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1. J.Christopher McGee
Resume & Portfolio

2. J. Christopher McGee
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Objective
To gain employment in the Architecture/Design Industry where my innovative ideas, creative abilities, technical skills,
and diverse experience may be used to increase efficiency and profitability in a challenging and inspiring environment.
Goals
To achieve a level of design that brings meaning and imagination to the built environment and helps people’s lives
to be healthier, happier, more comfortable, and more sustainable
To examine themes of scale, culture, nature, pattern, color, landscape, movement, and story in architecture
To further my knowledge in the use of materials, architectural detailing, and general methods of construction
To become a knowledgeable and profitable architect and add value to a firm
Education
Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), Savannah, GA
Masters of Architecture, Bachelors of Architecture, Minor in Architectural History
Cumulative GPA 3.85, Magna cum Laude, 3rd in class, 2005
Rocky Bayou Christian School, Niceville, FL, 2000
Experience
Cherry Huffman Architects (AIA NC Firm of the Year 2009), Raleigh, NC, Intern, September 1, 2005 – October 30, 2007:
Extensive experience in K-12 and Residential design and construction documents
Managed an elementary school and a residential project
Blinn Van Mater Architect, Fort Walton Beach, FL, Intern, summer 2002:
Mixed-use, Residential, schematic design, and rendering
Fort Walton Beach Mainstreet Program, Volunteer, winter 2003
Skills
Software: Revit, AutoCAD, MicroStation, SketchUp, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Microsoft Office, Mac OS X 10.4 –
10.6, and Windows XP, 7
Accomplished in graphic presentation, hand and computer rendering, construction documents, schematic design, models,
sketching, hand drafting, and writing
Experienced at preparing and leading presentations
Collaborative in team environments
Honors
The Chapel Hill Residence project I managed at Cherry Huffman Architects was selected as the “Home of the Month” for
April 2010 by the News & Observer, the series is a program sponsored by the North Carolina State School of Design
2007 “Market Value” Architecture competition, entry selected for exhibition, Charlottesville, VA
2005 Academic Achievement Award in Architecture, SCAD, only two are given annually in a graduating class
Nominated by SCAD Architecture faculty to submit for the SOM Prize 2005
Member of Tau Sigma Delta
Juror for architecture studio critiques and an advisor for architectural graphics, SCAD
Received the May and Paul Poetter Scholarship, SCAD

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Exhibitions
The University of Miami, FL, “Pier Museum: Miami 2009” Architecture competition in 2009
The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Arts, Winston Salem, NC, “Eat My Dust” exhibition in 2007
CCDC Charlottesville, VA, “Market Value” Architecture competition in 2007
The Savannah Municipal Planning Authority, Studio VII Project in 2004
Paris, France, “Pour l’amour des Chiens” exhibition in 2003
Work has also been exhibited in Eichberg; Anderson; Alexander; and Wallin Halls at SCAD 2000-05
Activities
Accomplished western style horseback rider, artist, traveler, sailor, avid hiker, dog lover, amateur photographer, reader,
and coffee and tea enthusiast
Counterpane School volunteer, Fayetteville, GA, assisted with floor plans for use in future renovation, summer 2010
Designed “Local” logo for First City Bank, Fort Walton Beach, FL, summer 2009
Backpacked through 14 countries spanning 6 continents in 9 months in 2008
Jackaroo at Gwydir River Trail Rides, Jackaroo Jillaroo Adventure, Bingara, NSW, Australia July 5, 2008 – Sept. 17, 2008
Travel: traveled extensively throughout Western Europe, summer 2000; Scandinavia, summer 2002-03; Hawaii, summer
2004; Italy, winter 2004; Eastern Europe, summer 2005; Spain, winter 2007
SPARKcon volunteer 2006-07, a creative culture conference for the North Carolina Triangle area
AIAS Member 2000-05; SCAD AIAS Communications Officer 2003; organized “Dinner with an Architect” 2003; assisted
with the James Howard Kunstler Lecture 2003; taught the Architectural Lettering Workshop, fall 2004; assisted and
taught in the SCAD AIAS volunteer program Archi-Pet-Ture in 2003-04 teaching Elementary students architecture
through the design of a pet home at the Charles Ellis Montessori Academy in Savannah, GA, this program won the
2003 AIAS National Community Service Honor Award
SCAD Ambassador 2002-05, worked with prospective students and their parents through the Admissions department
Project Green Member, a student organization focusing on sustainable design, 2003-05
Journalist for the COMpost newsletter produced by Project Green, 2004-05
SCAD Sailing Club 2002-04
SCAD New York City Off-Campus Program, summer 2003
Co-designer of Rocky Bayou Christian School “Jousting Knight” logo, 2000
SCAD Rising Star, summer 1999

4. Chapel Hill Residence selected as The News and Observer’s April 2010 Home of the Month, published April 24, 2010
A Cherry Huffman Architects Project Completed 2009: Residential Addition/Renovation, Sustainable Design Chapel Hill, North Carolina
01: Front Elevation
Description
The clients of the Chapel Hill Residence requested an addition that
would accommodate the growing needs of their family, increase
street presence, and enhance the experience of living in their pristine
forest surroundings, all while respecting the original design of the
home.
Designed by modernist architect Arthur Cogswell and completed in
1964, the Chapel Hill Residence and the neighborhood in which it
stands are an important chapter in the history of Chapel Hill and
North Carolina architecture.
02: West Elevation Showing Addition
Taking cues from the strong horizontal and airy vertical volumes of
the original design and also considering the site constraints, the
addition rises through the trees on the street-side elevation acting
as a lantern in the forest, drawing ones eye from the street. Its broad
windows act as a lightwell providing daylighting for the stairs and
living space below. It also reveals a landing; which gives access to a
long roof terrace running beneath the tree canopy. Beneath the roof
terrace the volume of the master suite projects out of the wooded
hillside, behind the house, exaggerating the cantilevered qualities of
the original design and providing the dramatic focal point of the
house. The intention is to make one feel as if they live in the trees.
The addition and renovation include a new master suite, music 03: Master Bedroom
studio, wine cellar, a deck connecting the living room and master
suite, a roof terrace, and new cedar siding throughout the entire
exterior uniting both designs. It also includes sustainable features
such as extensive daylighting, ECO-CEM panels, bamboo floors,
soapstone countertops, and low VOC paints and materials.
Original Home: 1,937 sf
Total with Addition: 3,335 sf
Involvement: Managed this project from SD to 100% CDs and
approval by the City of Chapel Hill.
Principal: Louis Cherry Photos by: Jim West 04: Roof Terrace
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5. Wakelon Elementary School
A Cherry Huffman Architects Project Completed 2006: Prototype School Zebulon, North Carolina
01: Multipurpose Room
Description
Wakelon Elementary represents the first of five of this school
prototype to be built by the Wake County Public School system. The
design incorporates a flexible plan consisting of two or three-story
classroom wings and an administration/multipurpose/library wing
that can be easily adapted to increasingly tight building sites.
Featuring large breakout spaces and learning terraces, the design
provides ample informal space for small group activity, enriching
the creative learning environment. By providing more teaching and
planning spaces, the design emphasizes collaboration and
personalized learning communities. Other features of the design 02: Entry Lobby
include enhanced wayfinding via color-coded subway circulation
graphics, abundant natural light throughout the entire building, and
large spaces for student projects and artwork.
Total Square Footage: 99,562 sf
Involvement: I managed one two-story version of this prototype
from DD to 100% CDs. My responsibilities while managing
included: coordinating with consultants, collaborating with team
members, assisting at meetings with the client, and the primary
technician on construction documents and design presentation. I
assisted the design team from DD to Closeout on this particular
school and assisted the team on two others throughout all phases of 03: Corridor & Music Room
design.
Principal: Hal Bowen Photos by: Jim West 04: Playground & Multipurpose Canopy
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6. Embrace: Miami Pier Museum
Competition entry: Arquitectum Pier-Museum, Miami 2009: Cultural Monument South Beach, Miami, Florida
01: Beach View South Elevation
Concept
Embrace
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: include in one’s beliefs; take into account
Synonyms: accept, accomodate, admit, adopt, avail oneself of,
comprehend, comprise, contain, cover, deal with, embody, enclose,
encompass, espouse, get into, go in for, grab, have, incorporate,
involve, make use of, provide for, receive, seize, subsume, take
advantage of, in, take on, take up, welcome.
Antonyms: disbeleive, distrust, exclude, reject, shun.
These synonyms and antonyms describe the issues surrounding an 02: Beach Steps Perspective
immigrant. The goal of this project is to embody these qualities to be
a memorial and tribute to Cuban and Latin American immigrants.
Description
The pier is separated into two spaces: private and public. The private
is the museum that undulates in an out of the dunes and water. It
serves as the knowledge of the structure. The public is the pier itself,
a void that the visitor, immigrants, their family, friends, and all those
who come visit, inhabit. This void is embraced by the structure of the
museum and serves as a memorial and celebration of the immigrant
spirit.
03: Cafe Perspective
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2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Partner: Robin Crumpler 04: View from Above
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7. Marshland CoOp
Studio V Project: Sustainable Design, Brownfield Reclamation Thunderbolt, Georgia
01: Aerial Perspective East
Concept
The Marshland CoOp develops a direct link to the surrounding
coastal wetlands. Structural integration within the site initiates a new
approach to “minimal impact” development along coastal marsh-
lands. The center focuses on marshland revitalization to provide a
“hands-on” educational environment for the community.
Description
Throughout the CoOp, exhibition spaces are punctuated by islands
of living marshland, which illuminate the complexity, fragility of the
02: Plan
surrounding ecosystem. The locations of these marshlands
correspond to the old building footprints that choked the site in the
past. In a sense, the positioning of the marshland exhibits illustrates
the CoOp’s dedication to healing the land.
Structurally, the Marshland CoOp explores the possibilities of the
new sustainable development within the coastal wetlands. The site
of the Marshland CoOp was once a semi-industrial marine boatyard.
The goal of the CoOp is to heal this poisoned and paved over land by
proposing a new means of incorporating the built environment into
the natural environment. The superstructure of the CoOp is
essentially a long span shell that protects the sub-structure and
provides an elevated green space. This shell also creates a thermal
barrier that passively cools the space below. In addition, the green 03: Oyster Amphitheater
space allows rainwater to absorb into the site rather than erode and
flood the surrounding marshlands. Below the shell, the buildings are
lightly placed upon the site with the use of both hanging and living
walls. Aesthetically, these walls give the illusion of floating above the
ground plane. The living wall is a slightly elevated permeable
masonry wall that is perforated to allow light into the interior. A
system of gutter-like, slender, steel columns collect the excess water
from the shell, which is not absorbed by the wall feeding moss and
lichen. The hanging walls are also slightly elevated from the ground
plane further enhancing the floating, lightweight aesthetic. These
walls are found more in the interior of the building such as the
museum and exhibition spaces.
Partners: Robin Crumpler, C.W. Meckle Professor: Ahmad Afifi 04: Model Perspective West
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8. Currents: East Savannah Waterfront
Studio VII Project: Urban Design, Sustainable Waterfront Development Savannah, Georgia
Concept
Currents
Noun: a steady flow usually from natural causes; a dominant
course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
Adjective: Passing from one to another
Currents suggest a natural flow most commonly connected with
water, but currents abound in all aspects of life—the ocean, rivers,
sky, fields, and forest. It is movement and it is path, and just as it is
found in the natural world, currents are manifested in human
activity as well. In the realm of circulation, vehicles, pedestrians,
and bicycles form a delicate tapestry of currents. Within this 01: Aerial Perspective
tapestry different currents cross and intersect to form nodes of
interaction, or eddies. These eddies not only create meaningful
relationships of circulation, but they also bridge man and nature
together, creating harmony through connection and interaction.
Description
Currents, with a natural movement and flow, wash over a site,
carrying elements of time and history, revealing the layers of
palimpsest. Water, land, and people flow in parallel, stratified, and
intersecting currents through natural beauty and welcoming spaces.
Openness allows water, land, and buildings to exist in a healthy
harmony while promoting a sense of freedom, expression, and 02: View Down Tomochichi Blvd.
community. Plazas, waterfront parks, bridges, tree lined corridors,
and elegant buildings create true places in which to live, work, shop,
and play. Conrad Aiken Waterfront Park provides a transition from
the cultivated urban edge to the natural banks of the Savannah River
by means of a floating dock, bicycle trail, and meandering park
interwoven from west to east. Two hotels, an athletic/entertainment
center, and an open air market space front on Lamar Canal
Promenade, which flows from marsh to river. Tomochichi
Boulevard is a central tree-lined corridor which transitions to
parallel pedestrian walkways by means of undulating, ramped
earthworks that also conceal parking.
Partner: Robin Crumpler Professors: Judith Reno & Julie Rogers Varland 03: View of Conrad Aiken Waterfront Park
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