Amy Danielsons Architecture Portfolio

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M I A M I U N I V E R S I T Y 2 0 1 1

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Developed residential drawings for the firm’s urban renewal project at 1421 Race Street, in Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati Ohio.

Modeled interior spaces utilizing computer model-ing software to facilitate the design process.

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SANFORD Z. FRIEDMAN AWARDMAY 2010- ARCHITECTURE

RUSSEL AND ADA EVANS SCHOLARSHIPMAY 2009- ARCHITECTURE

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SCHICKEL DESIGN COMPANYAUGUST 2009 - DECEMBER 2009

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI SCHOLARSHIPSEPTEMBER 2011- ARCHITECTURE

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www.amydanielsons.comMARKS THOMAS ARCHITECTS - BALTIMORE MD

Developed digital perspectives for the adaptive reuse of a historic warehouse in Baltimore utilizing a combination of Revit and Artlantis Render.

Project designer for the schematic design and construction administration phases of the SEED Ohio and Maryland Schools, including submittal review, on-site construction management, and presentation to SEED School clients.

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Collaborated with project team to develop a Revit model for the design of a new clinical research lab for Cincinnati Children’s hospital.

Responsible for the documentation of several LEED credits and prerequisites for a new urology building in No rwood seeking LEED certi

Edited construction documents and helped prepare ASI bid packages.

LEED GREEN ASSOCIATE MARCH 2012

JUNE 2012 - DECEMBER 2012 - CO-OP

DECEMBER 2011 - MARCH 2012 - CO-OP

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, Oxford Ohio B.A., Architecture, May 2011 Magna Cum Laude

Master of Architecture, May 2014 Graduate Assistant, 2013-2014

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

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AutoCAD, Revit, Rhino (fundamentals) SketchUP, Artlantis Render, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft O ow and Mac OS.

P R O F I C I E N C Y

Experience in all project phases, conducted site survey, pencil and watercolor rendering, model craft, woodshop, and design details.

Studying classical piano for 12 years. Taught beginning and intermediate piano for seven years.

Draw and paint, primarily with pencil and watercolor.

Cincinnati Half-Marathon, Miami University Triathlon.

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Casual photographer.

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As the primary programmatic space, the fitness studio marks the intersection of the site’s primary and secondary axis. The design responds to the environ-mental aspects of the site primarily through daylighting control. The long axis of the building is oriented north-south, paralleling the secondary site axis and enhancing the line of sight through the building’s height and orientation.

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Perpendicular to the secondary site axis the structure is exposed as if the building were sliced open, revealing the simplicity of the design. The studio’s structure is truthfully expressed as an ephemeral inner layer supported by a series of simple trusses wrapped by horizontal wooden louvers. The east-west facades, which parallel the axis, are more plastic, obscuring the structure by the wooden louvers.

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The building consists of two primary layers: an inner semi-transparent box envel-oped by a denser slatted facade. A contrast between the lighter interior liner and the darker exterior wrapper is expressed on the southern facade of the studio as the glass box extends beyond the wooden wrapper and creates a dialog with the axis it parallels.

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The health and wellness center is designed as a hypothetical addition to Eliel Saarinen’s Cranbrook Campus in eastern Michigan. The design synergizes aspects of environment, structure, and construction into a single composition.

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The design intent of the spa + wellness center at Cranbrook Campus is grounded in the human body. The exterior is simple and cleanly detailed, revealing little

about the true structural nature or program of the building. In contrast, structure is exposed and assembly is celebrated, accentuated by the rawness of the

materials. The interior is intimate and personal, purposefully framing snapshots of the outside world from an inner perspective.

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health+wellnessRELAX BY DESIGN

The health and wellness center is designed as a hypothetical addition to Eliel Saarinen’s Cranbrook Campus in eastern Michigan. The design synergizes aspects of environment, structure, and construction into a single composition.

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The design intent of the spa + wellness center at Cranbrook Campus is grounded in the human body. The exterior is simple and cleanly detailed, revealing little

about the true structural nature or program of the building. In contrast, structure is exposed and assembly is celebrated, accentuated by the rawness of the

materials. The interior is intimate and personal, purposefully framing snapshots of the outside world from an inner perspective.

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In the fall of 2008 I designed a pedestrian bridge near one of the main entrances of Miami University’s campus.

The design was based on the form of a traditional covered bridge, specifically, a similar structure near the edge of campus. However, rather than recreate this traditional bridge, I altered the form based on the bridge’s structure.

I expanded the idea of a simple box, twisting it to create a dynamic geometry which embraced the pedestrian within and created a unique relationship between the viewer and the streetscape.

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In the fall of 2008 I designed a pedestrian bridge near one of the main entrances of Miami University’s campus.

The design was based on the form of a traditional covered bridge, specifically, a similar structure near the edge of campus. However, rather than recreate this traditional bridge, I altered the form based on the bridge’s structure.

I expanded the idea of a simple box, twisting it to create a dynamic geometry which embraced the pedestrian within and created a unique relationship between the viewer and the streetscape.

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recreate. reinterpret. reinvigorate. traditional form inspires the creation of a new structure. A dynamic pattern of rotated squares, aesthetic yet inherently structural. It is

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In the summer of 2010, I explored how human proportions can encourage interaction with architecture by designing a kinetic shelter.

Located adjacent to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater House in Mill Run Pennsylvania, the structural members are an intensification of the traditional finger joint, inspired by the tangled complexity of the surrounding forest members.

Each piece is intertwined to create a dynamic structure as the seat gently reclines to accept the human figure resting against it.

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Landscape and architecture form a tectonic bond.

I began this project by studying the manner in which nature and architecture are inherently interrelated. I then used the process of paper folding as a metaphor for the intertwining relationship of nature and structure, tied together by the bending and folding of architecture and landscape to design a pavilion for Shawnee County Park in southwest Ohio.

Each crease on a piece of paper creates an irrevocable memory line.

Similarly, as a person enters a place they interact with the structure. Their physical image is reflected throughout the space while the person’s intangible thoughts- their inner reflections- are simultaneously folded and reflected by their engagement within the space.

Structure is defined by site.

The pavilion design evokes the experiences of light and shadow as well as the ceremonial earth mounds, built by the Shawnee Indians. Each fold within the pavilion was an interpretation of the hypothetical convergence of site topography with the Shawnee earth mounds, resulting in the soft curvilinear form of the pavilion. The manner in which light interacts with the design mimics the soft shadows which filter through the tree canopies.

The pavilion’s form illustrates a dynamic choreography of collision between the surrounding landscape and the experiential qualities of the site.

The structure is literally folded out of the landscape.

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a metaphysical response to site, historic, and emotive relationships to create a park pavil ion. inter twining the r ich culture and histor y of the Shawnee Native Americans. I t is f o l d e d

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The focus of the studio was centered on the renovation of historic structures, our designs were sensitive: uniquely tailored to the needs of the people.

We redesigned the interior of a corner building to provide a multi-use community center for the local residents, renovated the building’s corner entryway, and designed and fabricated a copper sunflower sign for the exterior façade.

The renovation of the building beget an powerful center for the community and initiated collaboration between the local community and residents, fostering healthier ways to integrate the two by forming a unique bond and establishing a shared sense of community pride.

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The focus of the design + build studio was centered on the renewal of a multi-use building in Over-the-Rhine, near downtown Cincinnati.

We renovated the building’s corner entry-way, designed and fabricated a copper sunflower sign for the exterior façade using water-jet technology, and restored three of the original exterior windows.

We rearranged the interior plan to provide a space for neighborhood council meetings and designed an exhibition area to show-case artists renditions of Over-the-Rhine, thus empowering the local community.

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“Aged buildings are the living history of a town, and when forgotten or destroyed, part of the community is lost as well. The intent of my redevelopment of the historic buildings was not to erase their former identity. Rather, architects and urban planners must go beyond simple measures of sustainability, adaptively reusing what once was and reviving it; evoking a more prosperous future than the former structure and its inhabitants had previously imagined.”~Undergraduate Summer Scholar’s Research Essay

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The final proposal was a richly woven arrangement of history and community, applying the requirements of the local historic building code in a manner which encouraged the celebration of the arts and fostered community involvement.

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In the summer of 2009 I was awarded a selective research grant for the Adaptive Reuse of the Historic Peters Cartridge Factory in Kings Mill, Ohio. I collabo-rated with a faculty mentor within Miami University’s architecture department.

The intent of my Summer Scholars project was to utilize the concept of sustainable architecture by realizing the potential abandoned buildings hold, revitalizing rather than razing them.

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+ art gallery+ fabrication studios

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W a t e r a n d l a n d s c a p e h a v e a n o r g a n i c a f f i n i t y - T h e y a r e d i s t i n c t t o t h e a r e a t h e y o c c u p y , i m b u i n g e a c h p l a c e w i t h a s p e c i f i c f u n c t i o n , y e t a l s o u n i f y i n g t h e g a r d e n s a s a s i n g l e e n t i t y i n t e g r a l l y c o n n e c t e d b y a p a r t - t o - w h o l e r e l a t i o n s h i p

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T h e g a r d e n s a r e a r e f l e c t i o n o f t h e g r i d t a k e n f r o m t h e h o u s e , i l l u s t r a t i n g l i g h t a n d s h a d o w a s w e l l a s o r d e r a n d e m o t i o n .

T h e p l a n i s a n a b s t r a c t i o n o f t h e T a r t a n S y s t e m , t r a n s f o r m i n g n a t u r e i n t o a n e m o t i v e d e s i g n p r o c e s s .

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A s a s t u d i o , w e d e v e l o p e d a m a s t e r p l a n f o r t h e l a n d d i r e c t l y n o r t h o f t h e W e s t c o t t H o u s e , a 1 9 0 8 r e s i d e n c e d e s i g n e d b y F r a n k L l o y d W r i g h t .

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W a t e r a n d l a n d s c a p e h a v e a n o r g a n i c a f f i n i t y - T h e y a r e d i s t i n c t t o t h e a r e a t h e y o c c u p y , i m b u i n g e a c h p l a c e w i t h a s p e c i f i c f u n c t i o n , y e t a l s o u n i f y i n g t h e g a r d e n s a s a s i n g l e e n t i t y i n t e g r a l l y c o n n e c t e d b y a p a r t - t o - w h o l e r e l a t i o n s h i p

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T h e g a r d e n s a r e a r e f l e c t i o n o f t h e g r i d t a k e n f r o m t h e h o u s e , i l l u s t r a t i n g l i g h t a n d s h a d o w a s w e l l a s o r d e r a n d e m o t i o n .

T h e p l a n i s a n a b s t r a c t i o n o f t h e T a r t a n S y s t e m , t r a n s f o r m i n g n a t u r e i n t o a n e m o t i v e d e s i g n p r o c e s s .

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A s a s t u d i o , w e d e v e l o p e d a m a s t e r p l a n f o r t h e l a n d d i r e c t l y n o r t h o f t h e W e s t c o t t H o u s e , a 1 9 0 8 r e s i d e n c e d e s i g n e d b y F r a n k L l o y d W r i g h t .

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education center - reading room

Lighting is the defining element of the education program. An outdoor stairwell divides the two spaces, altering their facades in an effort to increase lighting. The reading room features a floor to ceiling glass wall, supported by glue-laminated columns. The spaces between each wooden post becomes an intimate nook for reading.

The on-site education program is composed of a series of three interlocking spaces with two main functions. One serves as a reading room while the other is a multi-media computer center and an small outdoor cou.rtyard and grand stair splits the two spaces.

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Lighting is also an integral element of the design. The exterior walls are built to emit small pinpoints of light, merging with the natural landscape, evoking the soft flicker of summer fireflies caught in the tall grass or, during winter months, the subtle glow of a constellation. l i g h t i n g

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C H I L D R E N ’ S H O S P I T A L

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Through the University of Cincinnati’s cooperative-education program, I interned with GBBN Architects Inc. in the winter of 2012. Focused within spectrum of healthcare design, I helped develop a 3d building model utilizing Revit software.

Office Environment and Design EthicThe Cincinnati-based firm fosters global perspectives and collaborative design on both a regional and international scale. The firm strengthens its design ethic through its emphasis on multiculturalism. Its design professionals represent a variety of countries and the firm currently has four locations across the US as well as an office in Beijing, China.

The firm values global design collaboration by transferring its staff between the China and US offices. Many of the design professionals spend a portion of each year working in China and vice versa. Additionally, the firm promotes constant global interaction through its unique design process, sending the work overseas each night for the other office to design and review.

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Children’s Hospital: Collaborative Design ApproachThe hospital embraces design collaboration by utilizing an Integrated Design Process (IDP) as part of its goal to achieve LEED certification. The design benefits from the diverse expertise of professionals representing a variety of areas within the building process including, but not limited to architects, engineers, construction managers, landscape designers, environmental analysts, and code officials.**all images courtesy of GBBN Architects Inc.**

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I utilized Revit’s model-in-place component to implement the curtain wall panels at the building’s main entrance.

I modeled a multi-story interior stair and experie-mented with parametric family components to shade the glass facade encasing the stairwell.

I used AutoCAD and Revit to incorporate a toposurface into the model.

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During the summer of 2011, I worked as an architectural intern for a non-for-profit organization, Working in Neighborhoods (WIN).

I drafted the plans as well as interior sections and elevations for the renovation of a century old, formerly mixed-use building in South Cumminsville- a small community just northwest of Cincinnati.

The project is on schedule to be under construction in 2012 and will be one of many houses to be sold through WIN’s low-income neighborhood revitalization program.

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The project is hoped to achieve a level of LEED certification, however, the final level is dependent on available grant money.

The unit’s roof will have a section for solar panels and the remainder will be converted into an all-season green roof with plants native to southern Ohio.

A small garden plot is between the house and an adjacent garage.

All appliances are planned to be energy star certified.

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During the spring of 2011, I worked as an architectural intern for Schickel Design Company.

I contributed to the redevelopment of a former bakery on Race Street in dowtown Cincinnati. I helped create residential plans and interior kitchen elevations and sections for the project. I also created a variety of schedule sheets and helped to prepare the construction documents.

While the drawings went out for bid, I worked on a proposal for bike paths sharing city streets. I diagramed the safest routes and rendered a proposal for a future bike check point at Washington Park.

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I t i s the f lex ibi l i t y, not the f ix i t y of the past that of fers a sustainable process to renew our sense of se l f. We re invigorate and re interpret t radit ion through u r b a n r e n e w a l

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andDrawing is part of who I am, it’s what I love to do.

I have a particular passion for capturing the expressions and emotions displayed within a person’s face. I’ve experimented with pencil and charcoal, watercolor, paper collage-work, and a few lighting fixtures.

While the source of my inspiration is currently drawn from a wide variety of professional photography, I am currently expanding my collection of personal photography. My website, www.amydanielsons.com, illlustrates my interests and recent work in further detail.

“Hatian Woman”, pencil on white paper, 11 x 8.5”

“Jalopy”, pencil on white paper, 11 x 8.5”

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“Jalopy”, pencil on white paper, 11 x 8.5”

“Antonio Cromartie”, NY Jets Cornerback, pencil on white paper, 11 x 8.5”

“Around the World”, pencil on white paper, 11 x 8.5”

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“Crying”, pencil sketch on recycled paper, 6 x 4”

“Free Falling”, pencil on white paper, 11 x 8.5”

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“Talking with Sarah”, pencil on white paper, 11 x 8.5”

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