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AARON CHILDSCOLLEGIATE PORTFOLIO
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SUSTAINABLE LABKINETIC EVENTSEAMES HOUSE MODEL
BIKETRONICSCOURTYARD HOUSINGDESIGN DRAFTING 154
ABOUT MEPROJE
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The Sustainable Lab project was a
ACSA competition to design a
marine research and education
facility in St. Croix in the US Virgin
Islands. The main goals of the fa-
cility were community involvement,
education for tourists, reaching a
goal of net zero water use and us-
ing only energy produced on site.
My concept responded to this by
grouping the buildings to create
exterior courtyard spaces to have
a close knit community. This was
done so that researchers could
more easily be seen and under-
stood by the locals and tourists.
The buildings also are designed
to passively exist and use as little
energy as possible. This is done
by using exterior shading devices,
interior heat buffer zones, and us-
ing an east/ west axis almost ex-
clusively. The little energy that was
required would then be created
on site either by solar panels or by
wind turbines.
This project was difficult in
dealing with the local conditions
and requirements but in the end
turned out to be a lot of fun to do.
SUSTAINABLE LAB
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The Kinetic Events structure was
a project done in Union square inSan Francisco. The goal of the
structure was to handle every-
day events as well as occasional
concerts or shows. This design
handles the multiple programmatic
goals by being able to lay flat and
literally disappear during the day
if needed and it also can be an-
gled forward toward the square or
backwards away from the space
depending on the need of the
user. The position shown on the
left is the open shading position.
The panels between the beamsalso have the ability to move for-
ward and backward and be inter-
changed to have lights or different
panels. The end goal of this project
for me was ultimate usability for
many different uses.
KINETIC EVENTS
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EAMES HOUSE MODEL
The Eames House (also known as
Case Study # 8) was built in 1949
as part of an Arts and Architecture
magazine program to test new
materials and concepts in modern
housing. These concepts included
using off the shelf materials, and
sitting lightly with the landscape.
The Eames House is considered
the most successful of the Case
Study houses. The goal of the
model was to illustrate the standard
unit sizes used throughout on the
windows and at a different scale,
the bays between the columns.
This project presented various
difficulties during the build
process that required me to learn
new build methods. I had to learn
to use the CnC, the dremel tools,
and learn the limits of the laser
cutter since some cuts were very
thin.
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Biketronics and Fablab are a man-
ufacturing company for Harley
Davidson parts that is located in
Moscow, Idaho. This was a groupproject done with Megan Dobroth
and Caralina Julian. The goal of
our project was a new facility that
followed the guidelines of the 2030
Challenge. When we started the
project we decided to not just
aim for the challenge goals but to
expand on them. We did this by
aiming to be net zero energy and
water and only use local materi-
als. The design of the project was
based in two wings-
Biketronics and Fablab. The
wanted solar orientation for eachspace determined the angles of
the labs; Fablab was more likely to
be used in the morning and
afternoon so it received an east
facing tilt and Biketronics was more
likely to be used in the afternoon to
evening hours so it received a west
facing tilt. Each lab was then divid-
ed into sections along this axis.
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2nd Floor
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The Courtyard Housing project
was done to create an interesting
community that kept the wellness
of the residents in mind. I decided
that what this meant was the resi-
dents needed exterior spaces to
be in and spend time in as well as
good interior spaces. These interior
spaces had the goal of letting in
as much light as possible and let-
ting air circulate to not cause poor
indoor air quality. The buildings
were also designed to accomplish
their goals by using fuzzy spac-
es. These were spaces that are
both inside or outside or can be
switched between the two.
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Design drafting and hand draw-
ings are one of the best ways to
express architectural ideas. I have
found that hand drawing is often
the best place to start with a proj-
ect whether I am doing floor plansor going into things such as wall
details. Hand drawing can also be
very fast and ideas can flow
easily as long as you know how to
express those ideas graphically. I
first learned how to hand draft in
four years of drafting during high
school. While I was in high school
the focus was on graphic delivery
with pencils. I didnt move on to
pens until design drafting in col-
lege. All of this has continued my
belief that hand drafting is very
important and I want to be able toalways present my ideas by hand
drafting.
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Architecture has been something
that I have loved for most of my
life. I always enjoy go into a well
done building and being surprised
by the quality and character of
spaces that I dont expect to bethere. A well done building is re-
ally something to behold. I think
most people could agree with that.
A great building is one that makes
people feel some sort of
emotional attachment whether
positive or negative. I hope
someday I am able to accomplish
that.
ABOUT ME
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