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THOMAS KURIANPORTFOLIO
AUBURN UNIVERSITY2012 BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE
HONORS & ACTIVITIES
Academic Dean’s List2007,2009,2010,2011Prize 2 the Future Design CompetitionFinalist, Top 50 Design Submissions
AIAS - Auburn UniversityHabitat for HumanityCampus Media: WEGL FMInternational TravelPhotography Studio Art
REFERENCES
Abhay Pradhan NCARB LEED APPresident, AP Architecture8510 McAlpine Park Drive Suite#209 Charlotte, NC 28211(704) [email protected]
Douglas Burleson Associate ProfessorSchool of ArchitectureAuburn University Auburn, Alabama 36849(334) [email protected]
Carla Keyvanian Assistant ProfessorSchool of ArchitectureAuburn University Auburn, Alabama 36849(334) [email protected]
Frank Goodman Owner, The Little Sugar River FarmN5929 Schneeberger Road Albany, WI 53502(608) [email protected]
SKILLS
Autocad 2012Revit ArchitectureGoogle SketchUpRhinoceros 4.0IES Virtual EnvironmentEcotect Analysis
Hand DraftingHand RenderingModel MakingPersuasive Writing Persuasive Speech
Adobe Creative SuiteMicrosoft Office SuiteMac OSWindows OS
EXPERIENCE
Intern Architect AP Architecture—Charlotte, North Carolina Summer 2011
Volunteer The Little Sugar River Farm—Albany, Wisconsin Summer 2010
Student The Rural Studio—Newbern, Alabama Fall 2009
Graphic Designer Jewel India—Laurel, Maryland 2006-2007
Lab Technician Environmental Inks & Coatings—Morganton, North Carolina 2005-2006
As a full-time summer intern produced Schematic, Design Development and Construction documents for a range of projects including apartment residences, hotels, and retail spaces.
Utilized acquired design and construction skills to create outdoor bathing and storage facilities in addition to learning organic farming techniques.
Working in collaboration with other students to research, design, and construct a commercial kitchen and garden extension to the Morrisette House in Newbern, AL.
Experience with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to create catalogs, sales papers, ads, signage, and invitations as work came available for this jeweler.
Experience in the color ink development process as well as color matching for graphic design involving labels, signs, magazines, etc.
THOMAS M. KURIAN114 W. Magnolia Ave. Apt #3Auburn, Alabama 36830E: [email protected]: (828) 403-1761
EDUCATION
Auburn University—Auburn, AlabamaBachelor of Architecture, 2008–Present International Studies —Florence, Italy, Spring 2010 Rural Studio—Hale County, Alabama, Fall 2009
University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, North Carolina Bachelor of Science in Business Administration 2007–2008Bachelor of Arts (double major)
Freedom High School—Morganton, North Carolina Burke County Public Schools 2003–2007 Honor Graduate
STUDIO DESIGN
DESIGN + BUILD
GRAPHIC DESIGN
CHICAGO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
RURAL STUDIO
LE PIAGGE A PONTE ALL’INDIANO
MATERIALS & METHODS I
THE LITTLE SUGAR RIVER FARM
PERSPECTIVAL DRAWINGS
THE AMERICAN SCHOOL
OPELIKA BOOKSTORE FACADE
THESIS RENDERINGS
PROFESSIONAL WORK
AP ARCHITECTURE
PORT
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STUDIO DESIGN
CHICAGO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
LE PIAGGE A PONTE ALL’INDIANO
PERSPECTIVAL DRAWINGS
OPELIKA FACADE
STU
DIO
DES
IGN
CHIC
AGO
CH
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REN
’S H
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Sited in a medical complex, one of the main goals of this project was to fit into the urban context of Chicago’s Streeterville medical center while efficiently creating a building to address a very particular program of over 1 million square feet. This project primarily focused on the design of the ground entry and the patient lobbies and patient floors on the upper levels of the building. The use of efficient layouts on patient floors served as an aid to the staff, while also creating momentous spaces for patients and parents in every room and lobby. Looking over Seneca Park and onto Lake Michigan, The Chicago Avenue Children’s Hospital stands as a shelter, an escape, and most importantly as a Children’s Hospital.
CHICAGO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
Site Context Map
FALL 2010
Northern Model Perspective
STU
DIO
DES
IGN
CHIC
AGO
CH
ILD
REN
’S H
OSP
ITA
L
View to Seneca Park & Lake Michigan
Patient Room
Service
Patient Room
Family Room
Nurse’s Station
Vertical Circulation
Public Space
Garden Space
Outdoor Space
Ambulance Bay
Loading Bay
Vertical Circulation
Service
Main Reception
Cafe
Emergency Reception
Waiting Space
Outdoor Space
Vertical Circulation
Service
Gift Shop/Retail Space
Cafeteria
RehabilitationRoom
RehabilitationRoom
RehabilitationRoom
RehabilitationRoom
Typical Patient Floor Plan
Sky Lobby Plan Ground Floor Plan
STU
DIO
DES
IGN
CHIC
AGO
CH
ILD
REN
’S H
OSP
ITA
L
Patient Floor Section
Northeastern Perspective
Northern Perspective
lobby
surgery floors
mechanical
sky lobby
patient floors
staff offices
mechanical
helipad
structural
floor plates
mechanical
vertical circulation
egress
Section Perspective
STU
DIO
DES
IGN
CHIC
AGO
CH
ILD
REN
’S H
OSP
ITA
L
Section Model Section Model View 1
Section Model View 2
Section Model Detail View
Southeastern Perspective
In collaboration with the University of Florence School of Urban Planning, this single semester studio in Florence, Italy incorporated master planning & architectural design to redevelop the Piagge district of Florence. This is an area where the disconnect between the working, middle, and upper class is apparent and problematic. This team project focused on redeveloping the urban space surrounding the Indiano Bridge with a mixed-use facility and a public park. The architectural design project consisted of two interlocking housing complexes providing both co-housing and apartment units with integrated commercial and service spaces.
STU
DIO
DES
IGN
LE PIAGGE A PONTE ALL’INDIANO
LE P
IAG
GE
A P
ON
TE A
LL’IN
DIA
NO
SPRING
2010
AE
RIA
L P
LAN
EX
IST
ING
BU
ILD
ING
S
EX
IST
ING
RO
AD
S
STU
DIO
DES
IGN
LE P
IAG
GE
A P
ON
TE A
LL’IN
DIA
NO
Upo
n ar
rival
in F
lore
nce,
Ital
y fo
r a s
tudy
abr
oad
stud
io, o
ur s
tudi
o qu
ickl
y fo
cuse
d on
the
disp
ariti
es
of p
ublic
hou
sing
.
A p
artic
ular
are
a re
cent
ly e
valu
ated
by
the
city
of
Flor
ence
is th
e Pi
agge
. Thi
s is
an
area
whe
re th
e di
scon
nect
bet
wee
n th
e w
orki
ng, m
iddl
e, a
nd u
pper
cl
ass
is a
ppar
ent a
nd p
robl
emat
ic .
To u
nder
stan
d th
e dy
nam
ics
of th
e pi
agge
our
st
udio
stu
died
the
mas
ter p
lann
ing
of s
ever
al
euro
pean
citi
es a
nd fo
cuse
d on
the
mas
terp
lan
of
Gia
ncar
lo d
e Ca
rlo fo
r the
Pia
gge
area
.
His
mai
n id
eas
wer
e to
hor
izon
tally
uni
fy th
e se
para
te a
reas
thro
ugh
his “
fuso
long
itudi
nale
”, ac
hiev
e ve
rtic
al in
tegr
atio
n w
ith s
peci
fic c
ultu
ral
pole
s, an
d to
cre
ate
a pu
blic
“bea
ch” a
long
the
river
ar
no.
Our
stu
dio
wor
ked
in te
ams
to a
naly
ze th
e be
nefit
s an
d fa
ults
of t
he d
e Ca
rlo m
aste
r pla
n an
d to
re
vita
lize
dist
inct
pol
es th
at h
e id
entifi
ed.
gian
carl
o de
car
lo’s
pro
pose
d so
luti
ons
The
fuso
logi
tudi
nale
is a
n at
tem
pt
to c
onne
ct th
e di
sjoi
nted
pie
ces
of th
e pi
agge
usi
ng a
road
that
ru
ns p
aral
lel t
o th
e R
tiver
Arn
o. It
st
reng
then
the
exis
ting
infra
stru
ctur
eby
pro
vidi
ng a
link
bet
wee
n th
em.
The
pole
s fu
nctio
n as
con
nect
ing
devi
ces,
link
ing
the
exis
ting
neig
hbor
hood
s to
the
north
,th
e pi
agge
dis
trict
,an
d th
e R
iver
Arn
o.Th
e lin
king
is b
oth
a fu
nctio
nal
as w
ell a
s a
soci
al li
nkin
g of
thes
eas
wel
l as
a so
cial
link
ing
of th
ese
curre
ntly
sep
erat
ed a
reas
The
urba
n be
ach
atte
mpt
s to
prov
ide
publ
ic in
frast
ruct
ure
alon
g th
e ed
ge o
f the
Riv
er A
rno
sim
ilar t
o ex
istin
g co
nditi
ons
upriv
er.
It al
so p
rovi
des
a re
latio
n be
twee
nth
e C
asci
ne P
ark
and
publ
icgr
eens
pace
with
in th
e P
iagg
e.gr
eens
pace
with
in th
e P
iagg
e.
FUS
O L
ON
GIT
UD
INA
LE
TR
AN
SV
ER
E P
OLE
S
UR
BA
N B
EA
CH
Our
gro
up fo
cuse
d on
th
e re
deve
lopm
ent o
f the
ur
ban
spac
e su
rrou
ndin
g th
e in
dian
o br
idge
with
a
mix
ed-u
se fa
cilit
y an
d a
publ
ic p
ark.
Site
Sec
tion
STU
DIO
DES
IGN
LE P
IAG
GE
A P
ON
TE A
LL’IN
DIA
NO
HOUSING SPORTS
GROVERECREATION
SWIMMING
RECREATION
Park FunctionsExisting Site
LE PIAGGE: PARK
Proposed Site
LE PIAGGE: HOUSING & COMMERCIALST
UD
IO D
ESIG
NLE
PIA
GG
E A
PO
NTE
ALL
’IND
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O
Ground Floor Plan
Section DD’
Courtyard Perspective
Family Apartments
Family Unit 1
Single Unit Double Unit
Family Unit 2Social Housing & Co-Housing
First Floor Plan
Spatial Diagram
Different modes of perspective representation and design are used to explore the connection between a 20’x20’x25’ room connecting 5’ up to a 40’x10’ space for observing a garden beyond.
PERSPECTIVAL DRAWINGSSTU
DIO
DES
IGN
PERS
PEC
TIVA
L D
RAW
ING
S
SPRING
2009
Perspective Line Drawing
STU
DIO
DES
IGN
PERS
PEC
TIVA
L D
RAW
ING
S
Perspective Shade & Shadow Drawing
Perspective Material Rendering
A five-week facade renovation project for a bookstore located along the historic railroad tracks running through downtown Opelika, Alabama.
OPELIKA FACADE
STU
DIO
DES
IGN
OPE
LIKA
BO
OKS
TORE
FAC
AD
E
8th Model Street Elevation
Northwestern Perspective
FALL 2008
8th Street Elevation
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DESIGN + BUILD
RURAL STUDIO
THE LITTLE SUGAR RIVER FARM
DES
IGN
+ B
UIL
DRU
RAL
STU
DIO
Auburn University’s Rural Studio program offers students a unique opportunity to design and build their work. The typical semester at the Rural Studio for underclassmen includes the designing and construction of a house for an impoverished community member.
During my semester at the Rural Studio my colleagues and I were charged with designing a kitchen expansion for the Morrisette house (pictured above) at the Rural Studio main office. Additionally we formulated a master plan for future expansion of the Morrisette gardens.
The new vision of the Rural Studio to develop an ethic of thinking more holistically about how we live, what we eat, what we make, and the waste we produce can be showcased in the third-year kitchen project.
With the help of the Rural Studio staff, third party engineering support, and countless others, our team was able to design and begin construction of the Morrisette Kitchen Expansion. The work completed by this group was continued by the following semester’s team and the project is still continuing to expand.
RURAL STUDIO
During charettes we designed collectively through model building and sketching at the Red Barn. After several plausible iterations, a final model for a detached kitchen that would be a continuation of the current kitchen’s roof was collectively chosen.
This design would allow the vernacular of the Morrisette House to be uncompromised while allowing the kitchen to be easily heated and cooled.
FALL 2009
Design Development
Cladding Studies
Sectional Model
VEGGIE AND MEAT PREP.
3-BAY DISH STATION
HAND WASHING STATION
STORAGE | SHOWCASE
VIKING RANGE | HOOD
INTERACTION AREA
FIRE SUPPRESIO
N
CO
MPO
ST
HEATER
UTILITY C
LOSET
MO
P CLO
SET
DES
IGN
+ B
UIL
DRU
RAL
STU
DIO
Site Model Final Kitchen + Site Plan
Final Kitchen Plan
Interior View
Exterior Cladding Rendering
Kitchen Construction
DES
IGN
+ B
UIL
DLI
TTLE
SU
GA
R RI
VER
FARM
Located outside of Monticello, Wisconsin, Little Sugar River Farm is an organic farm sponsored by Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms. Along with a classmate, I lived and worked on this organic for 3 weeks. During my time there I gained knowledge on the patterns and difficulties of organic farming.
In addition to farm work, we also completed small scale design-build projects. Not pictured work includes drainage design, soil grading, and the design and construction of garbage organizing/collector system consisting of four 4’x4’ bins with latched doors and lids. Our main task was to create an outdoor shower for the owner of the farm. Using only scrap wood and other leftover material, this shower was designed and built over the course of three days. The total construction cost was $5.
LITTLE SUGAR RIVER FARM
SUM
MER 2010
Completed Shower
Exploded Axon
PORT
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GRAPHIC DESIGN
MATERIALS & METHODS I
THE AMERICAN SCHOOL
THESIS RENDERINGS
GRA
PHIC
DES
IGN
MAT
ERIA
LS &
MET
HO
DS
I
MATERIALS & METHODS ITaught by professor Robert Faust, this class sought to introduce architecture students to the reality of the built world. These drawings were assigned to display the artistic nature of the different textures found in and outside of buildings.
Storer House Lead Drawing
SPRING
2009
Kunsthaus Bregenz Lead Drawing
GRA
PHIC
DES
IGN
THE
AM
ERIC
AN
SCH
OO
L
THE AMERICAN SCHOOLTaught by professor Robert Faust, the American School aimed to develop compositional skills through the analysis of work by architects, artists, graphic designers, and industrial designers of the early 20th century.
Louis Sullivan Lead Drawing
Developmental Series Drawings
FALL 2010
Original Prismacolor Series
GRA
PHIC
DES
IGN
THE
AM
ERIC
AN
SCH
OO
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Original Prismacolor Series
FALL 2011
THESIS RENDERINGSIn order to become better acquainted with the city of Montgomery, the 5th year thesis investigation began with a detailed prismacolor rendering of a downtown Montogomery facade. After spending time understanding and composing the intricacies of this existing facade, a second drawing illustrating the redesigned facade was composed.
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PROFESSIONAL WORK
AP ARCHITECTURE
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As a full-time intern produced Schematic Designs, Design Development and Construction documents for a range of projects including apartment residences, hotels, and retail spaces. Involved in project management issues such as scheduling, site visits, and cost estimation with direct supervision. Independently coordinated revisions and development with clients, franchises, and consultants.
Project duties ranged between schematic sketching to construction detailing of finalized designs. Particular duties included: elevation coordination and design, floor plan coordination and design, construction detailing, building component scheduling and coordination, as well as LEED design submission and documentation. The work on these two pages are examples of details, sections, elevations, and layouts that I was responsible for producing.
AP ARCHITECTURE
SUM
MER 2011
Construction Document Revision & Composition
Construction Document Revision & Composition
Roof Details
Wall Details Exterior Wall Details
Facade Details
Overhang Details