THOMAS KURIANPORTFOLIO

AUBURN UNIVERSITY2012 BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE

HONORS & ACTIVITIES

Academic Dean’s List2007,2009,2010,2011Prize 2 the Future Design CompetitionFinalist, Top 50 Design Submissions

AIAS - Auburn UniversityHabitat for HumanityCampus Media: WEGL FMInternational TravelPhotography Studio Art

REFERENCES

Abhay Pradhan NCARB LEED APPresident, AP Architecture8510 McAlpine Park Drive Suite#209 Charlotte, NC 28211(704) 563-0937abhayp@aparchitect.com

Douglas Burleson Associate ProfessorSchool of ArchitectureAuburn University Auburn, Alabama 36849(334) 844-5432burledj@auburn.edu

Carla Keyvanian Assistant ProfessorSchool of ArchitectureAuburn University Auburn, Alabama 36849(334) 844-5543clk0011@auburn.edu

Frank Goodman Owner, The Little Sugar River FarmN5929 Schneeberger Road Albany, WI 53502(608) 214-3817fgoodman@tds.net

SKILLS

Autocad 2012Revit ArchitectureGoogle SketchUpRhinoceros 4.0IES Virtual EnvironmentEcotect Analysis

Hand DraftingHand RenderingModel MakingPersuasive Writing Persuasive Speech

Adobe Creative SuiteMicrosoft Office SuiteMac OSWindows OS

EXPERIENCE

Intern Architect AP Architecture—Charlotte, North Carolina Summer 2011

Volunteer The Little Sugar River Farm—Albany, Wisconsin Summer 2010

Student The Rural Studio—Newbern, Alabama Fall 2009

Graphic Designer Jewel India—Laurel, Maryland 2006-2007

Lab Technician Environmental Inks & Coatings—Morganton, North Carolina 2005-2006

As a full-time summer intern produced Schematic, Design Development and Construction documents for a range of projects including apartment residences, hotels, and retail spaces.

Utilized acquired design and construction skills to create outdoor bathing and storage facilities in addition to learning organic farming techniques.

Working in collaboration with other students to research, design, and construct a commercial kitchen and garden extension to the Morrisette House in Newbern, AL.

Experience with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to create catalogs, sales papers, ads, signage, and invitations as work came available for this jeweler.

Experience in the color ink development process as well as color matching for graphic design involving labels, signs, magazines, etc.

THOMAS M. KURIAN114 W. Magnolia Ave. Apt #3Auburn, Alabama 36830E: kurian.m.thomas@gmail.comP: (828) 403-1761

EDUCATION

Auburn University—Auburn, AlabamaBachelor of Architecture, 2008–Present International Studies —Florence, Italy, Spring 2010 Rural Studio—Hale County, Alabama, Fall 2009

University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, North Carolina Bachelor of Science in Business Administration 2007–2008Bachelor of Arts (double major)

Freedom High School—Morganton, North Carolina Burke County Public Schools 2003–2007 Honor Graduate

STUDIO DESIGN

DESIGN + BUILD

GRAPHIC DESIGN

CHICAGO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

RURAL STUDIO

LE PIAGGE A PONTE ALL’INDIANO

MATERIALS & METHODS I

THE LITTLE SUGAR RIVER FARM

PERSPECTIVAL DRAWINGS

THE AMERICAN SCHOOL

OPELIKA BOOKSTORE FACADE

THESIS RENDERINGS

PROFESSIONAL WORK

AP ARCHITECTURE

PORT

FOLI

OTH

OM

AS

KURI

AN

201

2

STUDIO DESIGN

CHICAGO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

LE PIAGGE A PONTE ALL’INDIANO

PERSPECTIVAL DRAWINGS

OPELIKA FACADE

STU

DIO

DES

IGN

CHIC

AGO

CH

ILD

REN

’S H

OSP

ITA

L

Sited in a medical complex, one of the main goals of this project was to fit into the urban context of Chicago’s Streeterville medical center while efficiently creating a building to address a very particular program of over 1 million square feet. This project primarily focused on the design of the ground entry and the patient lobbies and patient floors on the upper levels of the building. The use of efficient layouts on patient floors served as an aid to the staff, while also creating momentous spaces for patients and parents in every room and lobby. Looking over Seneca Park and onto Lake Michigan, The Chicago Avenue Children’s Hospital stands as a shelter, an escape, and most importantly as a Children’s Hospital.

CHICAGO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

Site Context Map

FALL 2010

Northern Model Perspective

STU

DIO

DES

IGN

CHIC

AGO

CH

ILD

REN

’S H

OSP

ITA

L

View to Seneca Park & Lake Michigan

Patient Room

Service

Patient Room

Family Room

Nurse’s Station

Vertical Circulation

Public Space

Garden Space

Outdoor Space

Ambulance Bay

Loading Bay

Vertical Circulation

Service

Main Reception

Cafe

Emergency Reception

Waiting Space

Outdoor Space

Vertical Circulation

Service

Gift Shop/Retail Space

Cafeteria

RehabilitationRoom

RehabilitationRoom

RehabilitationRoom

RehabilitationRoom

Typical Patient Floor Plan

Sky Lobby Plan Ground Floor Plan

STU

DIO

DES

IGN

CHIC

AGO

CH

ILD

REN

’S H

OSP

ITA

L

Patient Floor Section

Northeastern Perspective

Northern Perspective

lobby

surgery floors

mechanical

sky lobby

patient floors

staff offices

mechanical

helipad

structural

floor plates

mechanical

vertical circulation

egress

Section Perspective

STU

DIO

DES

IGN

CHIC

AGO

CH

ILD

REN

’S H

OSP

ITA

L

Section Model Section Model View 1

Section Model View 2

Section Model Detail View

Southeastern Perspective

In collaboration with the University of Florence School of Urban Planning, this single semester studio in Florence, Italy incorporated master planning & architectural design to redevelop the Piagge district of Florence. This is an area where the disconnect between the working, middle, and upper class is apparent and problematic. This team project focused on redeveloping the urban space surrounding the Indiano Bridge with a mixed-use facility and a public park. The architectural design project consisted of two interlocking housing complexes providing both co-housing and apartment units with integrated commercial and service spaces.

STU

DIO

DES

IGN

LE PIAGGE A PONTE ALL’INDIANO

LE P

IAG

GE

A P

ON

TE A

LL’IN

DIA

NO

SPRING

2010

AE

RIA

L P

LAN

EX

IST

ING

BU

ILD

ING

S

EX

IST

ING

RO

AD

S

STU

DIO

DES

IGN

LE P

IAG

GE

A P

ON

TE A

LL’IN

DIA

NO

Upo

n ar

rival

in F

lore

nce,

Ital

y fo

r a s

tudy

abr

oad

stud

io, o

ur s

tudi

o qu

ickl

y fo

cuse

d on

the

disp

ariti

es

of p

ublic

hou

sing

.

A p

artic

ular

are

a re

cent

ly e

valu

ated

by

the

city

of

Flor

ence

is th

e Pi

agge

. Thi

s is

an

area

whe

re th

e di

scon

nect

bet

wee

n th

e w

orki

ng, m

iddl

e, a

nd u

pper

cl

ass

is a

ppar

ent a

nd p

robl

emat

ic .

To u

nder

stan

d th

e dy

nam

ics

of th

e pi

agge

our

st

udio

stu

died

the

mas

ter p

lann

ing

of s

ever

al

euro

pean

citi

es a

nd fo

cuse

d on

the

mas

terp

lan

of

Gia

ncar

lo d

e Ca

rlo fo

r the

Pia

gge

area

.

His

mai

n id

eas

wer

e to

hor

izon

tally

uni

fy th

e se

para

te a

reas

thro

ugh

his “

fuso

long

itudi

nale

”, ac

hiev

e ve

rtic

al in

tegr

atio

n w

ith s

peci

fic c

ultu

ral

pole

s, an

d to

cre

ate

a pu

blic

“bea

ch” a

long

the

river

ar

no.

Our

stu

dio

wor

ked

in te

ams

to a

naly

ze th

e be

nefit

s an

d fa

ults

of t

he d

e Ca

rlo m

aste

r pla

n an

d to

re

vita

lize

dist

inct

pol

es th

at h

e id

entifi

ed.

gian

carl

o de

car

lo’s

pro

pose

d so

luti

ons

The

fuso

logi

tudi

nale

is a

n at

tem

pt

to c

onne

ct th

e di

sjoi

nted

pie

ces

of th

e pi

agge

usi

ng a

road

that

ru

ns p

aral

lel t

o th

e R

tiver

Arn

o. It

st

reng

then

the

exis

ting

infra

stru

ctur

eby

pro

vidi

ng a

link

bet

wee

n th

em.

The

pole

s fu

nctio

n as

con

nect

ing

devi

ces,

link

ing

the

exis

ting

neig

hbor

hood

s to

the

north

,th

e pi

agge

dis

trict

,an

d th

e R

iver

Arn

o.Th

e lin

king

is b

oth

a fu

nctio

nal

as w

ell a

s a

soci

al li

nkin

g of

thes

eas

wel

l as

a so

cial

link

ing

of th

ese

curre

ntly

sep

erat

ed a

reas

The

urba

n be

ach

atte

mpt

s to

prov

ide

publ

ic in

frast

ruct

ure

alon

g th

e ed

ge o

f the

Riv

er A

rno

sim

ilar t

o ex

istin

g co

nditi

ons

upriv

er.

It al

so p

rovi

des

a re

latio

n be

twee

nth

e C

asci

ne P

ark

and

publ

icgr

eens

pace

with

in th

e P

iagg

e.gr

eens

pace

with

in th

e P

iagg

e.

FUS

O L

ON

GIT

UD

INA

LE

TR

AN

SV

ER

E P

OLE

S

UR

BA

N B

EA

CH

Our

gro

up fo

cuse

d on

th

e re

deve

lopm

ent o

f the

ur

ban

spac

e su

rrou

ndin

g th

e in

dian

o br

idge

with

a

mix

ed-u

se fa

cilit

y an

d a

publ

ic p

ark.

Site

Sec

tion

STU

DIO

DES

IGN

LE P

IAG

GE

A P

ON

TE A

LL’IN

DIA

NO

HOUSING SPORTS

GROVERECREATION

SWIMMING

RECREATION

Park FunctionsExisting Site

LE PIAGGE: PARK

Proposed Site

LE PIAGGE: HOUSING & COMMERCIALST

UD

IO D

ESIG

NLE

PIA

GG

E A

PO

NTE

ALL

’IND

IAN

O

Ground Floor Plan

Section DD’

Courtyard Perspective

Family Apartments

Family Unit 1

Single Unit Double Unit

Family Unit 2Social Housing & Co-Housing

First Floor Plan

Spatial Diagram

Different modes of perspective representation and design are used to explore the connection between a 20’x20’x25’ room connecting 5’ up to a 40’x10’ space for observing a garden beyond.

PERSPECTIVAL DRAWINGSSTU

DIO

DES

IGN

PERS

PEC

TIVA

L D

RAW

ING

S

SPRING

2009

Perspective Line Drawing

STU

DIO

DES

IGN

PERS

PEC

TIVA

L D

RAW

ING

S

Perspective Shade & Shadow Drawing

Perspective Material Rendering

A five-week facade renovation project for a bookstore located along the historic railroad tracks running through downtown Opelika, Alabama.

OPELIKA FACADE

STU

DIO

DES

IGN

OPE

LIKA

BO

OKS

TORE

FAC

AD

E

8th Model Street Elevation

Northwestern Perspective

FALL 2008

8th Street Elevation

PORT

FOLI

OTH

OM

AS

KURI

AN

201

2

DESIGN + BUILD

RURAL STUDIO

THE LITTLE SUGAR RIVER FARM

DES

IGN

+ B

UIL

DRU

RAL

STU

DIO

Auburn University’s Rural Studio program offers students a unique opportunity to design and build their work. The typical semester at the Rural Studio for underclassmen includes the designing and construction of a house for an impoverished community member.

During my semester at the Rural Studio my colleagues and I were charged with designing a kitchen expansion for the Morrisette house (pictured above) at the Rural Studio main office. Additionally we formulated a master plan for future expansion of the Morrisette gardens.

The new vision of the Rural Studio to develop an ethic of thinking more holistically about how we live, what we eat, what we make, and the waste we produce can be showcased in the third-year kitchen project.

With the help of the Rural Studio staff, third party engineering support, and countless others, our team was able to design and begin construction of the Morrisette Kitchen Expansion. The work completed by this group was continued by the following semester’s team and the project is still continuing to expand.

RURAL STUDIO

During charettes we designed collectively through model building and sketching at the Red Barn. After several plausible iterations, a final model for a detached kitchen that would be a continuation of the current kitchen’s roof was collectively chosen.

This design would allow the vernacular of the Morrisette House to be uncompromised while allowing the kitchen to be easily heated and cooled.

FALL 2009

Design Development

Cladding Studies

Sectional Model

VEGGIE AND MEAT PREP.

3-BAY DISH STATION

HAND WASHING STATION

STORAGE | SHOWCASE

VIKING RANGE | HOOD

INTERACTION AREA

FIRE SUPPRESIO

N

CO

MPO

ST

HEATER

UTILITY C

LOSET

MO

P CLO

SET

DES

IGN

+ B

UIL

DRU

RAL

STU

DIO

Site Model Final Kitchen + Site Plan

Final Kitchen Plan

Interior View

Exterior Cladding Rendering

Kitchen Construction

DES

IGN

+ B

UIL

DLI

TTLE

SU

GA

R RI

VER

FARM

Located outside of Monticello, Wisconsin, Little Sugar River Farm is an organic farm sponsored by Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms. Along with a classmate, I lived and worked on this organic for 3 weeks. During my time there I gained knowledge on the patterns and difficulties of organic farming.

In addition to farm work, we also completed small scale design-build projects. Not pictured work includes drainage design, soil grading, and the design and construction of garbage organizing/collector system consisting of four 4’x4’ bins with latched doors and lids. Our main task was to create an outdoor shower for the owner of the farm. Using only scrap wood and other leftover material, this shower was designed and built over the course of three days. The total construction cost was $5.

LITTLE SUGAR RIVER FARM

SUM

MER 2010

Completed Shower

Exploded Axon

PORT

FOLI

OTH

OM

AS

KURI

AN

201

2

GRAPHIC DESIGN

MATERIALS & METHODS I

THE AMERICAN SCHOOL

THESIS RENDERINGS

GRA

PHIC

DES

IGN

MAT

ERIA

LS &

MET

HO

DS

I

MATERIALS & METHODS ITaught by professor Robert Faust, this class sought to introduce architecture students to the reality of the built world. These drawings were assigned to display the artistic nature of the different textures found in and outside of buildings.

Storer House Lead Drawing

SPRING

2009

Kunsthaus Bregenz Lead Drawing

GRA

PHIC

DES

IGN

THE

AM

ERIC

AN

SCH

OO

L

THE AMERICAN SCHOOLTaught by professor Robert Faust, the American School aimed to develop compositional skills through the analysis of work by architects, artists, graphic designers, and industrial designers of the early 20th century.

Louis Sullivan Lead Drawing

Developmental Series Drawings

FALL 2010

Original Prismacolor Series

GRA

PHIC

DES

IGN

THE

AM

ERIC

AN

SCH

OO

L

Original Prismacolor Series

FALL 2011

THESIS RENDERINGSIn order to become better acquainted with the city of Montgomery, the 5th year thesis investigation began with a detailed prismacolor rendering of a downtown Montogomery facade. After spending time understanding and composing the intricacies of this existing facade, a second drawing illustrating the redesigned facade was composed.

PORT

FOLI

OTH

OM

AS

KURI

AN

201

2

PROFESSIONAL WORK

AP ARCHITECTURE

PORT

FOLI

OTH

OM

AS

KURI

AN

201

2

As a full-time intern produced Schematic Designs, Design Development and Construction documents for a range of projects including apartment residences, hotels, and retail spaces. Involved in project management issues such as scheduling, site visits, and cost estimation with direct supervision. Independently coordinated revisions and development with clients, franchises, and consultants.

Project duties ranged between schematic sketching to construction detailing of finalized designs. Particular duties included: elevation coordination and design, floor plan coordination and design, construction detailing, building component scheduling and coordination, as well as LEED design submission and documentation. The work on these two pages are examples of details, sections, elevations, and layouts that I was responsible for producing.

AP ARCHITECTURE

SUM

MER 2011

Construction Document Revision & Composition

Construction Document Revision & Composition

Roof Details

Wall Details Exterior Wall Details

Facade Details

Overhang Details