The document provides details on the professional experience of Sarah Mann including design projects from 2012 to the present while she was a student and afterwards as an professional. It describes projects like a gathering space at the North Carolina Museum of Art from 2012, an addition to the College of Design at NC State from 2012, and renovations to Dr. Halford House's property in Chapel Hill from 2014 to present to demonstrate sustainable water systems. The document also lists Sarah Mann's education, skills, and additional experience with graphic design, woodworking, and 3D modeling software.
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Turning Point
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2012 PG. 7
The Street
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Hearth House
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PG. 172014-Present
Hal House
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Graphic Design
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Cutting Boards
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Contents
Tim Martin Engineer
Tina Govan Architect
Interior Design Modeling
BuildSense
SketchUp/CAD Tutor
North Carolina State Univerity
Bachelor of Architecture
Minor in Landscape Architecture
Education
Experience
3D Modeling
CAD Programs
Adobe Creative Suite
Model Making
Wood-Working
Skills
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4. Turning Point01
Location:
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
Information:
Academic - Summer 2012
Professors:
Ellen Cassilly, AIA, Erik Mehlman, AIA, Scott
Metheny and Randy Lanou, MCGP
Collaborators:
Stephanie Clinton, Alexander Ellenbogen,
Yang Gao, William Lavin, Matt Luckey,
Melissa Meyer, Eric Overmyer, Phil Smith,
Jeremy Swecker and Holland Ward
Skills Used:
AutoCAD, SketchUp, V-Ray, Wood-Working,
Metal-Working
Turning Point is a design-build project intended to provide
a gathering area for the North Carolina Museum of Art.
The concrete wall slopes out of the ground to reach its
full height of 12 feet. Parts of the wall are subtracted
for elements like the greenway path that passes through
and a viewing seat. The board-formed textured concrete
represents the ‘outside’ and the plywood-formed smooth
concrete represents the ‘inside.’ The steel and Ipe wood
deck cantilevers past the wall out to the pond to add the
idea of extension.
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5. 1 First Floor Plan_Deck extends out as ground drops off
2 Breaking Ground
3 Formwork_Set with a telehandler
4 Concrete Wall
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10. The Street02
North Carolina State Univsersity, Raleigh, NC
Academic - Spring 2012
Dana Gulling
Andy Park
Illustrator,SketchUp,Photoshop,
Revit, AutoCAD
Location:
Information:
Professors:
Collaborators:
Skills Used:
The main themes behind this addition to the College of
Design are the axes of the site and the structure grid. The
building is split into two pieces that frame a ‘street’ that
allows one to look into studio spaces. The street is intended
to integrate the College of Design with students throughout
the NC State campus. The two pieces slope in opposite
directions because the south side of the site is a story
lower. The rain screen detail is of a turned brick pattern
fronting a curtain wall. The bricks are post-tensioned and
the curtain wall tilts out to be easily cleaned.
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11. 1 First Floor Plan_Studios and presentation spaces with sidewalks along ‘the street’
2 Axes Diagram_Main points of enty to the site
3 Concept Sketch
4 Structure Diagram_Column grid of parking garage combined with angled grid of building
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1 Wall Section_Details of curtain wall, porch and green roof
2 ‘Down the Street’_Transparent view through bricks
3 ‘Up the Street’_Opaque view through bricks
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13. 1 Plan Detail
Curtain wall fronted by rotating brick panels
2 Open Panel
Brick panel open to clean glass
Vertical Aluminum Mullion
Painted Steel C-Channel
w/ (3) Threaded Hinges
Steel Threaded Rod
Brick Stretcher Course
Brick Turning Course
Glass Curtain Wall
Roller Path cast in Concrete
Roller Ball Bearing
Painted Steel C-Channel
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16. E Nelson Ave
NAllenRd
Wake Forest, NC
Competition - Spring 2014
ReSpace | Porch
Reuse Materials
Community Place for the Hope House
SketchUp, V-Ray, Illustrator, Photoshop,
InDesign
Hearth House03
Location:
Information:
Competition Themes:
Skills Used:
As Vitruvius writes in his Ten Books on Architecture, the
origin of gathering began with the discovery of fire. A
fire started and man gathered around the ‘hearth’ for of
the light and warmth. Man then needed shelter as it began
to rain. This shelter became the rustic hut of upright and
horizontal members that support a sloped roof. In modern
times, families gather around the dining room table for
conversation and a sense of community. The Hearth House
combines the ideas of the rustic hut and gathering to create
a dining room table for the whole community. This project
also proposes using paint cans for structure, for storage,
and for aesthetics. For structure, the paint cans create a
rotating table. The bottom of the paint cans can be cut
out and then glued together with epoxy to create a tube.
A PVC pipe, anchor bolts and lock holes can be cast into
the paint can tube with concrete to create a beam that can
rotate around a steel rod in open and closed positions.
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17. 1 Floor Plan
Tables Open
2 Proportion Diagram
Column grid showing interior vs. exterior space
3 Expansion Diagram
Plan can be mirrored to create a full wrap
around porch for future expansion
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18. Built-Up Trusses
Cedar T&G Roof Decking
Vertical Wood Siding
Exterior Painted Sheet Material
Interior Exposed Sheet Material
Sliding Door
Columns
Ramp
Porch
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1 Material Axon_ A majority of the house can be made of reclaimed wood products
2 ‘Down the Street’_Transparent view through bricks
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19. 6 3/4”
7 3/4”
Portable
Circular
Symmetrical
1 Paint Can Diagram
Kerfed 2x4s
Epoxy
T&G Wood Boards
Concrete Mix
Bolt Locks
Paint Cans
Anchor Bolts
Hammer
Chisel
Can Opener
PVC Pipe
2 Tools/Materials Needed
Table
Anchor Bolts
Closed
Lock*
*Lock = Piece
of PVC cast in
the correct
locations)
PVC
Pipe
Open
Lock*
Paint Can
Tube
PVC
Pipe Bolt
Table 2x10s Steel
Rod
(The PVC pipe is cast off-center in
the paint can tube to counterweight
the table when it is in the open
position, similar to a teeter totter)
4 Rotating Table Detail
Paint Can and Concrete Beam
3 Rotating Table Axon
Table and rotating beam supported by 2x10s
and steel rods anchored in the foundations
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20. Hal House04
Chapel, NC
Professional - Spring 2014 to Present
Dr. Halford House
Integrated Water Strategies, Inc
Tim Martin, Architect/Engineer
Ann Marie Baum, Interior Design
David Swanson, ASLA
SketchUp, PowerCADD, Photoshop
Location:
Information:
Client:
Design Team:
Skills Used:
After fifteen years of academic research with constructed
wetlands to treat/reuse on-site wastewater, Dr. Halford
House founded Integrated Water Strategies, Inc in
2000. He now has more than thirty years of experience in
water quality management and has designed an on-site
wastewater filtration system that replicates a hill-to-
wetland concept. Dr. House has now started developing
his property to demonstrate the viability of his work at a
residential scale and to commemorate his family. First,
exterior spaces were added to the second floor on the
North and South sides, respectively. The West entrance
and East renovation started simultaneously. Each side
responds to the altering sunlight with different shading
systems. The kitchen was also redesigned completely to
bring the new exterior spaces together.
After fifteen years of academic research with constructed
wetlands to treat/reuse on-site wastewater, Dr. Halford
House founded Integrated Water Strategies, IncIntegrated Water Strategies, Inc in
2000. He now has more than thirty years of experience in
water quality management and has designed an on-site
wastewater filtration systemwastewater filtration system that replicates a hill-to-that replicates a hill-to-
wetland concept. Dr. House has now started developing
his property to demonstrate the viability of his work at a
residential scale and to commemorate his family. First,
exterior spaces were added to the second floor on the
North and South sides, respectively. Thesides, respectively. The West entrance
and East renovation started simultaneously. Each siderenovation started simultaneously. Each side
responds to the altering sunlight with different shadingdifferent shading
systemssystems. The kitchen was also redesigned completely towas also redesigned completely to
bring the new exterior spaces together.
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1 First Floor Reflected Ceiling Plan
North, South, East and West additions with renovated interior
2 West Elevation
Since the entrance is on the West side, a cypress screen similar to those on the
North and South was created but with rough sawn 2x6’s rather than 2x2’s.
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22. 1 Installation
Framers screwing 2x6 slats to steel support
3 Swale Roof
View to the South of water
beginning to collect into the
reuse system
2 Side Detail
Increasing the slats to from
2x2s to 2x6s blocks out
more of the West sun
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23. 1 Section
Water reuse system at a residential scale
2 Karen’s Pond
View to the North of the water on site collecting
in the pond dedicated to Dr. House’s wife
6"1'-0"6"1'-0"6"
7'-0"
2'-6"
1'-0"2'-0"2'-3"
1'-6"1'-6"
7'-0"
2'-0"
Gravel
Finish Grade Elev.
= 100.29’
Inflow Pressure
Adjustment
Gate
Geotextile Fabric
Gravel and
Slotted Pipe
Filter Media
Containment Wall
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24. 2 After
Final design of kitchen by Design Team
1 Before
Demolition of kitchen
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25. 2 After
New West Entrance and South Veranda
1 Before
View from entrance of South-West corner
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NCMA, Raleigh, NC
Las Lajas, Dominican Republic
NC State, Raleigh, NC
Academic - Spring 2014
InDesign, Photoshop
Gene Bressler, FASLA
Dr. Robin Abrams, FAIA, ASLA
Brian Gaudio
Location:
Information:
Professors:
Collaborators:
Skills Used:
Combining text and pictures in a layout helps communicate
design. Ideas and experiences can be projected with
images, type, space and color. Documenting and identifying
the landscape of the North Carolina Museum of Art’s
bioretention pond was an independent study I did under
the supervision of Professor Gene Bressler. To gain an
understanding of the details, I created booklet organizing
the elements of this particular pond. Brian Gaudio and I
also did an independent study in the Dominican Republic
with the direction of Professor Robin Abrams. While living
in the community of Las Lajas, we were exposed to a
natural type of architecture and design that had common
themes. I was then able to print a Design/Build Publication
for Robin Abrams to begin archiving the past design/build
studio projects. As Head of the School of Architecture, she
intends to use the publication to promote the Design/Build
Program at NCSU.
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27. 1 Cover
The Pond Project includes water quality terraces,
a storm water wetland, a stepped rock swale, and
over 10,000 plants that provide improved water quality
2 Panorama
View from ‘The Turning Point’
3 Identification
Plants, grasses, shrubs,
trees, inhabitants
4 Terraces
Water is controlled
with overflow
stair-like weirs
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28. 1 Cover
‘Design in Campo Las Lajas’ was a travel
study created by Brian Gaudio and myself
2 Design Elements
We studied what influenced the
reappearing design elements of
the Domincan houses
3 Design Thrift
We documented ‘designers’
from all around the community
and their ‘designs’
4 Back Cover
One resident
salvaged wood
from many houses
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29. 1 Cover
Design/Build Studio
Publication
2 Inside Cover
Typical scene during a
studio lunch break
3 Table of Contents
Includes essays from professors, a
design/build history, and the past
studio design/build projects
4 The Turning Point
The last spread of each project is a
full bleed image of a defining scene
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30. Cutting Boards06
The opportunity to use any tool in the Materials Lab at
the North Carolina State University’s College of Design
encourages everyone to discover the limits of each
material. I was drawn to the simplicity of woodworking
and developed a method to embed personal items in a
useful object. By kerfing a strip on one side of a scrap
piece of walnut or oak, small mementos can be inlaid
in the wood. The piece can then be refined into a cutting
board by sanding the edges and oiling the wood.
Raleigh, NC
Personal - Spring 2014 to Present
Kerf varying in widths
Filling the void
Cutting Boards06
Location:
Information:
Themes:
Skills Used:
Woodworking
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31. 1 Overall
Kerfs can be any width greater
than the width of the saw blade
2 Wine Corks 3 Overall
Routing the edges rather than hand
sanding them created crisper corners
4 Shells
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