Ross WilliamsRoss WilliamsArchitecture PortfolioArchitecture Portfolio

MArch CandidateUniversity of Colorado Denver

Bachelor of Environmental Design w/ an emphasis in Architecture

Core Competencies.

Interests. Professional.

Personal.

Autodesk Revit.Google Sketchup.Adobe Creative Suite.AutoCAD.Rhinoceros.G.I.S.

Site Analysis.Verbal Presentations.Presentation Graphics.Drafting.

Commercial Design. Residential Design.Design Build.Site Design.Sustainable Design.Design Development.Green Technology and Principles.

Outside of architecture, most of my interests relate to sports and physical fitness.

I have played soccer at one level or another since I was 8 years old and currently enjoy playing with friends from school.

Interests.

Experience. Education.

Experience Professional

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER College of Architecture and Planning. MArch Candidate.

ARCHITECTURE STUDIO SPRING 2015Currently assisting the University of Colorado Denver with an expansion to the College of Architecture and Planning

including faculty offices and a student fabrication lab.

ARCHITECTURE STUDIO FALL 2014Developed a system of campus galleries designed to form a

positive identity for the entire Auraria Campus.

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER. College of Environmental Design.

Bachelor of Environmental Design.

ARCHITECTURE STUDIO SPRING 2014Provided design proposals to the residents of a

neighborhood in North-Boulder as an alternative to the invasive plans suggested by the city.

ARCHITECTURE STUDIO FALL 2012Designed a nightlife hot spot in the Denver Highlands as

part of a plan to bridge the area with the Denver-Lodo district.

RESIDENTIAL REMODEL SUMMER 2013.Assisted the contractor with the design and preliminary

visual representation of the remodel of my parents single level home.

My name is Ross Williams, I grew up in the suburbs of Den-ver, Colorado. I have always had the ability and desire to create clear representations of conceptual ideas. I was first introduced to the design world through a Red Rocks Community College 3D design course offered at my high school. My professor specialized in creating 3D models of small scale building projects for various firms and, in turn, influenced me to use my abilities to pursue a career in architecture and design.

My objective is to create a long-term future in the Denver-Boulder area by working in the field of architecture and design. I aspire to specialize in super-efficient building assembly as well as how architecture influences psychological factors. My current education at the University of Colorado Boulder and, more recently, the University of Colorado Denver, will allow me to excel in areas such as computer design, design development, and site planning.

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PROJECT DIRECTORY.00

[E]MERGING LIFESTYLES.

CUBE GALLERIES: C.A.P.

C.A.P. EXPANSION.

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CUBE GALLERIES: L.S.C.

[E]MERGING LIFESTYLES 01

Traditional Living.

New Ideas.

Upland Neighborhood, Vine Street. Net-Zero Community.

[E]merging Lifestyles is designed to create an inte-grated community by accounting for factors that typically encourage sprawl and discourage community living.

Including automobile access for daily commuting while provid-ing ammenities within walking distance will allow residents to live sustainably without making significant lifestyle changes.

Concept.

Boulder, Colorado.

Design.The design of [E]merging Lifestyles is centered upon the cre-ation of a new throughway through the Upland neighborhood: Vine Street. Rather than implenting an invasive street through the middle of the quaint Boulder neighborhood, I decided to use the opportunity to create a path for pedestrians and bikers forming an inclusive community by providing ammenities such as a community center and a market. These services are locat-ed within a central plaza which allows the neighborhood to act as a node for pedestrians rather than a path for automobiles.

A green paver alleyway provides car access while remaining pedestrian friendly.

The alleyway is located at the rear of each house to promote walkability.

Focus Area. The plaza acts as a central node to all forms of traffic.

Ammenities within the plaza include a coffee shop and cafe, market, child care center, and community center.

Parking lots on either side of the site provide additional parking for the multi-family units and duplexes.

Violet Avenue.

Upland Avenue.

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Pedestrian Flow. Automobile Flow. Water Flow.

Community Living Focus Area

Vine Street, Duplex Housing.

With the neighborhood design in place, the goal of creating a successful integrated community turned to the design of the duplexes that make up the core of the site. Each duplex needed to have moments where natural social encounters could occur; additionally, each home needed to have pri-vate space to create a balance between public and private.

Concept.

Boulder, Colorado.

Design.The design of the duplexes follows the logic of the site plan in that the front of each home features dual patios to create social encounters; these patios are adjacent to the main pathway into the central plaza. Alternatively, at the rear of each unit is a private patio exclusive to each resi-dent. The back patio is designed allow easy access to the automobile throughway without forcing social encounters.

The market area is located directly off the plaza and can be rented year round by craftsmen or farmers.

The front porch spaces createsocial interactions and are located adjacent to the path-way into the plaza in order to promote walkability.

The back porch for each unit is private but is connected by a common plaza that allows for easy access to the alleyway that runs through the site.

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1. Front porch (public).2. Common utility room.3. Laundry oom.4. Dining room.5. Living room.6. Kitchen.7. Back porch (private).8. Master bedroom.

1. Study2. Secondary bedroom3. Walk-through closet4. Master bedroom.

First Floor Plan Second Floor Plan

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South-East Elevation North-East Elevation5’ 15’ 30’ 5’ 15’ 30’

Unit 1: Two StoriesUnit 2: One Story

Unit 1: Two stories.Unit 2: One story.

PV panels and a hot water PV system provide enough energy to achieve a net-zero design.

A double- stud wall system provides an actual R-value of R-35.

A shared utility wall and utility room allows both units to save on energy costs and also contributes to an energy efficient design.

A sand pipe system is used to provide radiant flooring; The pipes circulate hot water through a thermal mass to reduce energy demand without sacrificing performance.

A shared wall is used to save energy.

Unit 2 is two stories to allow for adequate sun

Resulting building mass.

Shared utility wall seperating Unit 1 and Unit 2.

Private porch space and alleyway for automobiles.

Unit 1 interior.

CUbe Galleries: C.A.P. 02

Inhibited Circulation.

Improved Condition.

14th and Larimer, Auraria Campus, Architecture Gallery.

The implemented context galleries at the University of Colo-rado Denver Campus are designed to create an experiential journey that allows students and visitors to form a positive id-nentity about the Auraria Campus. The galleries themselves are intended to welcome users to the campus by enriching the existing experience and creating destination spaces.

Concept.

Denver, Colorado.

Design.The design of the College of Architecture and Planning (C.A.P.) gallery focuses on creating two new opportunities on the site. First, the gallery enhances the pedestrian cor-ridor that connects the creek-front side of the site to 14th Street by making the transition fluid and creating a view corridor that connects both sides of the site. Second, the gallery functions as an entry point and an extension to the existing student galleries in the second floor of the C.A.P.

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The existing plaza is cut into in order to improve circulation from 14th St. to the creek-front on the South end of the site.

The C.A.P. gallery is connected to the existing student gallery/undergraduate studio on the second level of the C.A.P.

A view corridor is created from the creek-front back to 14th St. to encourage use of the path under the C.A.P gallery.

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14th Street.

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First Floor Plan N 5’ 15’ 30’ Second Floor Plan N 5’ 10’

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1. Existing plaza.2. Entry from 14th Street.3. Open gallery space.4. Path from the creek-front to 14 Street.5. Entry from the creek-front.

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1. Entry from 14th Street.2. Enclosed gallery space.3. Entry from the C.A.P. gallery to the undergraduate studio.

North-East Elevation 5’ 15’ 30’ North-West Elevation 5’ 15’ 30’

Gallery spaces vs. circulation corridors.

Process Sketches.

View from 14th and Larimer Street.

Vertical Circulation. Gallery connection to 14th Street and plaza space.

Interior Vignette.

Concept massing and circulation.

Second floor enclosed gallery space.

1st floor open gallery spaces.

CUbe Galleries: L.S.C. 03

Existing Condition.

Improved Condition.

14th and Lawrence St., Auraria Campus, Student Gallery.

The CUbe gallery within the Lawrence Street Lobby is the first gallery visitors to the University of Colorado Denver will see and as such is designed to welcome users and eas-ily direct them to the admissions center and faculty offices. The gallery itself is intended to house works from all of the different colleges at the University of Colorado Denver.

Concept.

Denver, Colorado.

Design.The design of the Lawrence Street Lobby cube gallery pro-vides several of pocket galleries along the perimeter walls of the lobby by introducing a system of louvers that frame the shape of the cube. These galleries allow the back wall of the lobby to act as a destination space rather than a bar-rier. The louvers also create circulation patterns within the pocket galleries and the lobby itself by creating a dynamic pattern that is mirrored on both the floor and ceiling planes.

First Floor Plan N 5’ 10’

1. Existing entry from Lawrence St.2. Reflected ceiling pattern.3. Pocket galleries.4. Existing lobby space.5. Existing coffee shop.6. Elevators to admission and faculty offices.

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1. Entry to second floor Pocket Galleries.2. Pocket Galleries.3. Existing balcony to ballroom.

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The louvering system is integrated directly into the existing structure of the Lawrence Street Lobby.

Pocket galleries are created between breaks within the louvering system.

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The dynamic louver system influences circulation through the 1st and 2nd level galleries as well as the

The light screen serves to shield the gallery from the harsh light of the existing curtain wall , to define the

cube, and to provide ambient light for the Pocket Gal-

The louvers spark interest in the previously un-used 2nd level balcony space.

A break in the louvers accompanied by ambient light from the light screen creates a pleasent viewing experience within each of the pocket galleries.

Dynamic louver system.

Light Screen.

FABRICATION LAB. 04

Site Integration.

C.A.P. Identity.

FABLAB

14th and Speer Blvd., Auraria Campus, Fabrication Laboratory.

The FAB LAB is designed to be versitile in order to accomodate a wide array of large scale studio building projects. The struc-ture itself is meant to mimick the vertical language of the C.A.P. main building while also taking on its own more modern identity.

Concept.

Denver, Colorado.

Design.The design of the FAB LAB started as an extrusion from the College of Architecture and Planning (C.A.P.) main building. This extrusion serves to create versitile interior spaces for fab-rication and assembly as well as exterior courtyards and build spaces. The two primary masses are programatically structured and are designed to create a double height void space be-tween them. The void space connects the building to the creek front plaza and also displays a graphic towards Speer Blvd. to form an identity for the College of Architecture and Planning.

The circulation core within the FAB LAB creates an organizing sys-tem that carries through the building to define and separate the WORK SHOP space, the INDOOR/OUTDOOR ASSEMBLY spac-es, the LASER LAB, and the FUNCTIONAL mass of the building.

College of Architecture and Planning (C.A.P.) main building.

Secondary mass: classrooms, offices, storage, restrooms.

Circulation core.

Void space: Indoor and outdoor build spaces.

Primary mass: Fabrication shop and laser labs.

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1. Entry from C.A.P. main building.2. Fabrication shop.3. Existing C.A.P. classroom.4. Outdoor build space.5. Double-height indoor build space.6. Storage.7. Restroom.

Outdoor build space allows daylight into adjacent classrooms.

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The double-height indoor build space can accommodate multiple projects at once and can be used year round.

A loading dock allows for easy material delivery.

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1. Laser lab.2. Circulation core.3. Classroom.4. Faculty Office.

The circulation core ties together the two primary masses and creates a bridge through the void space that overlooks the indoor and outdoor build spaces.

Entry from the existing 2nd level C.A.P. undergraduate studios for easy student access into the FAB LAB.

Double-height glass spindel doors display the “FAB LAB” graphic and form a permeable wall to enforce the void form.

Insulated Steel-Stud Wall.

Nested Cold-FormedSteel Tracks.

Concrete Fill/Steel Floor Deck.

Clip Angle.

Spandrel Beam.

Continuous Interlocking Channels.

Isolation Joint.

Flashing.

4” ThickCoarse Sand.

Rigid, Closed-CellPlastic Foam Insolation.

Wall Construction.

In order to create a design language of permeability and vertica lity throughout the FAB LAB, a variety of construc-tion methods are employed.

These methods can be split into two primary categories.

1. Solid skin with ribbon windows.2. Adjustable glazed walls.

Flashing Support.

Vapor Retarder.

Steel Construction.

Insulation andVapor Retarder.

Spandrel Glass.

Thermal Break.

Snap on Cover.

Steel Rail.

In order to maintain the pureness of the masses, any breaks such as drains, are concealed within the building skin.

The ribbon windows within the facade utilize spandrel glass to maintain the pure ribbon windows while hiding the floorplates from view.

The pure masses are enveloped with a white aluminum skin.

Ribbon Window Section Detail.

View from Speer Boulevard.

View from Lawrence Street.

Revit Work. i.

Learning Concepts.

Practical Applications.

Introductory Revit classes taken at both C.U. Boulder and Denver.

Courses at each school differed significantly and have allowed for a more comprehensive understanding of Autodesk Revit.

Concept.

Boulder/Denver, Colorado.

Design.The Intro to Revit class at C.U. Boulder implemented an existing design for students to construct. The class fo-cused on structural systems, wall assemblies, creat-ing detail drawings, and implementing building systems.

The class offered at C.U. Denver focused primarily on ed-iting families, conceptual mass modeling, and sheet layout.

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First Floor Plan N 5’ 10’ Second Floor Plan20’ N 5’ 10’ 20’

Masonry Wall Detail.

Section 1.

Fire Stair Section Detail.

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Section Perspective of Building Shell.

Rear Exterior Vignette.

Thank YouRoss Williams.Ross.williams@ucdenver.edu.(303) 437-1865.