WORK EXPERIENCE Department of Urban Affairs & Planning Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA Print Lab Technician; fall 2012 - present Working in the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) print lab plotting all faculty and student-requested drawings, creating posters for the SPIA administrative office, and maintaining large-scale plotter and scanner. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Washington, DC Architecture Intern | Junior Designer; spring 2011 - summer 2012, winter 2012 Worked as an intern in the Office for Facilities Management and Policy surveyed current facilities, created and updated CAD files, coordinated renovations with project managers, architects, contractors, furniture vendors, and budget analysts Developed and maintained a floor plan book of all DHHS lease properties that is used to determine monthly rent bills Deparment of Agricultural and Applied Economics (DAAE) Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA Research Assistant; summer 2010 Worked as an intern and research assistant for Dr. George Norton within the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Researched the economic impact of various integrated pest management strategies on agriculture in developing countries Bob and Emily Stuart | Household Management Blacksburg, VA Administrative Assistant; spring 2009 - spring 2011 Worked as an office assistant for a retired professor and his wife Designed and published a book recording the couple’s history and memories of life in America during the early 20th century American Institute for Architecture Students (AIAS), Virginia Tech fall 11 - spring 12 SERVE Program, Virginia Tech spring 09 - spring 11 Served as a mentor for the “Students Engaging and Responding through Volunteer Experiences” (SERVE) theme-housing students. Published “Life After the Aha Moment” poster for The Gulf-South Summit for Higher Education in Roanoke, VA spring 10 Campus Outreach, Virginia Tech spring 09 - spring 11 Participated in servant team Residential Leadership Community, Virginia Tech fall 08 - spring 11 Served as a Peer Leader, including facilitating in-class discussion and mentoring freshmen students References available upon request. ACTIVITIES Dean’s List (9 semesters + 1 summer semester) Robert C. Byrd Virginia Commonwealth Scholarship Shriver & Holland Associates Architecture Scholarship Simpson Strong-Tie National Architecture Scholarship Matthew L. Peters Memorial Scholarship Virginia Tech Delegate, ACC Leadership Conference Carol Newman G.E.R.M.A.N. Club Scholarship Pamplin Leader Award/Scholarship Prince William County Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Captain Brian S. Letendre Memorial Scholarship fall 2008 - present fall 2008 - present spring 2012 spring 2012 spring 2012 spring 2010 spring 2009 spring 2008 spring 2008 spring 2008 HONORS + AWARDS KAREN GLASS EDUCATION Virginia Tech School of Architecture + Design Blacksburg, VA Bachelors of Architecture Leadership and Social Change Minor University Honors | GPA 3.78 expected graduation spring 2013 Virginia Tech School of Architecture + Design Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center fall 2011 - spring 2012 AutoCAD 2012 Adobe Creative Suite Microsoft Office SKILLS Physical Modeling Graphic Design Laser Cutting Potomac Senior High School AP Scholar with Honor, Cambridge Program graduated spring 2008 | GPA 4.451 Revit (Learning) Rhino (Learning) Google SketchUp [email protected]
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WORK EXPERIENCEDepartment of Urban Affairs & PlanningVirginia Tech, Blacksburg, VAPrint Lab Technician; fall 2012 - presentWorking in the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) print lab plotting all faculty and student-requested drawings, creating posters for the SPIA administrative office, and maintaining large-scale plotter and scanner.
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Washington, DCArchitecture Intern | Junior Designer; spring 2011 - summer 2012, winter 2012Worked as an intern in the Office for Facilities Management and Policy surveyed current facilities, created and updated CAD files, coordinated renovations with project managers, architects, contractors, furniture vendors, and budget analysts Developed and maintained a floor plan book of all DHHS lease properties that is used to determine monthly rent bills
Deparment of Agricultural and Applied Economics (DAAE)Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VAResearch Assistant; summer 2010Worked as an intern and research assistant for Dr. George Norton within the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Researched the economic impact of various integrated pest management strategies on agriculture in developing countries
Bob and Emily Stuart | Household Management Blacksburg, VAAdministrative Assistant; spring 2009 - spring 2011Worked as an office assistant for a retired professor and his wifeDesigned and published a book recording the couple’s history and memories of life in America during the early 20th century
American Institute for Architecture Students (AIAS), Virginia Tech fall 11 - spring 12 SERVE Program, Virginia Tech spring 09 - spring 11 Served as a mentor for the “Students Engaging and Responding through Volunteer Experiences” (SERVE) theme-housing students.Published “Life After the Aha Moment” poster for The Gulf-South Summit for Higher Education in Roanoke, VA spring 10
Campus Outreach, Virginia Tech spring 09 - spring 11 Participated in servant team
Residential Leadership Community, Virginia Tech fall 08 - spring 11 Served as a Peer Leader, including facilitating in-class discussion and mentoring freshmen students
References available upon request.
ACTIVITIES
Dean’s List (9 semesters + 1 summer semester) Robert C. Byrd Virginia Commonwealth ScholarshipShriver & Holland Associates Architecture ScholarshipSimpson Strong-Tie National Architecture ScholarshipMatthew L. Peters Memorial ScholarshipVirginia Tech Delegate, ACC Leadership ConferenceCarol Newman G.E.R.M.A.N. Club ScholarshipPamplin Leader Award/ScholarshipPrince William County Chamber of Commerce ScholarshipCaptain Brian S. Letendre Memorial Scholarship
fall 2008 - presentfall 2008 - present
spring 2012spring 2012spring 2012spring 2010spring 2009spring 2008spring 2008spring 2008
HONORS + AWARDS
KAREN GLASS
EDUCATIONVirginia Tech
School of Architecture + DesignBlacksburg, VA
Bachelors of ArchitectureLeadership and Social Change Minor
University Honors | GPA 3.78expected graduation spring 2013
Virginia Tech School of Architecture + Design
Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center fall 2011 - spring 2012
AutoCAD 2012Adobe Creative SuiteMicrosoft Office
SKILLSPhysical ModelingGraphic DesignLaser Cutting
Potomac Senior High SchoolAP Scholar with Honor, Cambridge Program
graduated spring 2008 | GPA 4.451
Revit (Learning)Rhino (Learning)Google SketchUp
PLACE FOR NIGHT OWLSAlexandria, VA
Located just East of the Potomac River in Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, this narrow lot is a temporary home for eleven insomniacs.
Exploring architecture as a blanket, the night owls sleep in small rooms with sloped ceilings and skylights. This arrangement provides a way for those suffering with sleep disorders to become accustomed to the circadian rhythm of night and day. The space includes a double-height library and media space, a tea room, a room for painting, and eleven small sleeping rooms. The East-West axis is acknowledged materially with the presence of a laminated-glass curtain wall encasing perforated copper panels. This system is inspired by the Des Moines Public Library in Des Moines, Iowa. The perforation allows light into the building during the day, while also offering a soft glow to the outdoor alleys adjacent to the building during the night.
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WEST FACADE
With increased popularity, Virginia Tech’s Washington-Aleaxndria Architecture Center has a need for more housing for its students. The Gallery II provides two-person and four-person apartments in three-unit quadrants, (blue in plan) offering a sense of community on many scales. The building also features a center atrium that visually links multiple levels and provides natural light to common spaces.
Interior wooden louvres in each apartment allow tenants to control both natural light and privacy, while also responding to the traditional wood architecture of Old Town.
GALLERY IIAlexandria, VA
Gallery Two: Urban Student HousingWith growing numbers and increasing popularity, Virginia Tech’s Washington Alexandria Architecture Center (WAAC) is in need of more housing for its students. The current residential option, The Gallery, is convenient but can only support 60 students and faculty, falling far short of accommodating the nearly 200 students and faculty who study and work at the WAAC.
Gallery Two, located less than a block southwest of the WAAC’s main building, is an offering to waac students and faculty - not only a place to rest their heads but a true home base. The four living cores (blue in the diagram to the left) surround a dynamic atrium that encourages human interaction. Rather than simply a means to travel, the atrium space offers places to gather, rest, work, and talk. Because each atrium level is different in plan, single, double, and triple-height spaces are created in various places throughout the building.
A unique louver system within each apartment unit allows the resident complete control over privacy and natural lighting conditions while unifying the exterior facade.
Karen Glass 703.618.3051
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DN DN
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Gallery Two: Urban Student HousingWith growing numbers and increasing popularity, Virginia Tech’s Washington Alexandria Architecture Center (WAAC) is in need of more housing for its students. The current residential option, The Gallery, is convenient but can only support 60 students and faculty, falling far short of accommodating the nearly 200 students and faculty who study and work at the WAAC.
Gallery Two, located less than a block southwest of the WAAC’s main building, is an offering to waac students and faculty - not only a place to rest their heads but a true home base. The four living cores (blue in the diagram to the left) surround a dynamic atrium that encourages human interaction. Rather than simply a means to travel, the atrium space offers places to gather, rest, work, and talk. Because each atrium level is different in plan, single, double, and triple-height spaces are created in various places throughout the building.
A unique louver system within each apartment unit allows the resident complete control over privacy and natural lighting conditions while unifying the exterior facade.
Karen Glass 703.618.3051
UP
DN DN
UP
Gallery Two: Urban Student HousingWith growing numbers and increasing popularity, Virginia Tech’s Washington Alexandria Architecture Center (WAAC) is in need of more housing for its students. The current residential option, The Gallery, is convenient but can only support 60 students and faculty, falling far short of accommodating the nearly 200 students and faculty who study and work at the WAAC.
Gallery Two, located less than a block southwest of the WAAC’s main building, is an offering to waac students and faculty - not only a place to rest their heads but a true home base. The four living cores (blue in the diagram to the left) surround a dynamic atrium that encourages human interaction. Rather than simply a means to travel, the atrium space offers places to gather, rest, work, and talk. Because each atrium level is different in plan, single, double, and triple-height spaces are created in various places throughout the building.
A unique louver system within each apartment unit allows the resident complete control over privacy and natural lighting conditions while unifying the exterior facade.
Karen Glass 703.618.3051
UP
DN DN
UP
THESIS: (IN PROGRESS)
RETREAT FOR MAKINGBlacksburg, VA
The thesis directs a body of work that explores the delicate tension between movement and stillness - not as opposites but as elements of a multidimensional spectrum. It is driven and expressed through the overlapping of spaces, programs, elements and materials to provide a variety of spatial and atmospheric conditions.
The questions are explored through the design of a retreat for an artist, a writer and a musician. The complex includes sleeping spaces, a kitchen, bathrooms, and living areas as well as work spaces for the creators to work individually and together. Movement and stillness are explored as complementary elements that are influenced and strengthened by one another.
approach from south
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