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1. Drawing
Graphic Design/ Furniture
Photography
Justin
Merkovich
Architecture
Architectural
Drawing

2. Desert Modern:
Signage design development
Signage sketch Working drawing sheet
Schematic render
Design development render

3. Desert Modern:
Design Development Revit model/render
Design development render

4. Wintergarden:
Urban scale massing
Site Sketch (ESG Staff)
Massing model

5. Wintergarden:
Schematic Revit modeling
Phase 1
Building Sketches (ESG Staff)
Schematic Sketchup Models (ESG Staff)
Phase 2

6. Wintergarden:
Schematic Revit modeling
Phase 1 Street level
Phase 2 Street level

7. Wintergarden:
Schematic Revit modeling
Phase 2 Aerial

8. AIA Minnesota Office:
Design visualization
Finished photo
Final render

9. Campus Apartments:
Design visualization
Design development render
Design development render

10. Riverfront Masterplan:
Revit schematic massing model
Hand-drawn sketch mapped onto topography

11. Urban Hotel:
Design visualization
Design development render

12. Thesis:
“Grow Your Own Neighborhood”
Status Quo, Possibilities, Opportunities...
Year 5
6 months Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 6 months Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 6 months Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Demolition
North Building @ 56th St. and Chicago Ave. Parking Lot @ 56th St. and Chicago Ave. GroceryStore @ 56th St. and Chicago Ave. Temporary Greenhouse @ 56th St. and Chicago Ave. (north site) Temporary Greenhouse @ 56th and Chicago Ave. (south site) Surgically remove greenhouse glass @ 56th St. and Chicago Ave. (Main)
-Demo after harvest -Demo after harvest
Building
Greenhouse @ Solomon Park (2) Temporary Storage Building (2) Greenhouse @ 56th St. and Chicago Ave. (north site) Greenhouse @ 56th St. and Chicago Ave. (south site) Temporary Storage/Smoking Building (south site) Wash/Prep/Process Building @ Solomon Park Flexible Greenhouse @ 56th St. and Chicago Ave. (main site) Temporary Storage Building (south site) Flexible Greenhouse @ 56th St. and Chicago Ave. (south site) Flexible Building/Underground @ 56th St. and Chicago Ave. (north site) Infill Grocery Store/Coffee Shop @ 56th St. and Chicago Ave. (main site)
-40’ tall @ Solomon Park -From reclaimed materials -From reclaimed materials @ 56th St. and Chicago Ave. -16’ tall -40’ tall @ 56th St. and Chicago Ave. -40’ tall -Storage for Bamboo-then parking/other -Grocery Store to 16’
-Bamboo -Straw -40’ tall -40’ tall -Bamboo -Bamboo -Bamboo -Bamboo (2 total) -Temporary Daycare to 16’ -Coffee shop/reverse commuting to 28’
Temporary Storage and - Bamboo -Bamboo Temporary Storage Building (2) -Straw -Straw -Bamboo -Bamboo -Bamboo
Smoking Building @ Solomon Park @ Solomon Park -Straw -Straw -Straw
Flexible Greenhouse @ 56th St. and Chicago Ave. (north site) Farmers Market @ Todd Park Bleachers/Storage (main ballfield)
-Bamboo -Straw (4 total) -40’ tall -16’ tall @ 56th St. and Chicago Ave. Permanent Greenhouse @ 56th St. and Chicago Ave. (main site)
-Bamboo -Bamboo -Bamboo -Bamboo
Transit Stop @ 56th St. and Chicago Ave. -Straw -Straw
Bamboo -Straw -Straw
-Inside
Solomon Park Greenhouses 56th St. and Chicago Ave. North Greenhouse 56th St. and Chicago Ave. South Greenhouse Solomon Park Greenhouse (2) Solomon Park Greenhouse (2) Solomon Park Greenhouse (2) Solomon Park Greenhouse (2)
-Phyllostachus Nuda to 34’ -Phyllostachus Nuda to 34’ -Phyllostachus Nuda to 34’ 56th St. and Chicago Ave. North Greenhouse 56th St. and Chicago Ave. North Greenhouse 56th St. and Chicago Ave. North Greenhouse
56th St. and Chicago Ave. South Greenhouse 56th St. and Chicago Ave. South Greenhouse 56th St. and Chicago Ave. South Greenhouse 56th St. and Chicago Ave. South Greenhouse
56th St. and Chicago Ave. Main Greenhouse 56th St. and Chicago Ave. Permanent Greenhouse
56th St. and Chicago Ave. Main Greenhouse
Straw -Phyllostachus Nuda to 34’
Harvest Harvest
Smoke and Store Smoke and Store
Solomon Park (50%) Solomon Park (50%) Solomon Park (50%) Solomon Park (75%) Solomon Park (75%) Solomon Park (75%) Solomon Park (75%) Solomon Park (75%) Solomon Park (75%) Solomon Park (75%) Solomon Park (75%) Solomon Park (75%) Solomon Park (75%) Solomon Park (75%) Solomon Park (75%)
-Year 1 of cycle -Year 2 of cycle -Year 3 of cycle -Year 4 of cycle
Harvest Harvest Harvest Harvest Harvest Harvest Harvest Harvest Harvest Harvest Harvest Harvest Harvest Harvest
Compress/Bale and Store Compress/Bale and Store Compress/Bale and Store Compress/Bale and Store Compress/Bale and Store Compress/Bale and Store Compress/Bale and Store Compress/Bale and Store Compress/Bale and Store Compress/Bale and Store Compress/Bale and Store Compress/Bale and Store Compress/Bale and Store Compress/Bale and Store
Bamboo
-Outside
Phyllostachus Nuda @ Todd Park (50% of interstitial space) Phyllostachus Nuda @ Todd Park (50% of interstitial space) Phyllostachus Nuda @ Todd Park (50% of interstitial space) Phyllostachus Nuda @ Todd Park (50% of interstitial space)
Boulevards @ 58th St. and Chicago Ave. Phyllostachus Nuda on boulevards @ 58th St. and Chicago Ave. Phyllostachus Nuda on boulevards @ 58th St. and Chicago Ave. Phyllostachus Nuda on boulevards @ 58th St. and Chicago Ave.
Phyllostachus Nuda @ Anaerobic Digester site Phyllostachus Nuda @ Anaerobic Digester site Phyllostachus Nuda @ Anaerobic Digester site
Food
-Crops
Community Plots @ Solomon Park (25%) Community Plots @ Solomon Park (25%) Community Plots @ Solomon Park (25%) Community Plots @ Solomon Park (25%)
Community Plots @ Todd Park (50% of interstitial space) Community Plots @ Todd Park (50% of interstitial space) Community Plots @ Todd Park (50% of interstitial space) Community Plots @ Todd Park (50% of interstitial space)
Individual Plots @ single-family homes Individual Plots @ single-family homes Individual Plots @ single-family homes Individual Plots @ single-family homes
Infrastructure
Reconfigure Todd Park Ball Fields
Reconfigure Chicago Ave. for Transit Stop and Bike Lane
Create Bike Lane loop to Bloomington Avenue node
Build Anaerobic Digester south of Solomon Park
Timeline of growth/building...
Parking Lot @ 56th St. and Chicago Ave. Temporary Greenhou
-Demo after harvest

13. Urban Farm...
Grazing
Barn
Wash/Prep/Process
Animals
Composting
Food
Apiary

14. Sustainable Node...
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’
Inll
Main Building to 100’
36’
ng Flexible Building/Daycare
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’

15. Sustainable Node: Site, Proto-buildings...
Growing a Sustainable Neighborhood Node: “Living Building” EDITT Tower: Singapore (Proposed)
Production/Transit/Farmers Market/Growth...
Site Conditions:
ZERI Pavilion - Manizales,Columbia
Bamboo House: near Chiayi (Taiwan)
Relationship of Neighborhood
to city center Neighborhood Boundaries Finnish Pavilion:
Paris, France (World’s Fair 1939)
Residence - Arbelaez,Columbia
Terrace Farming
Unknown
Transit Stop Bamboo Greenhouse:
Como Park Conservatory: Columbia
Unknown
Walkability of Neighborhood St. Paul, MN, USA
Relationship of Farm
-5 minute/10 minute walk ACROS: Fukuoka, Japan
to Building Site
Farm Site
Existing transportation
SoMa: San Francisco, CA Bed-ZED: Beddington, England
High-Frequency Line (every 15 minutes)
Typical Line
Commuter Line
Commuter Line
Limited Stop Line
Building Site: Existing Proposed Plan Transit Stop Live/Work
Farmers Market
Naiju Residential Center and Kindergarten: Chihuko/Fukuoka, Japan
Bamboo Production
Factory Hall-Pensilvania, Columbia Bamboo Roofs: Fukuoka, Japan
Grocery Store/ Bamboo Joint:
Renzo Piano’s Workshop Bamboo/Concrete: Columbia
Residential Above
Structural Testing:
Greenhouse/Atrium ZERI Pavilion - Manizales,Columbia
Daycare
Slow Food/
Residential Above
Bed-ZED: Beddington, England
Farmers Market
0’ 10’ 20’ 100’ 200’

16. Irish Pub
Revit to 3ds Max/VRay renders
Schematic design render

17. Night render
Interior view at service counter Interior view at “backbar”

18. Primary and Middle School
Revit and 3ds Max/VRay renders
Schematic design

19. Section perspective
Primary school play area

20. Cafeteria
Cafeteria - Primary school Library

21. Gymnasium
Hall - 2nd Floor Hall - 3rd Floor

22. Sports Gateway:
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Sports Bar
Hotel/Mixed-Use
Site as driving force...
Kitchen/Service UP
A112
1
Restaurant
UP
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT PRODUCT
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT PRODUCT
Hotel Lobby
UP
2
A11
Lounge Bar
Site Model Early Plan sketch
Sports complexes define site UP
Health Club
First Floor Plan
Lobby Bar Rendering
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT PRODUCT
Sketch Models

23. Children’s Library: Mobile Stacks Reading Rooms
Stage
Mobile Stacks
Changing scale, morphing building...
Kitchen
Office
Checkout
Storage
Water Closets Water Closets
First Floor Plan Second Floor Plan Third Floor Plan Lower Level Plan
South Section Shifting scales in children’s literature
South Elevation

24. Shade Pavilion:
Group Design Build:
Hurricane Katrina Relief: Biloxi, MS
Midwest barn aesthetic brought to gulf coast...
Preliminary Design
Character Sketch (Derek Petersen)
Siteplan Site model
Renderings

25. Shade Pavilion:
Group Design Build:
Hurricane Katrina Relief: Biloxi, MS
Midwest barn aesthetic brought to gulf coast...
Completed
Shade Pavilion

26. Architectural Drawing:
Light defining experience...

27. Furniture:
Reclaimed materials, craft, and modularity...

28. Illustration/Photography:
Interpretation, distillation and contrast...

29. Graphic Design:
Abstraction and readability...
Corporate Logo Corporate Logo
Berlin Sans FB Demi Bold