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spring08smart car dealership

The design incorporates the experience of buying a Smart Car with a community yard, reflecting the company’s environmental aims. The length of the building divides the site, providing space for a cafe and public park. Seating is carved out of the ground plane along an existing running trail, creating the possibility of outdoor theatre and concerts. A undulating metal screen shields the interior from the sun, peeling away in some areas to direct views toward the park.

spring08smart car dealership

perforated steel sheet

tubular steel truss

4”x6” steel tube

custom steel support

2” steel tube

vapor barrier

W16 wide �ange

foamular rigid insulation

foamular rigid insulation

composite 2” steel decking

1.75” concrete slab

steel channel

1” steel decking

e-coated triple pane glass

susp. gyp. ceiling

spring08smart car dealership

buildingsection

structuralmodels

spring06projection museumIn this project, the building directly adopts the triangular section of the projections it houses. The ground floor acts as both a gallery space and a passageway between the street and a creek behind the structure. Three screening rooms offer completely different viewing experiences. On the upper level the screen is shared with the street, acting as a marquee. The second space in the basement provides a subdued privacy for less public screenings. The third theater space incorporates the bank of the creek as seating and the back of the building as a screen.

spring06projection museum

spring10rendering exercises

fall06 boat dock / café

The assignment for this project called for two separate programs, a café and a boat dock, incorporated into the same space. The design separates these two functions over time, with the boating occurring in the day and the café becoming active only at night. Florescent tubes embedded in the screen walls and wooden floor give the space of an entirely different character when lit, visually distinguishing the two programs. The boats themselves are given a visual presence as they shift positions on the storage racks facing the lake.

fall06 boat dock / café

fall06 bus stop

In this installation, a video camera records the unsuspecting commuter. A few moments after the surveillance begins, a monitor plays a recording of the previous occupants. The user’s response is in turn recorded and later revealed to another commuter, linking the bus stop’s many subjects over time.

fall07 cinemarchitecture

mapping of camera movement in Hitchcock’s

Rear Window

Dr. Tyrell

Captain Bryant

HoldenDeckardGaff

Rachael

Roy

Leon

Pris

PolicemanSnake Seller

sythesized

found in Leon’s apt.

owns

tests empathy

calls out of retirement

shoots, disabling

love

unicornescape colonies

designshunt

origami

Blade Runners

replicants

snake scale

immigrants

cloned animals

off world colonies

python

Zhora

What began as simple diagrams of camera movement quickly evolved to include all factors of a given moment in film. All events and characters are represented as they lead up to the given, drawn point in time. Physical aspects of the scene grew less important as I explored these moments as pure constructions of memory. The following thesis statement grew out of these diagramming exercises.

We get so much more than what we see. If reality exists within the mind of the viewer, then all the peculiarities of that strange lens must filter and shape what we consider real, more powerfully then any external factor. Objects and events act only as triggers, setting off waves of recognition and unconscious connection. Reality then is an intensely individual experience. Every facet of our minds refracts the present moment into something of our own creation. Emotion, sensation, event, place, time, idea, dream, ambition, will, and their counterparts in memory together form the composite concept we call real life.

experiential mapping of Blade Runner

fall07 cinemarchitecture

flips, hits head

eating

birthday

Halloween

sharp hay

soft

red

green

sweet

eating

happiness

jealousy

laughing

wooden window slats

hammock

blacked fish

dining table

murals on the fence

orange and black streamers

the street

my room

my bed

backyard

sailboards

garage

haunted house

brick patio

wooden deck and trellis side yard

kitchen

figs

fig tree

magnolia tree

school bus

rose bushes

Dad

Me

opossums

the old woman

neighbors

Omar

Joe, dressed as a scarecrow

Cat

guest

Mom

baby brother

experiential mapping of my previous home

videostills

spring10Experiments with plywood formworks lined and various fabrics lead to a flexible facade system, capable of producing a wide range of shadow and aperature patterns. Small plaster mock ups explored various forming techniques, inspiring full scale concrete wall sections. The patterns generated were then mapped onto the facade of a potential in fill structure, creating interior spaces that responded to the surrounding buildings.

textile formworks

spring10textile formworks

initial plaster tests

full scale sample of interior texture

spring10textile formworks

educationBachelors of Architecture, University of Texas at AustinSummer 2010

honors and awards · Mike Wacker Award, 2009 · Invited panel member at the

Texas Society of Architects conference, 2009

· Federal Manager’s Assoc. scholarship, 2008 and 2009

technical skills · Adobe Photoshop · Adobe Illustrator · Adobe InDesign · Autodesk AutoCAD · Rhinoceros · Microsoft Office Suite

work experienceMiro Rivera Architects Austin, TexasSummer/Fall 2009 · drew and corrected many construction documents including

plans, elevations, building sections, cabinetry details, lighting, mechanical systems as well as presentation renderings

· collaborated with principles on a conceptual public park and created a se based on our discussions

Richter Architects Corpus Christi, TexasSummer 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 · worked on a wide variety of projects ranging from award

winning park pavilions to large government facilities · interpreted preliminary sketches for a number of projects,

modeled in AutoCAD and 3ds Max, drew presentation drawings, and worked on one of the firm’s first Revit projects

Spect Harpman Architects Austin, TexasFall 2006 · prepared drawings for publication in Architectural Digest

fall2010 resume

Spencer Cook2101 E. 18th St.Austin, TX 78702(361) 537 7051

scook2@gmail.com