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Sam DavisonDesign Portfolio

Penn State UniversityDepartment of Architecture

Arch 2322013

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Table of Contents

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Geodesic Sphere 4

6NCMA Competition

Green Dorm Project 10

12House for a Musician

Table 14

16Loblolly House

Exploded Connection 18

19Hess Field

Enoteca 20

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The Geodesic Sphere project was an exercise in framing and exte-rior cladding. The program speci-fied that no individual member of the sphere be longer than 9 inch-es, with the goal of creating the lightest, most spherical mod-el with a 27-inch diameter. Light and shadow manipulation were two other programmatic require-ments as well. Our solution utilized laminated lauan plywood mem-bers bent to form and connected by circular connector plates. The cladding consisted of painted mat-board with a reflective interior face and white exterior to optimize light reflection on the interior and bet-ter define shadows on the exterior.

Geodesic Sphere

Geodesic Sphere

Pennsylvania State UniversityDepartment of Architecture

Sam DavisonGalym Dyussembayev

Brian KerrJackie NietoDavid Sellers

Maddie Wagner

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CONSTRUCTION SET

Date November 8, 2012

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PARTIAL ELEVATION

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1 Partial Elevation

Eric SutherlandArch 203Semester: 3Duration: 4 weeks

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Geodesic Sphere

Pennsylvania State UniversityDepartment of Architecture

Sam DavisonGalym Dyussembayev

Brian KerrJackie NietoDavid Sellers

Maddie Wagner

A3.0

CONSTRUCTION SET

Date November 8, 2012

Title ASSEMBLY

1 2Facade Inspiration Unrolled Elevation

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Daniel Cardoso LlachArch 232Semester: 4Duration: 16 weeks

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This design for a proposed Brook-lyn Bridge Museum, as an entry for the NCMA design competition, centers around a multi-story exhib-it space that serves to connect the 2nd-4th floor gallery spaces. Custommasonry serves as wall and facade treatment.

NCMA Competition

The site overlooks the East River, located in the Dumbo histor-ic district of Brooklyn between the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges.

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Chamfered CMU blocks were used for both the facade and gallery walls to emphasize space, increase interest, and imply directionality. Plaster-casts of these blocks were made with silicon molds for the wall model above.

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For this project, our team worked in cohesion with the Penn State Housing Board to come up with a more sustainable and individually-customizable style of dorm-room living. Each resident receives twelve 28”x28”x14” mod-ules that can be moved, stacked, and rearranged to meet the user’s needs. The Housing Board is very enthusiastic about our design and, currently, our proposal is midway through the patenting process.

Green Dorm Project

Jodi LaCoeArch 132Semester: 2Duration: 10 weeks

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The proposed client for this proj-ect was a professional pianist who sought a performance space that could double as a second-ary home. Located in Bald Eagle State Park in central Pennsylva-nia, the design of the house re-flected the client’s needs of the intimacy of a home along with an acoustically desirable workspace.

House for a Musician

Loukas KalisperisArch 231Semester: 3Duration: 6 weeks

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Inspired by the theme of Os-car Wilde’s novel, The PIcture of Dorian Gray, this seeming-ly ordinary table with its elegant lion-paw legs opens up to reveal a hidden, decaying compart-ment, located behind a drawer and magnetic lock mechanism. The table is made entirely from re-cycled wood, primarily red oak, cherry, and pine for the tabletop.

Table

James KalsbeekArch 132Semester: 2Duration: 6 weeks

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Loblolly HouseIntended as a workflow exercise, I modeled and milled a birdhouse in Rhino and imported it into a Revit model of the precedent Loblolly House.

Jodi LaCoe and Reggie AvilesArch 122Semester: 2Duration: 4 weeks

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Dan WillisArch 204Semester: 4Duration: 4 weeks

This exploded connection de-tail is a typical joint connection in the Stuckeman Family Building.

To the right: Drawings for a proposed concession stand at Hess field. The project is set to conclude May 1.

Exploded Connection

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Dan WillisArch 204Semester: 4Duration: 4 weeks

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Enoteca

James CooperArch 231Semester: 3Duration: 10 weeks

Shifted square geometries com-pose this Enoteca design, all sur-rounded by open to below spac-es to allow light into the basement and indicate spatial zones. Pro-grammatic functions include din-ing, an exhibition space, and an outdoor garden/seating area.

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Wine RackDesigned the same time as the Enoteca, this wine rack explored both cantilevered and shelved wine storage. Several of these units are able to be placed alongside each other to cre-ate an interactive wine display unit that utilizes all of its sides for both display and storage.

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Mark WestWWW Drawing WorkshopSemester: 4Duration: 3 days

7 students and instructor Mark West utilized several series of over-layed projections to inspire this 25’ long drawing. From each projec-tion, the shadows of the image were used as guides to form new shapes and objects, which even-tually led to our own creations and developments. of what we saw. Each person drew over others’ work and had their own work drawn upon, so the drawing acheived an overall cohesion.

WWW Drawing

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