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I am a fourth year architecture student at Auburn University. I am a problem solver and an analytical thinker.

I am a people person and a communicator. I am an artist and a draftsperson. I am Alex Peeples.

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4th year_Chicago Children’s Hospital

3rd year_Rome Studio_park by Torre de Conti

3rd year_Auburn University Lyceum

2nd year_Montgomery Natural History Museum

2nd year_Rural Studio_Expandable House

1st year_Fire Station

1st year_Bird Houses

Hand Drawings and Renderings

PROFESSOR CHRISTIAN DAGG.

HOSPITAL.

Chicago, Illinois Children’s Hospital

The main objective of this semester was to provide Streeterville neighborhood with a children’s hospital. The form of the building was derived from early collages and regulating lines from the site both in plan and elevation. The concept of the towers was landed on in response to the height of the Women’s Hospital to the west and the Dental building to the east. As the project developed, the towers began to convey a relationship between the hurt and the healing. The notion that similar programmatic elements should be positioned next to each other and tight hallways should open up to large spaces dictated the experience of the building. Overall, this hospital pro-posal is intended to makes sense both functionally and pleasurably.

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ROME STUDIO. PROFESSOR PAUL ZORR.

PARK BY TORRE DE CONTI.

Lynch Analysis Legend

path edge node district landmark

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Rome, Itally Park by Torre De Conti

The main objective of this semester was to work collaboratively in a team of four to understand the neighborhood of Rome that includes the Roman Forum, the monument to Vittorio Emanuele II, and the Colesseum. Our goal was to design a park that would provide a more organized entrance to the ruins as well as a nice retreat at the cor-ner of two highly trafficked streets. My contribution consisted of a staircase design that allowed for views of the ruins and access to a proposed bridge connecting the visitors’ center across the street to our site.

3RD YEAR.

SPRING SEMESTER 2010.

ROME STUDIO. PROFESSOR PAUL ZORR.

PARK BY TORRE DE CONTI.

3RD YEAR.

SPRING SEMESTER 2010.

Auburn, Alabama Lyceum

The main objective of this semester was to represent the academic colleges of Auburn and provide spaces for the various colleges to gather. My design intentions were to distinguish the fourteen dif-ferent colleges that make up Auburn University through a series of masses and voids. I stayed committed to the form of my original study model and assigned programmatic spaces to where they natu-rally belonged which resulted in a five-story interior atrium and a large rooftop terrace. Out of respect to the master plan of Auburn University, I found it important to stay within the context of buildings on campus and the proposed civilian walkways.

PROFESSOR DOUG BURLESON.

LYCEUM

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3RD YEAR. FALL SEMESTER 2009.

PROFESSOR DOUG BURLESON.

LYCEUM

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3RD YEAR. FALL SEMESTER 2009.

Montgomery, Alabama Natural History Museum

The main objective of this semester was to bring life to the riverwalk along the Alabama River in Montgomery by means of a natural his-tory museum. The building was to house educational spaces for field trip purposes as well as exhibit spaces and conference rooms. My design intentions were to provide a sculptural musuem that would be inviting from both the riverwalk and the river. Due to the content of the museum, my main focus was on the garden spaces and how the outdoors would make their way indoors.

PROFESSOR BOB FAUST.

MUSEUM.

2ND YEAR. SPRING SEMESTER 2009.

PROFESSOR BOB FAUST.

MUSEUM.

2ND YEAR. SPRING SEMESTER 2009.

RURAL

STUDIO.

PROFESSOR ELENA

BARTHEL.

EXPANDABLE

HOUSE.

Newbern, AL Rose Lee Turner’s Expandable House

The main objective of this semester was to work collaboratively to design an expandable home; meaning that our client, Rose Lee Turn-er, would be able to move into the main core of the house while the addition was under construction. Our semester began with a study of the local vernacular focusing on the use of porches in the area. We then interviewed Rose and began to incorporate her wants into our design through intensive charretting. Once a design was settled on, we got to work demolishing a barn in order to obtain recycled wood for the interior of the house. One of our big ideas was to have trusses that would make the room seem larger by both raising the roof and allowing in natural light.

2ND YEAR. FALL SEMESTER 2008.

What is your favorite thing about your existing house?_ She enjoys windows/ views of the outside.Where do you spend most of your time?_ She spends most of her time in the bedroom and living room watching tv.How much interaction do you have with your neighbors?_ Her friend comes by every morning while walking her dog. How often do you go into town/ what do you go for?_ She doesn’t really go into town very often, but her nephew buys her groceries from a list she writes.What do you typically do during the day?_ She gets up early and sits outside, then around 8:00 she drinks coffee with her friend. She sews, quilts, and watches tv for the majority of the day and then goes back outside for a bit in the afternoon. In the evening she cooks dinner and then goes to bed around 9:00. Have you always lived in Footwash?_ She has lived in Footwash since 1969

RURAL

STUDIO.

PROFESSOR ELENA

BARTHEL.

EXPANDABLE

HOUSE.

RURAL

STUDIO.

PROFESSOR DICK

HUGENS.

FIELD

TRIPS.

Blakely, Georgia Fire Station

The main objective of this semester was to work collaboratively in a team of six to restore a sense of community to Blakely, Georgia’s courthouse square. Our intentions were to revitalize the square with a new theater, grocery store, library, bank, post office, and fire sta-tion. My particular contribution was in the redesign of their exist-ing fire station. After interviewing several residents of Blakely we realized that they were very hesitant to large scale change in fear that they might lose the small-town atmosphere. This led to very practical design decisions such as pull through garages for the fire engines and easy access from the sleeper rooms to the garage. A large part of the interior design focussed on bringing as much light in as possible. The fire station was meant to provide a sense of safe-ty to the community without being overly showy or iconic.

PROFESSOR RUSTY SMITH. FIRE STATION.

1ST YEAR. SPRING SEMESTER 2008.

PROFESSOR RUSTY SMITH. FIRE STATION.

PROFESSOR RUSTY SMITH. BIRD

HOUSES.

Birdhouses

The main objective of this semester was to work through the pro-cess of applying the essence of a living being to a common object in order to create a dynamic and inhabitable space. The first task was to build a bird house. After this we were required to letter a report about a bird, in my case, a loon bird. We used the research to create a bird+house, meaning that if the bird was to become a bird house this is what it would look like. The final task was to construct a bird watching tower that would encourage the activity of viewing birds.

PROFESSOR RUSTY SMITH. BIRD

HOUSES.

1ST YEAR. FALL SEMESTER 2007.

PROFESSOR DICK HUGENS.

IONIC COLUMN PENCIL RENDERING.

PROFESSOR PAUL

ZORR. FLOOR PLAN-

ELEVATION PENCIL RENDERING.

PROFESSOR PAUL

ZORR. ELEVATION . WATERCOLOR RENDERING.

PROFESSOR LINSAY BUTLER. SPENCER HOUSE WATERCOLOR RENDERING.

PROFESSOR BOB FAUST. INTERIOR PENCIL RENDERINGS.

PROFESSOR DOUG BURLESON. FACADE PRISMA COLOR RENDERING.

A PAlexandra Michelle Peeples

Alex Peeples365 Embry LaneAuburn, AL [email protected]

Auburn University School of Architecture Fall 2007- May 2012Bachelor of Architecture Degree expected in May 2012Christian Heritage School August 2002- May 20073rd in class with a 4.0

“Rose Lee’s House” Exhibit at the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, Tuscaloosa 2009

Nanny and House Cleaner: Dalton, Georgia Summer 2008Auburn University’s Rural Studio: Newbern, Alabama Fall 2008MTW (Missions to the World) Intern: Dublin, Ireland Summer 2009Study Abroad: Rome, Italy Spring 2010

Adobe Suite Research & DesignAutoCAD Model MakingRevit (beginner) Sketching & DraftingSketchup Group WorkEcotect Basic CarpentryOffice Suite Watercolor

Auburn AIASKappa Kappa Gamma- Standards CommitteeHeart for the Homeless

Marge Crawford Elena BarthelEmployer (Nanny) 2nd Year Professor (Rural Studio)799 Ridghaven Way 8448 AL Hwy 61Dalton, GA 30720 Newbern, Al [email protected] [email protected] 334.887.8506

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