Portfolio Select Projects, 2014-2015

CLIFFOR D VICK R EY

C ON T E N T S Clifford Vickrey Candidate, 5-Year B.Arch University of Texas at Austin 619 W. 35th Street, Austin, Texas 78705 773.860.1145 | [email protected]

Austin Amtrak Station - 4 Adjusted Typologies - 14 Unstable Typologies - 20 Urban Development & Housing - 26 Grounded - 30 Drawings - 40 Resume - 47

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Austin Amtrak Station Design VI, Professor Danelle Briscoe Spring 2015 / 12 weeks Design Excellence Award

The current train station for the City of Austin is miniscule and decrepit, a sad reminder of the current state of regional transportation around Central Texas. This project is intended to reinvigorate Austin’s approach to public and regional transportation and improve connectivity at the key intersection between Austin’s rapidly growing business district and its expansive park system along Lady Bird Lake.

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The Module. There is a direct connection between roof and column. The column is the organizer of space.

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The Urban Room. The roof is basic element of the pavilion, tying together multiple programs.

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Bay Model. A large scale study of two bays of the building and station. Steel pipe columns on moment foundations bear steel roof frames, which stand above Vierendeel trusses bearing the elevated volume.

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Site. The station is split into three levels to allow for unhindered flow of trains, pedestrians, cyclists, cars, and service vehicles across the site.

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The Roof. The enclosed space [above left] is minimized to encourage engagement with the public pavilion as a multi-functional urban room and for improved health and energy efficiency.

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Adjusted Typologies KTH Stockholm, Professors Peter Lynch and Elizabeth Hatz Fall 2015 / 8 weeks Analysis Work done with Björn Karlson

The brick shell vaults of the medieval Vendel Church north of Stockholm were added a few hundred years after the original stone walls were built, and are enclosed by a wood framed roof. The vaults do not exist for structural or functional purposes, but are valued instead for their spacial order. The church is a palimpsest of additions, demolitions, and reconstructions. To investigate this, we recreated the void of the nave’s only asymmetrical vault in plaster, and enclosed it in the parts of the exterior wall which have existed for the whole life of the church. The north wing of the church, which acts as a semi-removed transept, lacks brick vaults. I proposed the addition of thin-shell vaults to replace the wood vaults as part of the inevitable aging of the church, but in such a way that the vaults could redefine the north wing, giving it dual functionality both as a transept as originally intended, and as an independent chapel for less formal occasions, which reflects the current needs of the church.

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Duality. The continuously altered exterior encloses a Platonic vision of perfect space, represented by the cast of the void.

Plaster Casts and Mold. A silicone rubber mold was cast around an original form of carved wood to produce a plaster replica.

Palimpsest. The outer walls of the church absorb every layer of history, manifested in punched openings and infills.

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Tensile Formwork. An investigation into a potential strategy for tensile formwork. The rigging of a series of cables could create a web within the existing stone walls, eliminating the need for scaffolding and wooden formwork.

The Stair. Neither void nor wall, it remains ambiguous.

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Unstable Typologies KTH Stockholm, Professors Peter Lynch and Elizabeth Hatz Fall 2015 / 3 weeks

Stockholm, like every city, is a series of intersections and negotiations between buildings, infrastructure, public space, and topography. This is part of a larger collection of unusual typologies in the city that begin to define the subconscious understanding of “Stockholm” beyond the objective facts and constructions of the city.

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Urban Analysis. A study of a new neighborhood of perimeter blocks [above] that undermine public-private boundaries, by making the private too public and public too private; and a study of a series of pedestrian staircases [left] that result from the dramatic topography along the Brunkebacke Ridge, and their intersections with the extensive network of tunnels under the city.

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House for a Caretaker. A tiny house under the historic Mariahissen Bridge on Södermalm. The dwelling encases the space of the original steel column and replaces the bearing capacity of the column with the intention of perpetuating the ambiguity of structures in the city which are neither truly building nor infrastructure.

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Urban Development & Housing Design IV, Professor Dean Almy Spring 2014 / 12 weeks Design Excellence Nominee

The South Lamar Corridor in Austin is the center of the drastic change and growth pains facing the city as a whole. The corridor, in its current state, is deeply flawed. Rapid growth in the city is manifested in sprawl instead of densification, which has clear social and environmental impacts. At a micro level, this proposal fulfills the basic requirements for retail and commercial office spaces, and offers a large number of units of various sizes in a small area. At the macro level, it addresses the despicable existing conditions, lack of open space, and conflict between old residential areas and new development. This project seeks to establish a community that benefits from privacy, unity and ecologically resilient public space.

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Model. A series of spacial and topographic thresholds divide the public park and retail space from semi-private courtyards and apartments.

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Private Density. The units are arranged to provide private outdoor space to every apartment.

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SECTION

CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TRAIL WATERTON LAKE, MIN. ELEVATION: 4,206 ft.

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EAST GLACIER

CHOTEAU

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AUGUSTA

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LINCOLN WEST ELLISTON

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BUTTE-SILVER BOW

WISE RIVER

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WISDOM 2000

JACKSON SALMON TENDOY LEADORE 1900

LIMA

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MACKS INN, ISLAND PARK WEST YELLOWSTONE

Grounded

Mapping the Divide Design V, Professor Hope Hasbrouck Fall 2014 / 3 weeks

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OLD FAITHFUL STATION

COWBOY VILLAGE RESORT, MORAN

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BIG SANDY LODGE ATLANTIC CITY 1400

The Continental Divide Trail is a 2800-mile hiking trail that traces the Continental Divide, the geologic and hydrologic spine of the country. These maps attempt to capture some of the physical characteristics of the CDT, using the walk as a transect of the land. The maps are about the reasons that people hike the trail and what they discover along the way. What is most fascinating, however, is the search for wilderness in spite of the consistent contact with the artifacts of society, from cities and highways to ranches and mines.

RAWLINS

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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS

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GRAND LAKE

DILLON

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LEADVILLE TWIN LAKES BUENA VISTA

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MONARCH MOUNTAIN LODGE

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MAX. ELEVATION: GRAY’S PEAK, 13,923 ft. LAKE CITY

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PAGOSA SPRINGS

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CHAMA

GHOST RANCH, ABIQUI 500

CUBA

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GRANTS

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PIE TOWN

RESERVE 200

MIMBRES RANGER STATION SILVER CITY 100

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LORDSBURG

ANTELOPE FLATS

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Shelter

Grounded Design V, Professor Hope Hasbrouck Fall 2014 / 4 weeks

In New Mexico, the Continental Divide Trail passes through a region of significant recent volcanic activity, resulting in a series of cinder cones that line the edge of a massive exposed lava flow. The sparse, austere landscape, while remote, is criss-crossed by dirt roads and dotted with cattle ponds. This site is the interface between monstrous geologic forces and persistent human incursions. The cinder cones, particularly Cerro Americano, offer complete isolation within the crater, but view of a distant horizon from the rim.

El Malpais Region. A desert landscape of small volcanoes. The rim of any cinder cone offers a sweeping view, while the form dictates the interiority of the crater.

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Site Model. Cinder cone Cerro Americano and surroundings. The site is on the south rim of the cinder cone, 300’ above its base. Territory Map [opposite]. The isolated volcanic incidents of the region populate the horizon. The site is just to the west of an exposed lava field.

Shelter. Walls of concrete divide the shelter into three spaces, corresponding to earth, water, and fire. Low eaves make a connection to the horizon. Larger openings on the side of the crater suggest a more intimate relationshhip.

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Hostel

Grounded Design V, Professor Hope Hasbrouck Fall 2014 / 4 weeks

In northwestern Montana, the Continental Divide Trail traverses the barren ridgeline of the Centennial Mountains. A hiker’s hostel is proposed between a stream and the edge of the forest, in the grasses and berry bushes across from a meadow. The fecundity of the earth in the meadow is a sharp contrast to the rocky, exposed course the trail follows at the peak of the ridge. The hostel is meant to be agricultural, with sloped plots for growing food, helping to make it a self-sufficient closed-loop system. The buildings accommodate a kitchen and dining room, a bathhouse, a bunk room for 30 hikers, residences for permanent staff, and an archive and exhibition space dedicated to the CDT. It concentrates the interactions among people and with the earth, into a single small area, with the hope that this self-sufficiency will be carried on by hikers upon their return to society.

Site Selection. An overlay map to determine the best location for a hikers’ hostel, based on access to water, proximity to tree cover, extent of recreational use, and land ownership.

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Site Model. The hostel sits between the forest and Pintler Creek on the edge of a marsh. Territory Map [opposite]. The Centennial ridge rises above a largely barren river valley, punctuating by the lush Big Hole River. The West Pintler along this ridge is unique because its width and gentle slope have formed a large mountain meadow and marsh.

Model. The hostel sits between high stone walls of angled farming terraces. Restricted view alone can bring the comfort of interiority.

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Drawings Fall 2012 - Fall 2013 A partial collection of studies done in the Visual Communication sequence. The drawing at right is of a can opener. It was done without a straight edge. The following two images are inkwash perspectives from various projects. The two pattern investigations are done in watercolor from a pattern inspired by the succulent Vera Higgins.

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Clifford Vickrey 619 West 35th Street Austin, Texas 78705 773.860.1145 [email protected]

Education University of Texas School of Architecture Austin, Texas B.Arch Program (5-year) GPA: 3.83

Class of 2017

Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan Stockholm, Sweden Exchange Semester, Master’s Program

Fall 2015

National Outdoor Leadership School Chugach Mountains, Alaska Environmental Studies, Skills Practicum, and Risk Assessment

Summer 2013

Saint Ignatius College Prep Chicago, Illinois Honors with Distinction GPA: 4.24

Class of 2012

Experience Summer 2015

Andrian Smith + Gordon Gill, 111 West Monroe St., Chicago, Illinois Draftsman Vinci|Hamp Architects, 1147 West Ohio St., Chicago, Illinois Draftsman VOA Associates, 224 South Michigan Ave., Chicago, Illinois Draftsman

Summer & Winter 2014 Summers 2013, 2010 & 2009

Glazed and Infused Donuts, 813 W Fulton Market, Chicago, Illinois Retail Sales and Management Assistance

Summer 2012

Skills Proficient in AutoDesk Revit, AutoCAD, and 3ds Max; Rhinoceros; Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign; Sketchup; ArcGIS; and Microsoft Office Extensive physical model-building and drafting experience Basic knowledge of Spanish, limited knowledge of French and Swedish

Awards University Honors, Every Semester 2012-2015 School of Architecture College Scholar - Top 20% of the School of Architecture, 2014 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, First Place - 19 years & younger age group, 2013, 2012 Architexas Endowed Scholarship Recipient, 2014-2015 Matt Casey Scholarship Recipient, 2013-14

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