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Making place is the fundamental role of any designer. This holds true for architects, landscape architects, planners, preservationists, and artists alike. At its most basic, making place is inherently about people, context, and meaning. This demands that any project be approached with an open mind, flexibility, and a desire to learn and collaborate throughout the design process. True place-making requires effort of the designer to research and experience a place to understand what kind of intervention would make the most positive impact on the users and environment surrounding it. Consequently, this means that no design should be applied with a predetermined style or an over-idealized philosophy. The world we share is composed of unique places, distinct communities, and amazing individuals that together contribute to a gestalt that is of its own.

Making place is challenging and fun! It is a rewarding process from realizing a vision, discovering what it is made of, how those pieces fit together, and seeing that vision enrich peoples lives. Together we mold our environments. This is part of the human experience, and has

been since the first shelter. To be human is to share an innate relationship between building and the land. As designers, it is our calling to serve and steward that relationship in order to make it the best that it possibly can become. Sometimes this is accomplished through contrast. Sometimes it is through preservation. Sometimes it is through building in a particular vernacular, thinking of the street beyond the site boundary, or of its ecological function. Sometimes it is simply returning something we have borrowed back to the land.

As an emerging professional it is my desire to help clients create and enjoy great places. I want to share with them the excitement, and reward of the design process. True place-making is my passion. I am dedicated to helping people realize their dreams through their interactions between the built and natural environments. That is why I have chosen to dedicate my life to architecture and landscape architecture, and to use those skill sets as tools to sustain life. I have a strong interest in historic preservation and adaptive reuse. At the same time I am excited by new forms, typologies, and

innovative use of materials. I believe that some of the most sustainable buildings come from the stock that we already have standing. By repurposing those structures we positively address resource depletion, climate change, ecosystem quality, and human health. In this way communities maintain a critical connection to their inherited environments and its relationship to the land.

True place-making requires that the designer serve as a modern daystoryteller using words, brick, mortar, stone, steel, wood, glass, gravel, earth, water, and air. The nature of great tales is neither that they are timeless nor that they are even all that great in and of themselves. The truth about great tales is that through the lives of others we can see ourselves alive in another time and place, and somehow that holds meaning. It is the people whose lives and stories are fleeting, and extraordinarily ordinary that has put the meat on our bones. It is through their trials and sacrifices, that we find ourselves here today, working toward the future, making-place for our children to live, work, and play.

Making place is the fundamental role of any designer. This holds true for architects, landscape architects, planners, preservationists, and artists alike. At its most basic, making place is inherently about people, context, and meaning. This demands that any project be approached with an open mind, flexibility, and a desire to learn and collaborate throughout the design process. True place-making requires effort of the designer to research and experience a place to understand what kind of intervention would make the most positive impact on the users and environment surrounding it. Consequently, this means that no design should be applied with a predetermined style or an over-idealized philosophy. The world we share is composed of unique places, distinct communities, and amazing individuals that together contribute to a gestalt that is of its own.

Making place is challenging and fun! It is a rewarding process from realizing a vision, discovering what it is made of, how those pieces fit together, and seeing that vision enrich peoples lives. Together we mold our environments. This is part of the human experience, and has

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Coggon Projector Project Citizen Awareness Campaign | Photo Credit: Self

The work presented here represents my capstone project under Professor Brook Muller through winter-spring terms 2012. This project involved the rehabilitation of a historic small town school in Coggon, IA. The purpose was to adaptively reuse the vacant school building as an impetus for the revitalization and preservation of Main Street. The school building dates to 1909 and serves as the town square and economic anchor for the community. Coggon, IA is an agricultural town of 711, that has experienced both economic and population decline since WWII. A recent decision to consolidate the towns elementary school at the districts central rural campus put the future of the school building and the town in question. This project took careful consideration to look beyond the site boundaries to understand how one building, or one project, could influence a whole community. A large part of this project involved education and outreach as it sought to raise awareness through alternative approaches such as the Coggon Projector Project pictured on the left page. This project has resulted in the formation of C.A.B.A: The Coggon Area Betterment Association, a non-profit group working to gain ownership of the school building and implement this proposal.

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The Moss Street Childrens Craft Center is a sacred place within the community of Eugene, OR. The design creates habitable lanterns that illuminates the lifeblood of the neighborhood: craft and children. Without a flame, a lantern serves no purpose. Without children a community holds no future. By complimenting the surrounding landscape, the neighborhood, and the character of the community the Moss Street Childrens Craft Center becomes a series of habitable lanterns constructed from the landscape and the community it is meant to serve. This project was undertaken as part of a fall 2008 studio under Professor Howard Davis. This was my second studio project at The University of Oregon. The studio challenged us to place a childrens craft center between a residential neighborhood and a busy university district. I chose to use the act of making as the centerpiece for this design, rather than focusing on the product or the gallery. By placing the activity on the street front, I was able to create an active street presence that provided a sense of security. This studio helped me understand the importance of grounding a design concept with a strong parti that evokes meaning and understanding through a common vernacular.

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This summer abroad studio in Kyoto, Japan focused on re-envisioning a parking lot located at a major intersection in the heart of the city. Professor Ron Lovinger led this studio as we worked to make the place a destination that accommodated a subway terminal, a light-rail terminal, and walkable connections to a university and cultural heritage sites. This project represents collaborative work with Cristo Brehm, Caitlin Gilman, Erin Rice, and myself. The goals and challenges of this project involved the generation of a design that aligned with the cities future goals. The Kyoto Vision Statement aimed to make Kyoto a city enjoyed by walking through revitalizing the historic center as its true urban core and connecting it with its historic landmarks. Our efforts also involved mitigating traffic and reimagining streetfronts. By softening the harsh cityscape, this studio was able to transform a parking lot into a green-node that serves as a sanctuary, connector, and icon.

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The Kinetic Architecture project was part of a Spring 2010 study abroad program in Vancouver B.C. with Professor Stephen Duff. The purpose of this project was to create a memorable shopping experience that attracts more patrons into the heart of Granville Islands commercial district along Railspur Alley. The challenges of this design intervention were such that it had to provide rain protection and create a visual icon for the shopping district. I collaborated on this project with Daniel Frey and Ali McQueen. We chose to design a retractable fan that, when open, would transform Railspur Alley into an outdoor room. Each fan would be equipped with a sensor that would automatically open during rain events. These fans would open and close together and would be lit at night to create a visual beacon for citizens of Vancouver and tourists alike. This project was fundamental in challenging my engineering skills for problem solving and involved ditigal modeling with Solidworks to test and animate our design.

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The spring 2011 studio took place in Mendocino, CA under Professor Robert Melnick. The Mendocino park is a historical park built by the CCC as part of the New Deal. The studio collaborated with the firm MIG, out of Portland, to write the Culture Landscape Inventory Report for the park. In addition to this collaborative portion of the studio, we each chose to focus on one issue in the park and addressed that issue within the context of a historic landscape. I chose to focus on ADA experiences within a historic woodland park. As technology changes what it means to have a handicap, we have to adapt the way we think about these as limitations. My goal for this studio was to challenge our preconceptions of ADA compliance. When people visit a park they should be able to share a universal woodland experience. This experience is distinctly a different experience than universal access as it is applied to an urban setting. By accessing the typical conditions that prohibit accessibility, I was able to develop a set of design strategies that would allow all people to share universal woodland experiences that are mindful of the historic context and Redwood ecosystem they were designed for.

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The following collected works represent creative and trade related works. Projects range from independent work to larger design-build endeavors undertaken as part of various student organizations. This body of creative work spans from undergraduate to ongoing projects. Together they emphasize the need to explore, labor, and create as modes of investigation and problem solving. By continually expanding existing skill sets and exploring new ones, I have grown a desire and commitment to life-long learning. This set of interdisciplinary skills, which I continually work on, have been paramount in helping me collaborate, converse, and problem solve. It is my belief that the more we work towards cultivating a culture of collaboration, the more effective we will be at addressing the challenges of the future.

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EDUCATION The University of Oregon, M.Arch & M. L.Arch, June 2012, GPA: 3.7 Study Abroad: Kyoto, Japan - Summer 2009, Vancouver B.C.- Spring 2010 The University of Iowa, B.F.A. - Art & B.A. - English, Dec. 2005, GPA: 3.64 Pacific Northwest Preservation Field School 2012

SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS Oregon Design Conference Student Presenter April 2012 U of O Graduate Research Symposium Feb. 2012 U of O AAA Student Research Symposium Oct. 2011 ASLA Oregon Student Awards Honorable Mention 2011 U of O Student Travel Scholarship 2010-2011 Academic Year The University of Iowa Deans List Undergraduate schoolWORK EXPERIENCE

Non-Profit Organizer 2011-Present C.A.B.A. Coggon Area Betterment Association | Coggon, IA Initiated historic preservation/adaptive reuse campaign for a rural community icon Efforts are ongoing, and have resulted in the formation of a non-profit citizens organization Design-Bridge Safety Manager & Volunteer 2010- 2012 The University of Oregon Dept. of Architecture | Eugene, OR Coordinated and planned regular tool trainings and safety classes for volunteers of this student organization Volunteered and helped in the construction of Design-Bridge projects along with fellow volunteers Woodshop Supervisor/Instructor October 2008 - Present The University of Oregon Craft Center | Eugene, OR Monitored and maintained public woodshop Worked with students and public to help design, build, and teach woodworking skills Design Intern June 2010 August 2010 (Under Linda Pauly) City of Springfield, OR Created digital and hand media renderings to help the city and community visualize future planning agenda Researched relevant precedents in other communities and cities to present before design council Senior Specialists for US Order Operations Group November 2006 May 2008 Symantec, Springfield, OR Collaborated with local and global partners for order processing, reporting, and trouble shooting Quality control through written, digital, and professional communications. Landscaping/Gardening Avante Gardening, Iowa City, IA Summer 2005 Applied sustainable environmentally conscious landscaping and gardening practices Weeded gardens, mowed, planted, repaired walkways and sidewalks Intern/Handyman August 2001 August 2004 (Under Gregory Cilek) Iowa Sports Management, Iowa City, IA Collaborated with Mr. Cilek to help restore/remodel his childhood home in Iowa City, IA Conceptualized and built designs with Mr. Cilek, for his home and estate

TECHNICAL SKILLS Adobe Suite CS5: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign Multi-Media Rendering AutoCAD PowerPoint Google SketchUp Revit Excel Softimage & Solidworks

REFERENCES Professor Roxi J. Thoren rthoren@uoregon.edu (541) 346-3641 Advisor and Studio Instructor Professor Robert Z. Melnick rzm@uoregon.edu (541) 346-2193 Studio Insructor & Masters Chair Diane E. Hoffman dianehof@uoregon.edu (541) 346-0600 Craft Center Coordinator Linda Pauly lpauly@ci.springfield.or.us (541) 726-4608 City of Springfield Principal Planner | Intern Manager