Portfolio Aaron Loomans

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Aaron Loomans


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Educa onUniversity of Wisconsin MilwaukeeBachelor of Science, Architecture, expected June 2014Current GPA - 3.72

Appleton North High School, Appleton, WIGraduated June 2010GPA - 3.85

Design So ware Familiarity : Revit, AutoCAD, Sketchup, Adobe Photoshop, Sketchbook Pro, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Microsta on,

Experience

Community Design Solu ons (CDS) Provides design solu ons to nonpro t clients and local organiza ons. Design Assistant : February 2013 Present

Layton Boulevard West Neighbors Turnkey In ave : Purchasing of foreclosed homes to remodel and sell back to the community.- Job du es include remodeling design, mul ple oorplan types (for contractors, for marke ng), occasional construc on documents,

yers with hybrid digital/hand-drawn renderings for marke ng. (Primary client) Home Improvement Workshops : Milwaukee neighborhood residents looking to improve their home

- Job du es include in person mee ngs with residents to discuss their homes and give advice on improvements to be made.Hand-sketches in person.

Honors and Awards- 2012 Kent Keagen Memorial Scholarship Award; Awarded to a UWM undergraduate architecture student based on academic merit

- Frank Gehry design based birdhouse received a top ten nomina on by professor in a class of over three hundred students at the UW Milwaukee- Frank Gehry design based birdhouse received second place among top ten nominees when voted upon by the student body of the University of

Milwaukees School of Architecture- Selected as one out of twenty-eight students na onwide to a end University of Milwaukee Architecture Summer Camp

Other Employment Wisconsin Timber Ra lers Employee at Fox Ci es Stadium , Appleton, WI

Kids Zone Department Summers of 2009, 2010, 2011Team Store Department - Summer of 2012- Set-up and managed blow-up ba ng cage, speed pitch, slide, bounce house and basketball court; responsible for all children in the area. Worked cash

register and provided help to Team Store customers.

Aaron [email protected]

209 Wildplum Ct. Appleton, WI 54913(920) 428-8911


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Tectonic Matrixp.1-4

A Nest For Peoplep.5-6

Lissitzky Galleryp.7-10

Gehry Birdhousep.11-12

Residen al Collegep.13-16

Bronzeville Jazz Centerp.17-20


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Tectonic Matrix

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Instructor - Karl Wallick Arch 320 - Spring 2012

Project Description

This was a semester long project broken into

different parts. These parts include spatialorganization, tectonic joints, the overall

construction of a eld, and then a detailed

analysis through a bay model based on a portion

of the constructed eld. A type of scheme is

assigned that determines how the system is to be

constructed. It is later announced that the projectis a community college campus at a 1:20 scale.

The program needed to be addressed includes a

large event space, classrooms, an eating area,

and of ces. The eld is constructed and critiqued

on a primary focus of understanding the scheme,and developing a cohesive system of joints and

style. This must work with an exisitng context but

by no means should it take it over. A portion of

the event space is then modeled at a 1/4 inchscale in a much more detailed and de ned

manner to express style, joints, and overall

tectonics.


6/233 Abstract Peripheral Campus Diagram


7/234Tectonic Peripheral Campus Plan

Tectonic Matrix Model

Exterior Sectional Auditorium Model

Interior Sectional Auditorium Model


8/235 A Nest for People Physical Model


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A Nest For People

Seasonal Layers Diagram

Materials Diagram

Instructor - James Wasley Arch 210 - Spring 2012

Project Description

Developing a nest for people is a project

based on the rituals of nature. The thought ofhow the sun, the wind, and the light around

us works to enhance a particular space. A

concept that works in a persons movementthrough different layers of spaces based on

the season and time of day. The ideas of

solar orientation and thermal mass should beunderstood in a way that will create a

comfortable environment. Thermal massshould be oriented in a way that it will absorb

heat during the day and give off that heat

during the cold night. There should be multi-

ple types of spaces that occupants may

inhabit based on seasonal ritual. The designis to be built without the thought of man-

made comfort controls such as heating and

cooling systems but rather be purely

controled by its surrounding environment.The climate that the particular space should

be designed for is a northern-hemispheremidwest climate.


10/237 Gallery Front Facade


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Lissitzky Gallery

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Instructor - Lance Dickman Arch 310 - Fall 2011

Project Description

The Art Gallery project focuses on

understanding the size of program andmapping it out in a way that will t all the

functions needed in a clear appropriate

working order through design. The site

for this project is a an old parking lot

situated between two pre-existing

buildings. The space is very long and notvery wide. Certain program needed to t

within the space includes storage space

(with access to a back alleyway), of ce

space, utility space, a classroom space,and three gallery spaces.


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Gallery Plan Diagram

Gallery Elevation DiagramCentral Gallery

Gathering Space

Gallery Sectional Perspective


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Third Floor Plan - Small Gathering Space

Second Floor Plan - Gallery Spaces

First Floor Plan - Lobby/Classroom Space

B i r d


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Birdhouse Plan Diagram

Birdhouse Seciton Diagram

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Gehry Birdhouse

12Initial Sketchup Gehry Birdhouse Model

Instructor - Professor Mark Keane Arch 100 - Fall 2010

Project Description

This project emphasized

interpretation through the analysis offamous architects profound styles. The

concept allowed for a sense of personal

design and creativity but was governed strictlyby the chosen architects style. The success

of the project was based on the ability to

correctly assess and recreate the style ofan architect but still maintain originality. The

project was not meant to be a recreation ofan existing building but rather the thought of

How would this particular architect create a

bird house. The tool for this project was to be

purely Sketchup. The top three projects in theclass of over three hundred would be called

on to physically build their Sketchup bird-

house design. This would be narrowed down

by the proffesor to the top ten and then voted

on democratically by the student body.


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Residen al College

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Instructor - Sara Khorishidifard Arch 410 - Fall 2012

Project Description

A resedential college is not only a place for

living but also for learning. The designshould re ect a working relationship betweenliving and learning. The project should break

free from a strict simplistic approach and

become an organic composition that

shapes both interior and exterior spaces in a uid, cohesive manner . The site is set in

place of a parking lot on the UW Milwaukee

Campus. It is on the far western portion of

campus and embraces a large quadrangle

just to the west. The design embraces thequadrangle while also creating smaller

exterior space courtyards. Rooms are

seperated into suites and then six suitesare grouped together to form a house. Each

house has one RA room and a lounge spaceopposite of the side of the rooms. These

lounge spaces all look out onto a courtyard

formed by the organic shape of the residetial

college itself.


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UP

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Offices

Service

Storage

Lecture Hall

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Open toBelow

First Floor - Classrooms Typical Floor - Dormitories

Cafe - 2nd Floor Lounge - 2nd Floor East / West Path


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NS Section

NS Elevation

EW Section

EW Elevation

Back Elevation

Residential College Physical Model


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Bronzeville Jazz Center

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Instructor - Kerry Yandel

Arch 420 - Spring 2013

Project Description

Jazz is something that holds signi cance beyond

just music. Jazz is an art that has shaped historyand culture. The Bronzeville Jazz Center should

combine music and architecture into a uni ed

composition. The site is set in a primarily African

American neighborhood of Milwaukee that oncethrived with culture, personality, and jazz. Today

the neighborhood is a shadow of its former self

and the idea of this project is to draw peoplein and help boost the neighborhood back to its

former splendor. To do this the design takes ona self-developed concept called spatial bleed,

the idea that spaces can overlap and bleed into

each other and out onto the street to draw in an

audience. This concept can be seen throughoutthe design layout but also through the materials.Dense wood is used in the performace hall , then

re ected along a balcony path as a bit more

permeable with gaps and openings, and then nally seen on the front faced as deteriorated

strips allowing light to ow out.


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Spatial Bleed Density Layers Material Layers

First Floor

Second Floor

Front Elevation

NS Section

EW Section

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