Gruetzmacher Portfolio

conceptual projectsuw + competitions

Renton PavilionRenton, WA

2003 University of Washington instructor: Roger Williams

Strip Commercial

Downtown Project site

Existing interiorRenton Development Patterns

Strip Commercial

Downtown

Lake Washington

Use Proximity Movement Diagram

Transit center

Plaza

Book Fair UseConcert UseMarket Use

Existing: Separator

Plaz

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Bldg

Proposed: Permeable Connector

Plaz

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Tran

sit

Bldg

Meeting Use Festival UsePublic Assembly Use

Georgetown Firehouse Seattle, WA

2004 University of Washingtoninstructor: Scot Carr

Georgetown Neighborhood Analysis Neighborhood Connections

I-5

airfield

rail

homes

homes

industry

industry

site

industrial strip

residential connection

site

Car Parking

Mechanical

Hose Drying

Decontamination

Equipment Storage

Gear

Kitchen

Bathrooms

Gym

Bedrooms

More Machine

More Human

Flight 93 Competition: UNVEILING UNITY

2004 Shanksville, PennsylvaniaCollaborators: Shawn Kemna, Karen Wood.

To experience this place is the only way to disolve the fear that leads you to it.

To arrive as an individual is the only way to disseminate that we are all unified in death.

To erect new boundaries is not to obscure what lies beyond us, but to continually unveil the edge of what brings us.

It is a place uncovered by the actions of individuals.

A constructed precipice exchanges a look with the wounded hemlock grove.

Hallowed ground reveals and swallows itself in the vibration between an existing landscape and a new horizon.

TOGS-2 Competition 2009 Austin, TX

TOGS-2 Competition 2009 Austin, TX

Roof Plan - 34 T.O.G.S.

Circulation

Spaces

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❤ the StreetArts Week Austin creates an opportunity for using public space in a new way: the delight of lingering in a street that is usually dominated by auto traffic. We propose that the surface of the street be left uncovered, the gallery walls lifted off the pavement, and the structure touching the ground as minimally as possible. The traffic paint, cracks in the pavement, and street texture are all part of the experience.

Reusable PartsThe structure is simple, common, and ordinary. It is made from scaffolding parts: steel rods, clamps, and base plates. These parts are readily available and easily reusable, therefore highly sustainable. The roofs, walls, and columns would be built off-site. Shortly before Arts Week Austin 2010 the components would be assembled to form the gallery spaces. When the exhibition is over, the structure will be disassembled and the scaffolding parts will return to their everyday use, perhaps on a construction project in Austin.

Museum ExperienceA TOG (Temporary Outdoor Gallery) may stand on its own or be joined with other TOGs to form a network. The system is flexible enough that each gallery space can be uniquely defined by scale, degree of enclosure, and contextual relationships. A limitless variety of spaces can be created. We propose a structure that promotes free movement through the gallery spaces. The experience will be similar to walking through an art museum where visitors can choose their own path through a series of unique interconnected spaces.

Filtering SunlightThis project captures a horizontal sliver of space between the pavement and a broad diaphanous roof plane. Sunlight will filter into the galleries from above through translucent polycarbonate panels, a matrix of scaffolding, and a silk-screened fabric scrim. At night it will glow from within.

Site Plan

Column Assembly

Roof Assembly

Wall Assembly

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4

5

5

6

5

4

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6

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4

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Polycarbonate Panels

Scaffolding Base Plate

6

2” Ø Steel Scaffolding Pipe4

Whitewashed Reclaimed Wood3

Printed Fabric Screen2

1

Scaffolding Clamps (swivel & right angle)

5

Single (10’ x 10’)

Double (20’ x 10’)

Quad (20’ x 20’)

professional projects

Green Home for ChicagoChicago, IL

2002 Ross Architecture

Green Home for ChicagoChicago, IL

2002 Ross Architecture

Sand Point ResidenceSeattle, WA

2005 Tyler Engle Architects

Country Day SchoolSeattle, WA

2005 Carlson Architects

Jewish Day SchoolBellevue, WA

2006 Carlson Architects

Temple / Library

Gymnasium

Spring Hill RestaurantSeattle, WA 2008 Heliotrope Architects

Suncrest ResidenceOrcas Island, WA

2007 Heliotrope Architects

Apartment DevelopmentGreensboro, NC

2010 Suzane Reatig Architecture

Apartment DevelopmentGreensboro, NC

2010 Suzane Reatig Architecture

Church Hattiesburg, MS

2010 Suzane Reatig Architecture

Church Hattiesburg, MS

2010 Suzane Reatig Architecture

Bailey Park ApartmentsWashington, DC

2010 Suzane Reatig Architecture

Bailey Park ApartmentsWashington, DC

2010 Suzane Reatig Architecture

Addition / RenovationWashington, DC

2012 Hamilton Snowber Architects

ISTUDIOMCNthe pavilion + the garden ISTUDIOMCN

St Elizabeths PavilionWashington, DC

2012 ISTUDIO Architects

ISTUDIOMCNthe pavilion + the garden ISTUDIOMCN

St Elizabeths PavilionWashington, DC

2012 ISTUDIO Architects

ISTUDIOMCNcity

east

west

ISTUDIOMCNareaISTUDIOMCNpavilion

Powell ElementaryWashington, DC

2014 ISTUDIO Architects