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S a m u e l Le e Y e r k e

U n d e r g r a d u a te A r c h i te ct u r e P o rt fo l i o

Object buildings are nOt the answer. True brilliance of design lies in solutions that unite all the characteristics of a project. It is an architect’s responsibility to act as the mediator between these forces that shape the building. Some will be conflicting and others harmonious. To emphasize one at the expense of another is careless when we consider that WE design the human environment. I believe every building I create should view its image as only one part of a complex web of considerations that include how the building respects its surroundings and inspires its community.

sam YerkeFifth-Year Undergraduate

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Implanting itself between a 14th Century Basilca and 21st Century Pallazo, the atrium connects a deep history of Palladian order and harmony with contemporary theory.

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When a building is properly designed for its urban context it not only satisfies its own spatial requirements, but also those of the resulting public space. These contextual requirements include: creating enclosure using similar datum lines (above, left) and thresholds that eminate from piazza corners, eliminating areas where activity would be sparse (far left).

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The site section compares the programmatic elements in relation to size and height from the piazze ground plane.To coincide with the large basilica room, the meeting rooms are connected through the atrium to the new addition, with public offices below and the Palladio Museum above.

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The building’s program requires connecting the basilica main room to a multitude of support spaces, consisting of meeting rooms, an auditorium and museum spaces. To make these transitions cohesive, the whole process is fed through the atrium space, where a system of platforms, bridges and elevators connects these building activites with the public realm.

Arterial Atrium

A rte r i a l A t r i u m

At the intersection of mass transit and urban housing, wildlife creates its own niche, utilizing a forest plaza as a stepping stone to other habitats; while we appreciate native tree canopies and cleansing bioswales.

Transit-Oriented Diversity

U r b a n H o u s i n g Fo r e st Tr a n s i t meets E c o l o g yGresham, Oregon

Natural landscape merges with the urban form though bioswales, vegetative roofs and retention wetlands to heighten awareness of both systems (above). Sidewalks integrate bioswales into the entry transition of the residential development while a series of vegetavive roofs and planters step down the housing terraces to the public wetland at the center of the site (below).

Street trees and bioswales work in concert with a network of tree cores to act as wildlife corridors for urban animals (above). Creating safe migration routes through the city is one aspect of preserving natural habitats on site, the second is achieving privacy for both animals and humans using natural processes such as rainwater and diverse vegetation types around live-work units and other public areas (below).

Wildlife Cores and CorridorsStormwater Management

Habitat Transitions Bioswale Businesses Landsacpe and Unit Layouts

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Vegetative exteriors veil an outdoor center responsive to the site’s amenities, enabling the conservation and exploration of the surrounding natural systems.

Y o u t h O u td o o r C e nte r E d u c a t i n g through E x p e r i e n c eSpringfield, Oregon

The building is situated to capture the southern light filtering in the enveloping canopy while buffering heavy automobile traffic to the north. Historic elements and renewable water features are strategically placed throughout the building to educate youth about environmental issues.

Interactive Cisterns Historic Climbing Wall

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In the city built on the sea, the studio calls upon historical Venetian space planning while presenting a facade modern in materials but deriving from local orders.

L i ve , W o r k , S l e e p , A r c h i te ct u r eM a s i e r i F o u n d a t i o n Venice, Italy

The plan derives from the combination of the surrounding building’s construction to create a pivoting column structure (above left). The facade responds to this pivot, leaving a “rift” space along the Grand Canal where glass balconies and boat moorings occur (above, previous page).The interior is laid out to simplify the complex shape of the site, placing the kitchen, bedrooms and bathrooms in a simple block on the west edge (above).

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Springing from a historic flour mill, an elementary school inhabits the steel icon floating over the Willamette River indicating the terminus of the downtown park systems while creating an anchor for public events and education.

G r o u p P r oj e ctA C S A D e s i g n C o m p et i t i o n : A d a pta b i l i t y i n S te e l Portland, OR

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Italian medieval cities are recognized for their cohesive spatial planning. Here a city’s buildings and the public square -known as piazza- share an intimate relationship between solid and void.

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A building’s characteristics play a major role in shaping the “street room” in which they reside. Height, entryways, window placement and datum-lines influence the feel of the space and therefore need to cooperate within their context.Piazza Anfiteatro, Lucca

Piazza Anfiteatro, Lucca Piazza Santo Spirito, Rome Contra Camillo Benso, Vicenza

Piazza Santo Croce, Florence

P i a z z a S t u d i e s

Recognizing the importance of material use in building forms and details is easiest when your classroom includes over two centuries of historical architecture, where material are used as determinants of form, space and decoration.

Florentine Housing

E u r o p e a n M a te r i a l S t u d i e s Italy & Switzerland

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Palazzo Valmarnan Braga

Andrea PalladioBasilica Palladiana

Andrea PalladioPigfetta Residence

Antoni Gaudi

Residence in Leis

Peter ZumthorBasilica di Santo Stefano

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Universita della Svizzera Italiana

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Carlos Scarpa

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B. Architecture, minor Business Admin. & Environmental Studies June 2012University of Oregon, Eugene OR. Cumulative GPA 3.83

University of Oregon’s Dean’s List Winter & Fall 2009Walter Gordon Memorial Scholarship, UO Architecture Fall 2010Lyle P. Bartholomew Scholarship, UO Architecture 2009 - 2010Oregon Community Credit Union Scholarship 2007 - 2011 Architecture Study Abroad Spring 2010Italy, Switzerland Town Form Study: Italian city planning, field sketchbook documentationMaterial & Detail Study: Roman construction through Swiss contemporary design

Graphics Assistant, Eugene, ORProfessor Howard Davis, UO Arch. Dept.- Modifying and creating graphics for his book on vernacular housing.- Collaborating with professor on graphical compositions to best represent concepts.- Editing with AutoCad and extensive Illustrator work.

Model Building Assistant, Portland ORRobert Oringdulph, The Design Collaborative- Building various sketch models for museum project iterations.- Generating spatial massing to test ideas and roof options.

Business of Sustainability Panel Coordinator & Event Media Artist2011 HOPES Conference, UO- Developing panel topic focusing on energy programs and green rating systems.- Corresponding with professionals to speak on panel, organizing schedules.- Leading panel conversation and assisting speakers with presentations.- Creating logo, T-shirt graphics and pamphlet for event using InDesign & Illustrator.

Sustainability Coordinator Ecological Design CenterUniversity of Oregon School of Architecture - Grant writing, collaborating with UO SRC officials to install Solar Hot Water System. - Maintaining student campus sustainability programs.

Revit, SketchUp, Hand Media, AutoCAD, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign

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Jan. - April 2011

Jan. - April 2011

Spring Break 2011

I am a fifth-year undergad in the Architecture program at the University of Oregon. My skills reside in hand media and computer modeling with an emphaisis on pragmatism.

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