BLAKETHOMASArchitecture Portfolio2015

Blake F. ThomasBachelor’s of science, architecture Portland State University, Fall 2015Blak@pdx.edu | (916) 813 - 0407

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Division st. towers winter 2015 - Portland state University

wikiLAb Fall 2014 - Portland state University

MUsic HALL norDHAvn spring 2014 - Danish institute of study Abroad

MUseUM oF DAnisH & internAtionAL PHotogrAPHy winter 2014 - Danish institute of study Abroad

Accent Fall 2013 - Danish institute of study Abroad

st. JoHns MAP P.r.D. & PAviLion winter 2013 Portland state University

DAnce scULPtUre Dossier & PAviLion Fall 2012 Portland state University

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Published Photograph

Exterior RenderingCourtyard

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The intervention of Division St. Towers is to create a new typology for urban multi-use housing. One that pays respect to existing residential housing by gradually stepping down, while approaching the

main street by rising to commercial height. This is then combined with the notion of living in small vertical planned units that are more living furniture pieces than apartments.

Division sT. Towers

Exterior RenderingCorridors

Elevation

User Diagram Form Diagram

Unit AxonSection

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Exterior Rendering Skin Diagram

Ground Floor Plan

Final Site Model

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Interior Study Interior Final Parti Model

Form Study

Skate Park

Class Room

Bus ShelterWikiLab

Home Improvement

Farm

Retail

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Home Improvement

Skate ParkPublic Spaces

Farm Activator

Retail

BusShelter

Class Rooms

WikiLab takes influence from Alastair Parvin’s WikiHouse and applies it to the neighborhood level. WikiHouse is an open sourced, CNC’ed, affordable building model that puts the design process into the hands of the people. WikiLab is an educational neighborhood center that provides DPH with the tools, knowledge and support to build and grow. This model

provides the basic structure that can be applied on multiple scales for the community to reinvest in itself. As more WikiHouses are produced through the WikiLab an identity of quality building is formed for the neighborhood. This identity provides incentive for the neighborhood to grow into a thriving neighborhood and fully take over WikiLab.

Exterior Render

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Interior RenderWorkshop/Lab

Street Section 1/16”

A B

Sections 1/8”A B C

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Street Section 1/16”

A B

Sections 1/8”A B C

Plan 1/8”A

C

B

Patio Lobby Tech Lab Kitchen

Workshop

Pavilion

Community Build WikiLab

Invest

See

Personalize

Build

CNCDesign Transport

Del Paso Heights Demographics

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Del Paso Heights Demographics

Permeable

Flow

Intersect

Raise

Node

Stack

Bridge

Connect

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1. Final model2. Ephemeral Mapping Exercise3. Abstract mapping of Nodes and Transparent Connections4. Abstract Map of Bridging Del Paso5. Material and Light Study

MoDels for wikilab

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1:100 Longitudinal Section

1:100 Cross Section

Copenhagen’s new music venue based in cultural nordhavn. The existing brick city

wrapped in a gradient of wood skin.

Music Hall Nordhavn

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1:500Axon of inserted objects

Interior RenderingConcert Space

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User Path

Existing Site

Street Conditions Public vs. Private Wrapping

MuseuM of Danish &

international PhotograPhy

Exterior RenderCourtyard space

An Infill Project that attempts to emote photography in Form. Using tools from photography the building responds to geometric rules of thirds and forced perspective. The gallery

spaces play with direct and indirect daylight to provide appropriate showcases. The building borders public and private allowing for a controlled exhibition space as well as a gathering space.

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Study Model

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Study Section

Plans Sections

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Copenhagen’s lakes are valuable building space in an ever expanding city, but how can you use this space without taking away from their beauty? By using the site as a chance to connect with water, this intervention proposes a Sauna and Bath House buried in the lake.

As the user descends into the lake and experiences the rituals of bathing they are connected back with the site. The existing board walk bleeds urban furniture and sculptures allowing for a flowing entry to the building.

An abstract mapping exercise exploring a site under St. Johns Cathedral Bridge Park. View Paths, History, and Use were diagrammed.

MaP

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The Portable Recording Device explores the phenomena of slope on a site. Through a kinetic tripod, the site was recorded abstractly that would give the viewer an understanding of the intensity of slope.

P.r.D.

PlaCing PeoPle PavilionHorizon serenity and community

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The Intervention of this pavilion provides a space for a 2030 time capsule ceremony in the St. Johns community. To relate to the immediate site wood pallets and steel from the industrial area will be used. To emphasis on the Horizon, partitions

and windows guide the users view. To provide serenity spaces enclose nature and connect the user with the water. To provide community cubby spaces will gather the neighborhoods picture, trinkets, and memorandums.

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The Bodily extension was an attempt to emulate how a forest is kinetic and alive. The intention was to visually manifest the actions that we have on our ecology. Sculptures made of recycled wood and bicycle tires move when touched but snap back to place, symbolizing how nature will hopefully revert after damage is done.

BoDily extension

This Spatial Design through Dance Dossier was a study of a performance by the Oregon Ballet. Through diagramming and artistic expression the dancers effect on space is studied.

Dossier

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This Pavilion is the manifestations of a Narrative of the life and death of Architecture. The building grows from the woods and descends into the built environment, introducing

basic structure and advancing into complex architecture. The buildings path eventually exposes the user to the chaos of what modern cities are now.

Pavilion for DanCe

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