Paige Simmons Portfolio Design Thinking and Architecture

Resume

E: pes5te@virginia.eduP: 443-834-6687 A: 908 Crosshaven Rd, Lutherville, MD 21093

OBJECTIVE To learn more about the design field while getting hands on experience.

EXPERIENCE

FREELANCEThe Tomorrows, New York, NY, August 2018 - Present

• Graphic design projects developing Tomorrows’ brand deckPaint-A-Print Class Summer, 2017

• Taught and ran my own weekly painting classCommissioned Artist

EDUCATION SKILLSDigital

• Adobe Photoshop• Adobe InDesign• Adobe Illustrator• AutoCAD• Rhinoceros 5 and 6• V-Ray Rendering• Grasshopper• 3D Printing• Microsoft Powerpoint• Microsoft Word

Physical• Drawing/ Sketching• Painting• Model Making• Laser Cutting• CNC Routing

Content Creation Content Management

COMMUNITY SERVICE Habitat for HumanityDelta Zeta Sorority

CONTACT

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Gartner, Intern, Summer 2019• Designed conversion-oriented landing pages for pay-per-click campaigns

Under Armour Career Combine, Participant, January 2019• Three day program highlighting Under Armour through building and develop-

ing problem solving and critical thinking skills• Developed a potential new Under Armour product and presented to a panel of

judges The Tomorrows, Internship, Summer 2018

• Managed Tomorrows and their clients creative content• Created graphic content for Tomorrows and their clients social media platforms• Developed monthly newsletter design and content for Tomorrows

Hord Coplan Match, Externship, January 2018• Shadowed and assisted in medical, senior living, and education architecture

design studiosPink Crab, Key Holder and Sales Associate, Summer 2016, 2017, 2018

• Managed the store when manager was not presentLilly Pulitzer, Internship, Spring 2016

• Assisted the print studio and digitally edited prints• Developed an organizational system for print archives

BCT Architects, Internship, Summer 2015• Shadowed and expanded knowledge on architectural design softwares

Johns Hopkins, Lab Internship, Spring 2015• Worked within a microfluidic engineering lab to create a portable cancer • detection device by running experiments, doing research, and analyzing data

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, Fall 2016 - Present• Bachelors of Architectural Design Thinking, School of Architecture• Minor in Entrepreneurship, Macentirle School of Commerce

Garrison Forest School, Owings Mills, MD, Graduated Spring 2016

Tri PlinthTri Plinth is a culmination project from my Spring 2018 studio class. This course focused on the exploration of housing at different scales and built up to redesigning a housing block in the Columbia Heights neighborhood in Washington D.C. A major issue at task was to in-crease housing opportunities without decreasing the neighborhood feel. To combat this I designed a mixed-use housing and commercial center with gallery and green, outdoor space. Outdoor space can be found at the sites ground floor and also on the roof of the commercial space. Additionally, to create a neighborhood feel there are a series of raised walkways connecting the nine apartment buildings.

1. Site 2. Site Mass 3. Cut Mass 4. Form Plinth 4. Extrude Cores 6. Aggregation

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Site 3D Perspective:

Tri Plinth - Site Elevation

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Tri Plinth - Section Perspective

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Tri Plinth - Floor Plans

Floor plan With Studio, 2, and 3 Bedroom Apartments: Floor plan Perspective:

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Tri Plinth - Site Plans

Urban Site Plan Ground Plan Second Level Plan (Top of Plinth) Floor 3-6 Sample Plan

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Mushroom DesignThis project was designed during my Spring 2018 studio as a combination of previous “horizontal” and “vertical” housing projects. This four story home is a redesign of a typical urban town home. This design starts with a con-crete core that grows upward through all four levels. The core expands at alternating sides on each level to create three main living spaces with glass facades. The stark material contrast gives the home a sturdy yet light per-spective. Additionally, the unique push and pull nature of the building give the residents ample, private outdoor space that is hard to find in an urban area.

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Mushroom Design

4th Floor

3rd Floor

2nd Floor

1st Floor

Floorplans: Section Perspective:

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Digital Media

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These video animations are from my Summer 2018 internship working for The Tomorrows. Throughout the summer I was tasked with creating animations from a single image using Photoshop. These videos and GIFs were used for different advertisement campaigns for The Tomorrow’s clients and were posted on various social media platforms. (VIDEO FILES NOT INCLUDED IN DOCUMENT, PLEASE CLICK IMAGE FOR VIDEO LINK)

Drawings and Paintings

Horse Head Painting: (Above)Medium - Oil Paint on CanvasDescription - This painting was an extracurricular project I did at Zoll Studio located in Baltimore, Maryland

Still Life Drawing: (Upper Right) Medium - Charcoal pencil on paper Description - This painting was an extracurricular project I did at Zoll Studio located in Baltimore, Maryland

Gestural Sketches: (bottom Right) Medium: Charcoal on paper Description - Two three minute timed sketches of a live model from completed in an intro to drawing class

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Mixed Media

Collage: (Above)Medium - Mixed media, torn and painted pieces of paperDescription - For this piece I started with a book about Baltimore and recycled the pages by ripping and painting to cre-ate a collage of the Baltimore Harbor

Wooden Box: (Above)Medium: Laser Cut WoodDescription: Inspired by the beach and sea, each wall was designed and cut separately using AutoCAD and a laser cutter

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