LAUREN MACKENZIEDesign Portfolio
ACADEMIC WORKS2009-2015
THE QUAD DOWNTOWNMulti-Family Housing
Fall 2011
COLLISIONCemetery and Park
Spring 2011
RED SQUAREFlexible Gathering Space
Spring 2013
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTUREAddition to Existing Design School
Spring 2013
IT TAKES A VILLAGEMulti-Family Housing
Spring 2014
THREADNational Rowing Center
Spring 2012
NIKECorporate Headquarters
Fall 2012
RIVER BEATWaterfront Recreation District
Fall 2014
THE COURTYARD AT CASSMulti-Family Housing
Fall 2013
CACTUS WRENBird Habitat and Observation
Fall 2010
INTERACTIONSpaces of Domesticity
Fall 2011
RIVER BEATArchitectural Design VII | Fall 2014 Lauren MacKenzie | Professor Lars Gräbner
Zhengzhou Waterfront Recreation DevelopmentZhengzhou, Henan Province, China
Group Members: Safei Gu, Parisa Mehdiabadi, Brianne Papendick, Justin Ping, Ken Secco, Tyler Smith, Sam Tremont, Robyn Wolochow, Di Wu, and Julie Wu
The Zhengzhou Waterfront Development revolves around the desire to create a pedestrian-oriented urban fabric that integrates and directs different users and programmatic elements to the central recreational district. Efficient reorganization of the green buffer zones allows for dynamic public spaces to permeate through the grid, providing walkable intimately scaled blocks that promote a dense, healthy, and vibrant urban lifestyle.
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wetland park
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commercial podium
pedestrian pathfrom train station
urban plaza
hardscape
museum plaza
landscape
raised boardwalk
pedestrian/bike path below
pedestrian pathways
low-rise retail
design museum
iconic bridge
high-rise commercial
building massing
pedestrian circulation and site access
regional train station
landscape and hardscape water circulation and distribution
bike and pedestrian circulation landscape and pedestrian pathways
building massing building massing
waterfall
mosaic walkways
water terraces
reflecting ponds
pedestrian pathways
garden terraces
scenic pier
environmental education center
low-rise retail
the green strip
river beat train station
calligraphy crossingthe zhengzhou
design center
museum plaza
the zhengzhou museum of design
the boardwalk
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common kitchenwater cube: public
multifunctional facilities scenic pierchildren’s museum
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calligraphy crossing bridgeenvironmental education center
IT TAKES A VILLAGEArchitectural Design VI | Spring 2014 Lauren MacKenzie | Professor Joel Schmidt
MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING 2700 John R Street, Detroit, Michigan
Group Members: Bre Davis and Lauren MacKenzie
This housing complex is designed around the idea of multi-generational integration and community living. The building has multiple levels of immediacy to give each user a level of privacy they desire for comfortable living. A variety of circulation routes, community spaces, and unit types accommodates different lifestyles, leading to a mix of homeowners, renters, and visitors that activate the community at various times. This flexibility and control of space are directly expressed with the active facade that is continuously changing based on user preferences.
view of north and west corner from intersection of john r and alfred street
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dual-level covered parking garage
restaurant
lobby
day care center
copy shop
cafe
pharmacy
children’s play area
seasonal community
gardenstairs to second level
community space
8 temporary retail parking spaces
72 residential parking spacesbike and toy storage
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three bedroom rental
two bedroom rental
one bedroom rental
second level
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four bedroom two story
three bedroom two story
three bedroom rental
three bedroom rental
two bedroom rental
one bedroom rental
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three bedroom two story condo
four bedroom two story condo
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three bedroom two story condo
1,100 sqft
four bedroom two story condo
1,400 sqft
john r street
interior courtyard
ground floor retail
entryliving kitchenbalcony
hall to living bedroomexterior
walkwaybedroom
floor seven - 66’
floor six - 56’
floor five - 46’
floor four - 36’
floor three - 26’
floor two - 16’
ground floor - 0’
roof height - 76’
bathroom
dropped ceiling for mechanical and plumbing
8” concrete plank
3” self leveling concrete topping
1/4”/ft deck slope
plank direction change
steel beam for cantilever
42” height handrail
thermal break shotcrete insulation
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three bedroom rental 1,200 sqft
one bedroom rental 800 sqft
three bedroom rental 1,100 sqft
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THE COURTYARD AT CASSArchitectural Design V | Fall 2013 Lauren MacKenzie | Professor Douglas Kelbaugh
MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING 6463 Cass Avenue, Detroit, Michigan
Replace existing surface parking lot for the College for Creative Studies School with mixed-use building that has ground floor retail, 156 apartment units, including micro/studio, one, two, and three bedrooms. The building will not only provide housing in a dense highly active area, but also extend the existing CCS campus to the exterior courtyard, through the building, and to the greater surroundings. The building responds to the context on the main facade with punctuated balconies and becomes more active with projected balconies on the interior facing the courtyard.
view of west facade and courtyard from baltimore street
shinolabicycles
lobby/entry
laundromat
gallery
bike storage
entrance to underground
parking
taubman center gymnasium
college for creative studiestaubman center
quiet zone
work zone
active zone
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three bedroomtwo floor
two bedroomtwo floor
floor two
three bedroomtwo floor
two bedroomtwo floor
micro unit
two bedroom
one bedroom
two bedroom
two bedroom
floor five
community room
community patio
community garden
two bedroomtwo floor
floor twelve
circulation core
view of east facade and main entry from cass avenue
micro unitlocated on floors 4-11
32 units in complex325 sqft
two bedroom two floor unit
located on floors 2-3 and 11-1220 units in complex
1,250 sqft
one bedroom located on floors 4-11
56 units in complex625 sqft
two bedroomnorth facing
located on floors 4-1114 units in complex
625 sqft
156 total units204 total bedrooms
micro, one, two bedroomlocated on floors 2-12
325-1,250 sqft
two bedroomsouth facing
located on floors 4-1114 units in complex
625 sqft
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shinola lobbylaundry gallerysection bground floor - 0’
floor two - 16’
floor three - 26’
floor four - 36’
floor five - 46’
floor six - 56’
floor seven - 66’
floor eight - 76’
floor nine - 86’
floor ten - 96’
floor eleven -106’
floor twelve -116’
roof height -126’
argonaut building height -145’
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parking
community room/ rooftop garden
community room
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two bedroomtwo floor
taubman center gymnasium
college for creative studiestaubman center
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courtyard retail
community room
community room/ rooftop garden
one bedroom
two bedroomtwo floor
ground floor - 0’
floor two - 16’
floor three - 26’
floor four - 36’
floor five - 46’
floor six - 56’
floor seven - 66’
floor eight - 76’
floor nine - 86’
floor ten - 96’
floor eleven -106’
floor twelve -116’
roof height -126’
argonaut building height -145’
undergroundparking
main entry and walkthrough from cass avenue
site model of transit oriented district
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review space from south hallway
RED SQUAREArchitectural Studio IV | Spring 2013 Lauren MacKenzie | Professor Thamarit Suchart
FLEXIBLE PRESENTATION AND GATHERING SPACEThe Design School Arizona State University Campus 810 S. Forest Mall, Tempe, Arizona
The Design School houses constantly evolving students and projects that would benefit from a flexible space which can be easily altered by the designers that frequent the space for the functions that are most useful to them. This concept takes an under utilized space in the existing design building and implements an easy user-friendly module that transforms into the spaces that are needed. By incorporating all the functions that the existing building desires it gives the space a constant liveliness that is not currently present.
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gathering spaces from northeast corner
gallery space from main entry stairs
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SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTUREArchitectural Studio IV | Spring 2013 Lauren MacKenzie | Professor Thamarit Suchart
AN ADDITION TO THE DESIGN SCHOOL123 East University Drive, Tempe, ArizonaArizona State University Campus
The main program of the School of Architecture is the studio and its flexibility to the changing needs to arrange and rearrange as needed for gatherings, meetings, studying, and presenting. The student desk space makes up the main areas with other programs dispersed and integrated in the space. Vertical shifts are made to create private, public, and intermediate spaces above, below, and inside what appears to be floating glass boxes.
section of architecture school from the north
northwest corner of building looking down university drive
auditorium
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gallery cafe
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university drive
myrtle avenuecollege of design
north building
college of design south buildingart warehouse visitor parking
level four
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view of presentation spaces, classrooms, and main circulation from studio desk
northeast corner of building looking towards interior courtyard
north south section north south section
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NIKE CORPORATE HEADQUARTERSArchitectural Studio lII | Fall 2012 Lauren MacKenzie | Professor Reid Johnson
CORPORATE HEADQUARTERSFarmer and University Drive, Tempe, Arizona
The building is a hybrid corporate headquarters because it is a semi-highrise in an urban village. An active work environment is encouraged through the buildings open floor plans, the vertical circulation, and the facade. The facade is made up systems of metal plates, louvers, and glass panels that users can move to make the building the most energy efficient allowing diffused natural sunlight as well as cross ventilation into the building.
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level three - individual desks, collaboration spaces, conference room
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individual offices2220 sf
conference room550 sf
breakoutspaces1200 sf
residential unit 5550 sf
residential unit 6700 sf
residential unit 7550 sf
residential unit 8700 sf
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north-south section
east-west section
model of urban village
gym level extrusion with balcony above residential units with reverse facade view of office building from rooftop garden
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THREADArchitectural Studio ll | Spring 2012 Lauren MacKenzie | Professor Milagros Zingoni
NATIONAL ROWING CENTER172 Grove Street, New Milford, Connecticut
Group Members: Yen Liu, Marissa Mendoza, Everett Scofield, and Maria Wilson
The boathouse responds to the site and context, while threading together the athletes, nature, and architecture. It is organized by the boat bays, which create a platform where smaller pavilions rest on top and are strung together by a service and circulation spine. Green courtyards nestle in between the pavilions, creating micro climates while pulling nature through the building connecting it back to the river and the site.
view of gym from outdoor gathering space
site design strategies
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circulation spine
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boat bays
connections
breezes
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second level level two floor plan
north-south section
main entry space looking through the gym to the river
outdoor gathering space erg room overlooking river
boathouse location along housatonic riverrunning path along retention pond
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phase twophase threephase four
phase twophase threephase four
phase two: gym and locker rooms
phase three: junior athlete living
phase four: high performance athlete living
phase one: boat bays
back of boathouse from the parking lot
front of boathouse from the river
high performance athletes living space courtyard between juniors living spaces entrance lobby above boat bays
two story gym and adjacent work out spaces
entrance lobby above boat bays
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INTERACTIONArchitectural Studio l | Fall 2011 Lauren MacKenzie | Professor Wendell Burnette
SPACES OF DOMESTICITY Program: Sleeping
Indoor/outdoor living is encouraged by the square footage of the spaces, making the indoor component of the bedroom seem small and the outdoor space more desirable. The spaces are connected by large glass pivoting doors, which are made possible by the orientation of the space, allowing reflected natural light in summer and direct entry of the lower angled sun in winter.
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THE QUAD DOWNTOWNArchitectural Studio l | Fall 2011 Lauren MacKenzie | Professor Wendell Burnette
MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING1st Street and Willetta, Downtown Phoenix, Arizona
The square donut shaped structure utilizes the whole site and contains a green courtyard center that projects life and openness out onto the street by use of green louvers on the facade, interior and exterior vegetation, and the ground floor being transparent by use of glass. Each unit has a major and minor view made possible by eroding the southwest corner and offsetting the circulation.
view from phoenix public library
rooftop cinema overlooking downtown phoenix skyline
market rate housing plantwo bedroom live work - 1100sf
senior housing plan lone bedroom - 700sf
senior housing plan llone bedroom - 650sf
view from exterior patio view from courtyard patio view from interior patio
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main entry into courtyard
view when parking the car
view of central avenue from senior unit
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COLLISIONDesign Fundamentals lV | Spring 2011 Lauren MacKenzie | Professor Zubin Shroff
CEMETERY AND PARK13th Avenue and Jefferson Street, Downtown Phoenix, Arizona
The project merges the existing historic cemetery space with a new cemetery and park space. The site slopes down from the street and up from the historic cemetery creating a dividing retention wall with pathways and water features breaking through the wall connecting the two main program spaces, while still keeping a sense of privacy and separation.
plan of park and cemetery
east-west site section
park space with water connection to cemetery
park space with covered walkway connection to cemetery
cemetery space with water connection to park
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CACTUS WRENDesign Fundamentals III | Fall 2010 Lauren MacKenzie | Professor Adam Nordfors
BIRD HABITAT AND OBSERVATIONPapago Park, Tempe, Arizona
The cactus wren can be comfortably viewed from the train car boxes on the terraced viewing platforms. These structures frame views of the birds and Papago Park while shading the user from the harsh desert sun. The design is nestled into the side of the mountain with minimal disturbance to the site.
aerial collage of site
section collage of site
transformation of site through history
looking north from south on the site
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