rainwater harvesting, simple construction and local materials.

The trees that are to be removed would be used for vari-ous construction needs, like the paneling for the restrooms and administration building and the beams for the roof. The flowers will be provided nutrients with the compost that is created on site. Water collected from the roof will be col-lected for on site use, and monitored so water runoff won’t be negatively effected.

The site was pushed back from the water so that the people who had their backyards on the opposite side of the flood-plain could maintain their privacy. People could come to the pavilion, which is surrounded by trees, to escape the urban area. As visitors approach the Nature Center they will be accompanied by a large group of wild flowers when the sea-son allows that were fertilized by the compost the pavilion produced on site. Once the visitor reaches the pavilion they may look behind them to view the wild flowers and the Lou-isville flood plain. 1 Restrooms

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The building is surrounded by already existing local trees so that the visitors can be immersed in outdoors. Most of the activities occur outside, whether covered by the roof or open air. Where the path terminates by the bathroom users can find boards that have information about TVA and the history of Louisville and Alcoa. Education for composting has many different forms including composting toilets, composting tumblers, outdoor composting piles, how composting begins and ends. This way visitors can develop a wide understand-ing of composting in its many forms.

To the left is a 3D study model to determine materials and construction methods. Materials for the building consist of cmu walls, glass windows, steel columns, steel roof, wood-en beams, and wooden paneling.

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KNOXVILLE STEM ACADEMY L&N STATION, KNOXVILLEINSTRUCTOR: MARLEEN KAY DAVIS

Knoxville Science Technology Engineering and Math Acad-emy was established in 2011. It is a very technology ad-vanced and dependent school that currently is housed in the historic L&N Train Station. It is already very crowded. Many of its spaces are inadequate to its needs. The school is very dependent on the downtown area for some of its needs, mainly recreation.

To assess the needs of the school and come up with a pro-gram and a design for them, my studio and I went to the school, received a tour, and met with the principal and some of the other faculty. I determined the most important need was that the school needed more space so that it could in-crease the amount of students enrolled, and the spaces that would be created would be labs, workshops, and a gym-nasium. A parking lot for the school and the public was a requirement given to us.

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20 80’ 200’ PROGRAM VISION

“A new building needs to be designed that holds a physical education space that doubles as an assembly area, as well as a space for workshops and labs for hands-on learning. These new learning spaces require more space than tradi-tional classrooms. They are not spaces for students to just sit and receive a lecture. In the labs and workshops the stu-dents will be up and moving in spaces with natural lighting, large tables, and spaces for presenting their achievements. The workshops and labs will encourage communication, group work, and collaboration. Classes will include physical education, wellness, sciences, architecture, robotics, and carpentry. The physical education and wellness space will require natural light. They will be developing critical think-ing skills to solve problems while knowing the experiments, exercises, and projects will all be applicable for life after high school.”

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The new facilities consist of three new labs, 3 large workshops, a gymnasium, an office building, and a garage. Where the bridge that connects the two parts of the campus on the old part of cam-pus there is a covered space. This is called “The Platform”. The idea of this simple space is where users, whether guest, faculty, or students, will arrive to or depart from the school. Students will gather here and organize themselves before they depart for field trips. The Platform is also where guest will arrive and be given an introduction to the school before they enter the building. It is intended to improve the relationship with the outside world, whether it be downtown, UTK, or an organization on the other side of the country.

The labs will be where students will learn about sciences. These classrooms have special needs that can’t often be provided by a general room; like sinks, an abundance of electrical outlets, a large amount of storage, an eyewash station, and more.

The workshops accommodate lectures as well as space for hands-on experience in the fields of wood and metal working, electrical maintenance, plumbing, robotics, mechanical engineering, and more.

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THOMAS JEFFERSON TREASURYUVA, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA

INSTRUCTOR: BARBARA KLINKHAMMER

Located just next to the Library on the UVA campus the given program required a building that would house artifacts related to Thomas Jefferson, the founder and architect of the university. The goal of the design was to create a safe and secure place for the artifacts that is accessible to visitors for educational and research purposes, and have a space students can relax, study, and learn.

This design was the second part of a design project consid-ering a library that housed books related to Thomas Jeffer-son. This was designed before our class’ visit to the campus. Even though the site was researched in a variety of ways, in-cluding Google maps, Google street view, photographs, his-tory books, descriptions from professors, it wasn’t enough. Being able to see how the space is used and how it feels allowed for a better understanding of the space so that a design could be developed that would meet the needs of the people who already use the space.

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The design has two main parts: The Jefferson Collections and the public study space. The col-lection can not be completely accessible because of the value and sensitivity of the artifacts. Where the study space and the collection space overlap is where the curator is. This space is for viewing the artifacts to the public, while the artifacts in the collections remain safe.

In the study space there is a small library, comput-ers, and open desk. It is mean to be quite and serene place for students to study, whether about Thomas Jefferson or not.

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The design continues the traditional local brick material, but tries to avoid an average brick veneer. For this project a brick paneling system was designed, inspired by Renzo Piano.

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EXHIBIT DESIGNSEXHIBIT’S DEPARTMENT

McCLUNG MUSEUMKNOXVILLE, TN

During my time working in the exhibit’s department of the McClung Museum of Natural History of Culture I have been able to practice my craft and gain experience designing. Being able to design exhibit pieces that hold and represent artifacts has been very rewarding knowing that I am pro-tecting the sometimes centuries old artifacts, and allowing people to view them in the museum for years to come.

Conversing with my superior on design projects involves speaking with an archaeologist and discussing the artifact and its needs: Size, weight, light sensitivity, etc. With this information we discuss what kind of case is best based on the artifacts needs and how can the artifact be best viewed by museum guest. Next is materials and construction meth-ods. I draw up plans either by hand or with AutoCAD and then produce a cut sheet. My advisor will share his opinion on construction methods and I will commence with construc-tion. After it is finished we will install it in one of the galleries.

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One of the most valued experiences of this opportunity was being able to see and be a part of the process of creating an exhibit. From receiving the artifact, to sketching a case, to constructing, to setting up the artifact and exhibit. It is a process that requires great respect for the artifact and those who will be viewing the artifact. The whole process requires keeping both in mind at all time.

This specific artifact is a nine foot long, few hundred year old Chinese scroll that required being hung on a wall, but enclosed in a case. Discussing the needs and limitations with the archaeologist were absolutely required. Precise measure-ments had to be taken because removing this large, fragile artifact and viewing it needed to be done as little as possible.

This was the largest thing I have ever constructed and was very different to the models I had made before in my architecture studio classes. Size was a chal-lenge, but was easily overcome. Also knowing that this would be viewed by so many people for the next ten years made this whole process very fulfilling and made me somewhat anxious creating something for other people for once.

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Thank you for your time.