edward decker's design portfolio
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Edward Decker
Design Portfolio
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John Yeon Foundation Center
University of California Santa Barbara Art Museum
Nordic Gathering Pavillion
Portland Culinary School
Bento Box Computer Desk
Dorris Ranch Event Center
Guggenheim Helsinki
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Helsinki, Finland Winter-Spring
2015
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John Yeon Foundation Center
Portland, OregonWinter 2014
The John Yeon Foundation Center is a museum, community center, and educational library build to honor the well loved Oregon architect and preservationist John Yeon. The building sits on a triangle shaped lot that due to it’s odd shape hasn’t had any major development for decades. Approximately half the site is occupied by an eighty year old office complex. Rather than tearing down a historic building with a beautiful facade the complicated interior structure was removed and a new structure inserted into the existing skin. Modifications were made to the existing façade to make it more compatible with a museum. The current structure houses an architectural library and archive. The top two floors are occupied by a museum that houses the original works of John Yeon and also has space for other exhibitions from the local community as well as the global community. Though the primary purpose of the program is for architectural research and preservation the building is also a community space capable of other community uses.
North-South Section
LibraryCuration
UpperGalleryL o w e r G a l l e r y
R e s t a u r a n t C a f eAuditoriumStorage
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John Yeon Foundation Center
Museum entry
Extended sidewalk with added green space
Wells Fargo Bank parking lot made into a public park
Bike lane moved south to Oak Street
Traffi c triangle closed to cars
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Entry/Lobby
Book Store
Auditorium
Storage
Staging
North Entrance
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Cafe
Restaurant
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Permanant Exhibit
Offices
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Traveling Exhibit
Library Entrance
Reading Room
Library
Public Terrace
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East-West Section
South Façade
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Interior Perspective of the Museum Cafe
University of California Art Museum
Santa Barbara, California
Winter 2013
South Façade
North-South Section
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The University of California Santa Barbara’s Art Museum takes inspiration from one of the modern era’s fi nest architects, Louis Kahn. Gary Moye, the professor leading the studio and a former employee of Louis Kahn, encouraged students to created rational and poetic spaces that celebrated the structure.
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Site Plan
Interior Perspective
While the exterior makes reference to California’s Spanish colonial heritage and Mediterranean climate the interior and main gallery space follows a strict rational order. The gallery spaces are intended to be highly fl exible allowing the museum’s curator to make changes that are best for future exhibits. Rather than dictating how the gallery is to be organized the building’s structure instead off ers a guideline for where gallery walls, and thus art, can be placed. The possibility exists in this museum for narrow galleries for portraits and textiles that want the viewer’s close inspection as well as for wide set walls, allowing to the viewer to be just a spectator at a distance. Furthermore, the museum allows the viewer a glimpse into the archival space. Precious work can be stored and viewed at the same time.
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Book Store/ Cafe
Auditorium
Traveling Exhibit
Permanant Exhibit
Offi ces
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Staging/Curation
Storage
Nordic Gathering Pavillion
Winter 2013
The Nordic Gathering Pavilion was designed in collaboration with my friend and peer Nicole Levy. The aim of the project was to create a space in which the main form of roof support was also a key to the aesthetic. The program for this particular project mandated that the pavilion be no longer than fifty feet with only two parallel masonry support walls. My partner and I, both having spent summers in Scandinavia, wanted to take advantage of the long days and plentiful summer sun. The two masonry walls are punctured by small square windows of varying sizes to shrink it’s scale and make it more human. The trusses that hold up the roof are asymmetrical, creating a light monitor that catches sun and brings light down to the floor space. In addition, though the design is very contemporary it’s scale and overall form give it a barn like quality that give it a degree of anonymity in it’s rural environment.
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Portland Culinary Institute
Portland, OregonSpring 2012
Exterior Perspective
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Interior Perspective
1st Floor 2nd Floor
3rd Floor 4th Floor
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Entry/Lobby
Learning Kitchens
Classrooms
Atrium
Library
Computer Lab
Student Lounge
Restaurant
Bar
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Bento Box Computer Desk
Eugene, OregonSpring 2013
The Bento Box Computer table is the fusion of a 19th century idea with a 21st century reality. The project is highly personalized, the design is based on a personal need and the scale is based on my particular size. Growing up I learned to love my grandmother’s writing chest. I loved it’s elegance, it’s functionality and also it’s anonymity. I approached this project by first assessing how the modern person writes. Realizing that we are in a digital era I created a table that embraces the computer age. The table is essentially a laptop surface with space to store a computer as well as other needed accessories. A secondary aim was to make use of materials that are inexpensive or not commonly used in a decorative manner. The legs and frame are made of 3/4” Russian Birch ply wood and the base is made from OSB. The rough appearance of the OSB balances the smoothness of the Russian birch.
BBCD
Springfi eld, OregonFall 2012
Dorris Ranch Event Center
East-West Section
The Dorris Ranch Event Center is a community space situated in the heart of the historic Dorris Family Hazelnut Farm. The farm is situated along the Willamette River and is now a city park. A the time of the project the park was mostly used by joggers and people looking for a beautiful place to stroll. Putting an event center in the park makes it a beautiful shared space for it’s surrounding community. The design is attempts to be regional, using mostly wood slating on the interior and exterior. The building is designed with an eight by eight structural grid that references the grid of the hazelnut orchard. While the space is intended to be a multi-purpose community space it’s design puts further focus on community events involving music. A slated wall system winds through the building ending in the main concert hall. While the feature is a mainly decorative feature in the lobby as it goes through the building it becomes an acoustic wall system.
East-West Section
DREC
Primary Structure
Acoustic Wall Panelling
Foudnation
Wall Assembly Diagram
Event CenterEvent Center
DREC
Perspective of North Façade
Section North-South
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ENTRY
MAIN EVENTSPACE
ARTIST CONNECTIVITY
WRITINGSPACE
KITCHEN
COURTYARD OUT-DOOR EVENTSPACE
MEN’S RESTROOM
WOMEN’SRESTROOM
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CHILDREN’S PLAY AREA
PICNIC AREA
GARDEN AREA
EAST-WEST SECTION SCALE: 1/16” = 1’- 0”
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Perspective of North Façade
Fall 2010-Spring 2015
Personal Art Projects
Water Color and Ink Wash of an Imperial City
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