Architecture + Interior ArchitectureAuburn University | 2008 - 2012

Stephen C. Durham

Children’s HospitalChicago, IL

Ludateca di TrastevereRome, Italy

Auburn Arboretum CenterAuburn, AL

Dwelling on Lake MartinAlexander City, AL

Drawings | PaintingsEurope and America

Adams Gerndt Design GroupBirmingham, AL

Resume

Fall 2011

Spring 2011

Spring 2010

Fall 2009

Spring 2011

Summer 2011

Sited in Chicago’s Printer’s Row neighborhood, the Children’s Hos-pital distinguishes itself from its context, performing in ways that ac-knowledge existing conditions while enhancing them. I believe that a building does not have to mimic the forms and language of surrounding buildings to fit into context. The form of the Children’s Hospital creates am-biguity so to lose its singularity and become part of a continuity of expe-rience that is the urban environment.

Children’s Hospital

Fall 2011Studio Moore

Chicago, Illinois

I believe that buildings have a cultur-al role as both aesthetic objects and as functional solutions. Inspired by a Charles Waldheim’s lecture, I de-signed my hospital to be a form within the city that performed an ecological intervention that can be seen clearly by the public. The building will then be able to inform the public of the impor-tance of ecological interventions within our society. The building breaks up its form by pushing and pulling a series terraces where native plants can grow. I was interested in enhancing a visual interaction between levels of the city.

The plan of my typical patient floor is a result of my investigation in form but it accommodates the program. Us-ing bookshelves to create a screen, I used the triangular spaces between patient rooms as family lounges. The plan also allows for a there to be a pri-vate hallway for doctors and nurses. This private zone contains storage for medical supplies, waste and sepa-rate elevators for doctors and nurses.

The banded windows on the facade are broken up by a unique floor to ceiling window that is located on the bedside of the patient room. On the exterior of the building this window has a small gap that extends the height of the window. Inside the room this window is equiped with a small vent on the side that can be opened allowing the patient to control natu-ral ventilation in the room. This win-dow is pushed into the room and with a raised ceiling condition it creates an intimate zone for family seating.

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egress

mechanical

While studying abroad in Rome, our studio was challenged with the de-sign of a Ludateca or an educational play center for young children. Sited next to the small Piazza Santa Ceci-lia in Trastevere, the site allows for a few peeking views of the distant Vic-tor Emmanuel monument and orange groves of the Aventine. Within the long narrow site, I pulled out certain parts of the program to allow for these con-trolled views. The interior contains two courtyards and a path between that creates an interesting sequence of spaces creates rhythmic succes-sion and progressive revelation.

Spring 2011Studio FinnRome, Italy

Ludateca di Trastevere

The organized sequence of the ap-proach into the Ludateca. Enter from the piazza, pass through a corten steel screen that wraps the building into a compressed foyer that reveals the path ahead and some distant steps as an in-termediate goal. Recurrent filled arch-es of the existing wall mark one’s for-ward progress, and the steps develop into a double flight. Moving into the first courtyard and up the steps past a solid and void element, the final goal (gym-nasium)appears obliquely once more.

stair

path

screen

solid

voids

Spring 2010Studio Miller

Auburn, Alabama

Located on the south side of Auburn University campus, the Donald E. Da-vis Arboretum is dedicated to the dis-play of native woody plants. Serving as an entrance into the arboretum, the Ar-boretum Center allowed for expansive views of the wooded site, intimate spac-es for learning, and a flexible gallery space. The large overarching roof and a series of screens helps the building embed itself in the sloping landscape and creates a shelter for learning.

Auburn Arboretumm Center

The project was designed for the Ala-bama Forestry Association’s Annual Wood Design Competition and calls for the befitting use of wood in con-struction. The use of heavy timber col-umns sets up a rhythm that is followed by a series of mullions and smaller col-umns within the space. These screen of columns create a space within a space. The glass pushes back un-der the roof on the southwest corner to allow visitors an intimate view of the gallery even when the building is locked. The large low slopped roof inhances the sheltering quality of the building and helps ground it in the site.

The building steps down at different rates to create unique paths with varied experiences. At the highest elevation the central reception space compress-es visitors and offers views beyond. To the right, a ramp descends down a long hallway that terminates in a pool of light. The building allows for an ex-panding of settings as it extended into the landscape with cascading terraces.

roof

structure

partitions

topography

Fall 2009Studio Sauza

Alexander City, Alabama

Designed for a handicap cook and a blind musician, this home mimics the landscape of the steeply sloped site. The interior spaces are focused toward the lake and pull back to al-low for a double height kitchen that opens up to a large outdoor gather-ing space. From the lake, the large windows on the south facade al-low the building to act as a beacon.

Dwelling on Lake Martin

Using Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House as a precedent, the house was divided into a public and private ves-sel that slip past each other. The public vessel is pierced by the vertical circula-tion zone that includes a large elevator platform and a stair and is capped with a skylight on three sides. A wooden wall begins at this skylight and follows the stairs all the way to the bottom lev-el and is mirrored by a screen of wood-en shelves that face the living spaces.

Within the private vessle, rooms are placed at the end of a narrow hallway to increase privacy. The musicians workspace has a large floor to ceiling window that will cast a single beam of light into the space. So even though the muscian is blind he will still be able to feel the heat from the beam of light as it moves throughout the day. The guest quarters, located on the bottom level is a flexible space that opens up onto its own covered outdoor space. This space would serve idealy as a sleeping porch if the guests desire.

While studying abroad in Rome and while traveling throughout Europe, I re-corded my excusions through a series of travel sketches. Whether in haste or while relaxing at a cafe, these draw-ings are a visual account of my experi-ences through many of Europe’s cities.

Studio Finn |Studio StewartSpring 2011

Summer 2010

Drawings | Paintings

Top: Sagrata Familia, BarcelonaHolocaust Memorial, Berlin

Pallazo Spada, RomePiazza San Marco, Venezia

Bottom: Campidolio, RomeRue De Vangirad, Paris

Pallazo Spada, Rome

Overleaf: Santa Maria Maggiore and adja-cent San Giovanni Laterano

Left: Boat. Iain Stewart StudyCity Block. Behnisch Architeken

Salk Institute, Louis Kahn

Right: Storefront. Boston, MARoss Harper. Auburn, AL

As an intern for a regional design firm with a focus in residential architecture, whether onsite or in the office, I worked under the close supervision of Auburn Alumni Tom Adams and Adam Gerndt on a range of projects and tasks in-cluding hand rendering presentation drawings, model making and Com-puter-Aided Design. This internship helped me better understand the de-tails and techniques of construction documents, it also allowded me to re-alize how a project becomes full circle.

Summer 2011Adams Gerndt Design Group

Birmingham, Alabama

Professional Experience

Above: Krouse Residence Left: Krouse ResidenceRobinson ResidenceOverleaf: Krouse Residence

Above: Hollbrook Residence interior renovationLeft: Hollbrook Residence pool house addition

Stephen C. Durham 103 E. Magnolia Ave. Apt 203Auburn, Alabama 36830 404.663.0586 scd0005@t ige rmai l . auburn .edu

Auburn University School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape ArchitectureBachelor of Architecture, May 2013Bachelor of Interior Architecture, May 2013

Honorable Mention, Alagasco Design Competition. December 2011

Study Abroad Program, Auburn University, Rome, Italy. January- May 2011

Faculty Book Award, Studio Miller. 2010

Dean’s List, 2008, 2010

American Institute of Architecture Students, Member 2009-2012Mentor Chair, 2010. Internship Fair Committee, 2012

Teaching Assistant, Careers in Design and Construction, Tarik Orgen. 2010, 2011

“Rising Currents” Lewis.Tsurmaki.Lewis, Space 301, Mobile, Alabama, 2010Exhibition of workshop charett drawings and models.

Sigma Nu Fraternity 2007- 2011, Auburn UniversityPledge Class President, 2007. Assistant Social Chair, 2009. Social Chair, 2010

Adams Gerndt Design Group, Birmingham, AlabamaSummer 2011. Intern

Schematic design, drafting and hand rendering presentation drawings and model making for a range of projects including lake houses, mountain houses, retail and primary residence.

Native Excavating, Inc. Steamboat Springs, ColoradoSummer 2007 and 2008. General Laborer

Construction projects including foundation excavating, sewer line installation, compacting, backfilling, perferated pipe installation and surveying for a range of projects including private homes, hotels, condominiums, commercial buildings, and public park facilities.

Perdue for a New Georgia. Atlanta, GeorgiaSummer 2006. Political Intern

Planning, organizing and carrying out campaign events around the state for the Georgia Gov-ernor’s Race. Responsibilities included soliciting campain funds from county representatives.

All Three Sports, Inc. Atlanta, GeorgiaSummer 2005. Triathlon Retail

Christian Dagg, Associate Professor, Auburn University. 334.844.4519, daggchr@auburn.eduJustin Miller, Assistant Professor, Auburn University. 334.844.5171, justin.miller@auburn.eduTom Adams, Partner, Adams Gerndt Design Group. 205.939.1113, tom@adams-gerndt.comAdam Gerndt, Partner, Adams Gerndt Design Group. 205.939.1113, adam@adams-gerndt.comEd MacArthur, President, Native Excavating Inc. 970.879.6231, ed.macarthur@nativeexcavating.com

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