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Architecture Design

Vincent Murad
2015

Education
Lawrence Tech University

13 - Present
(IP)

Bachelor Of Science in Architecture

Oakland Community College

2010 - 13

Associate in Applied Science in Architecture

Skills
Adobe Suites

Microsoft Suites

Illustrator

Word

Photoshop

Excel

Autodesk

Powerpoint

Autocad
Revit

Miscellaneous

Hand-Work
Drafting

Rhinoceros

Rendering

Sketchup

Model Building

Lumion

Sketching

Contact Info
Email : Vmurad@ltu.edu
Phone: (248) 225-7304

Humans survive on three basic necessities - Food Water Shelter.

Food and Water are supplied by nature, and Shelter is created.
What we choose to do with these creations are left to us, based
on the analysis of our surroundings and the relationships of
spaces; As well as the Code, Budget and Time Constraints.

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Information Background

Table of Contents
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Prairie Style Public Library

Spring 2013

Design Studio 2

(OCC)

Toledo Museum of Art

Fall 2013

Design Studio 3

(LTU)

Fall 2014

Intermediate Structures

(LTU)

Case Study

Freelance Work

Summer 2014

Super 8 Motel

Building Systems

Spring 2012

Construction Documents

Visual Communications 4
Case Study

(OCC)

Spring 2014
(LTU)

Digital Fabrication

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Sketches

Spring 2013
Still life

Table of Contents

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Prairie Style
Monterey, California
public library
As a homage to one of the most prolific American architects of the late 19th - early 20th century,
this design exhibits all the characteristics of Frank Lloyd Wrights prairie school : Long, horizontal
lines, windows grouped in horizontal bands, and hipped roofs with broad overhanging eaves. A floor
plan that is designed to integrate with nature is accomplished by extending the spaces out
to be as much surrounded by nature as possible.

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Monterey Public Library

Site Analysis
El Estero Lake
YMCA

Proposed Library

County Bank
Book Store
Simoneau Plaza Park
Post Office

Friendly Plaza Park

Police Department
Waste Management

Residential District
0

100

500

Public High School

0

50

250

Monterey Public Library

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Program 2D Massing

Legend
1 Adult
2 Cafe
3 Children
4 Lobby
5 Teen
6 Staff
7 Mechanical
8 Computer
9 Nook
10 Meeting Room
11 Fab Lab
12 Event Space

Circulation

3
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Monterey Public Library

Design Development
First Level

Second level

nts

nts

4
6

10

2
1

4
6
3

11

7
7

Third Level
nts

A1

12

Section A-1
nts

Monterey Public Library

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Design Proposal

South Elevation
nts

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Monterey Public Library

Design Proposal

East Elevation
nts

Monterey Public Library

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Toledo Museum of Art

Toledo, Ohio
Multi-use Pavilion
The design set forth aims to replace the Grove Place Studio site with a New, Four story Multi-use building with
a strong connection to the existing Toledo Museum of Modern Art. The spaces and adjacencies planned out in
the design aims to distinguish public space from private space. The following design incorporates the use of
proportion as well as Le Corbusiers Five Points of Architecture. In an effort to repate the proposed building
with the museum, a major component used in the design is the golden ratio. It is used as a homage to Classical
Greek architecture, as the Neoclassical museum derived itself from a Greek revival.

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TMOA

Site Analysis
Professional Arts Building

Glass Pavilion

Center for the Visual Arts

Main Museum

50

250

TMOA

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Site Analysis Program

Public
Courtyard
Entrance Lobby
High Bay
Auditorium
Gallery
Classrooms
Event Space
Materials Archive
Materials Storage
Laboratories
Residence
Administration

TMOA Level 2

Private

High Bay
High Bay
Auditorium
Courtyard
Administration
Lobby
Event Space

TMOA Level 1

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T
TMOA

100

500

Site Analysis Program

Golden Rectangle Ratio

1 : 1.618

In geometry, the golden rectangle

is a ratio that has sides 1:1.618
This ratio has been used as a method
of proportion in the architecture world
for over 2,000 years. It is believed to
be aesthetically pleasing.

High Bay

Laboratory

Auditorium

Residence

Classrooms

Event Space

Materials Archive
0

Gallery

10

0
50

TMOA

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Design Development
3

Legend
1

First Level
nts

3
7

10

15

7
5
8

Second Level
nts

13

TMOA

1 Courtyard
2 Lobby
3 High Bay
4 Staff Admin.
5 Materials Storage
6 Materials Archive
7 Mechanical
8 Event Space
9 Auditorium
10 Laboratory
11 Gallery Space
12 Classrooms
13 Housing
14 Terrace
15 Flexible Space

Design Development
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3
12
7

11
10 Floor Plates

11
15

12

7
8

Third Level
nts

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14

13

Fourth Level
nts

TMOA

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TMOA

TMOA

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Case Study

156 W Superior
Miller
ill Hullll Partnership,
hi LLP
Structural Case Study

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intermediate Struc
ctures

3d Model
A1

Intermediate
e
Structures

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Super 8 Motel
1343 S Center Rd
Flint Township, MI 45089
In the wake of new ownership of a Super 8 Motel, I am commissioned to redesign the existing lobby in the fashion
suited to the new owners. In first meeting the client, I asked what was the program needed in the redesign of the
proposal. A larger cafe, private managerial office, and improved visibility and circulation within the lobby in
in terms of both the customer and the clerk. After considering the program, aesthetics was discussed as a
major factor in the renovation. The client requested the use of various materials to create a setting of higher
standards for the business.

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Super 8

Program Existing Conditions

After meeting with and understanding

the needs of the client, measurements were
taken through a traditional method of
Analogue to digital. In order to create
the drawings and proposal, I must first
get a sense of position in the program on
a two dimensional scale.

First Level Plan

Super 8

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Program Existing Conditions

1. Lobby
2. Clerks Desk
3. Clerks Office
4. Cafe / Food
5. Hallway
6. Hallway
7. Staircase
8. Vending
9. Storage

220 sq ft
50 sq ft
250 sq ft

5
4

3
8
6 7
Existing Lobby Plan
Disconnected

Connected
Affinity

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Super 8

8
7

9
5

Program Existing Conditions

Super 8

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Program Design Development

1. Lobby
2. Clerks Desk
160 sq ft
3. Managers Office 325 sq ft
4. Computer Station
5. Lounge Seating
6. Staircase
7. Cafe / Food
516 sq ft
8. Restroom
9. Food Storage
10. Vending

1
10

9
8

4
5
6

Proposed Lobby Plan

Disconnected

Connected
Affinity

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Super 8

10

8
6

1
4

9
3

Design Proposal

Super 8

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Site Development

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Building Systems

Site Development

This course provides the foundational

information for producing quality construction
documents for light wood frame residential
construction. The student will be introduced to
the development, composition, and application
of various building materials. Specific materials
that will be addressed include wood, masonry,
and concrete. Topics include residential
construction principles, wood frame detailing,
footings, foundations, and electrical plan
concepts and their relationship to wood frame
construction, circulation methods, as well as
geographical, climatic and safety issues.

This course introduces the student to design

issues for good site planning process principles
and methods. The course addresses the issues
related to site engineering such as grading,
drainage, circulation, road alignment, and
overall organizational concepts relative to a
given site. The course content also includes an
understanding of zoning, variances, easements
and ordinances.Site design and accessibility
were the main focus for the surrounding project.

Building Systems

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Construction Documents

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Building
ildi
SSystems
t

Construction Documents

Building Systems

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Case Study

Milwaukee Art Museum

Santiago Calatrava
In analysis of this notable work, the primary formal characteristics are reduced
to abstraction in the form of diagrams of the building in plan and section.

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Vis Comm 4

Case Study

Plan & Level of Galleries

Changing Exhibition Gallery East Gallery / Paid Space

Main Lobby

Auditorium

Bridge

West Corridor

Reception Hall

Milwaukee War Memorial

Gift Shop

Plan & Level of Garage

Loading Dock

Mechanical Space

Flexible / Hallway Space

Garage Lobby

Restaurant

Milwaukee War Memorial

Near

Far

Direct

Ambient

VIEW
LIGHT

Tubular Steel
Glass
White Concrete (CIP)
Glass/Steel Brise Soleil

Private
Semi-Private
Public

Material Use

Transverse Section

Abstraction

Garage Lobby

Meeting Spaces

Parking Spaces

Main Level

Vis Comm 4

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Digital Fabrication
Horizontal Roughing

Parallel Finishing
Time
(minutes)

10

20

30

40

50

60

70
80

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Vis Comm 4

Digital Fabrication

Vis Comm 4

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Sketches

Sketches

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