Sarah Murphy portfolio of work

part 1:academic

(2006-2011)

XXS topo chair XS the link: urban bike space S firestationno.1L architecture school am shinkelplatz XL campus masterplan

XXL WEST BOTTOMS: URBAN DESIGNtopographical analysis -

hickory corridor -historic core -

TOpo chair

PROGRAM: Given constraints of mate-rial exploration (plywood) and dimension (2’ x 2’ x 2’).

This chair deals with both the pliable and rigid nature of plywood. Within a strict frame, interlocking pieces respond to the topography of the user.

Constructed using .5” birch plywood, af-ter testing how far different widths would bend without breaking.

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PROGRAM: A mobile gathering space mediates social barriers between those who know and those who want to know about cycling. The structure’s location is determined by local cycling groups, varying from city to city. It is user-created, user-maintained, and as a result, transient and changing. The space is open: between work and social activities, between the benches and the sidewalk, between the workbench and the street. This creates a neutral meeting ground for any person interested in cycling.

SITE: The Link is mobile andadaptable to stand in any parallel parking space (10’ x 20’). A kit of parts arrives in a standard truck trailer, is able to be assembled by 4 able people with a socket wrench in one afternoon.

The materials are known and durable: tube steel framing, industrial rubber flooring, aluminum, and reclaimed timber, into which notices can be posted.

TEAM: A.Kirchoff, P.Peterson

the link:urban bike space

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WALL SECTION

PROGRAM: “The Ideal Architecture School”

SITE: The site of Schenkel’s historic Bauakademie in the heart of Mitte, Berlin.

The building takes on the strict geometry of Shenkel’s revered backstein original in the context of today’s architecture profession, allowing for a maleable plan with integrated “shortcuts” through the building. It responds to Berlin’s winter climate through a porous skin and gradated sun shading.

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lageplan: 1:2500

SU.10CAMpus masterplan:residential ring

PROGRAM: Given the concept of concentric rings as campus plan, create a prototype for student housing which acts as Stadtmauerenclosing the activities of campus.

The placeless architecture of typi-cal block housing is viewed in plan and elevation, but is experienced on the ground floor as no longer subservient to the overlooking eye of the corresponding academic buildings. Public lawns are under close surveilence, but the court-yards and bridges create a world that can be claimed by its resi-dents.

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Level 1 - storefront, lobby space

Level 2 - living and terrace

Level 3 - living and community bridge

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“ORDERS OF THE CITY” excerpt: boundaries, topography, texture

TOP: Model of sectional cityBOTTOM: 12th Street viaduct as connector between two cities

WEST BOTTOMS:topographical

analysis

Our study of topography took two forms: plans and elevational scans. These drawings not only provide a visual understanding of the topography, but also form a base-work for future design, making the visualization of relating one piece of the city to another easier.

TEAM: S.Pink, J.Husmann

01. SITE:EXISTING BUILDINGS

ACTIVE RAILELEVATED ROADS

AD HOC SPACE

02. STREET GRID:REALIGNING THE STREETS

CONTROLLING INTERSECTIONSRELATIONSHIP TO ELEVATED ROADS

03. CORRIDOR:BASIC INFILL FORMS

REINFORCE CORRIDORAND CREATE FRAMED SPACE

04. SPATIAL NETWORK:LOW-LYING WATER COLLECTION

MID-BLOCK THRUWAYSALLEYS

PUBLIC SPACECOURTYARD

05. DESIGN ELEMENTS:STREET ELEMENTS (TREES, LIGHTING,

SEATING, NETWORK OF MOVIABLE FURNIATURE,ADAPTATION OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURES,

AND LANDMARKS FOR WAYFINDING)ACTIVATE THE FRAMED SPACE AND CORRIDOR

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Hickory Street is the primary north-south corridor in the West Bottoms, running almost the entire length of the eastern side. This street is the spine and reference point for the surrounding activity. It is a large-scale anchoring system, which can define and contrast the smaller systems. These smaller systems take the form of courtyard spaces, view corridors, framed open space, spaces below and above infrastructure, no-man’s-land, and alleys.

These established corridors and their subordinate network of alley and open spaces are clarified by infill pieces and smaller-scale zoning. These north-south connectors skewer and define the interactions that happen on an east-west axis.

TEAM: C.Koch, J.Husmann, K.Rogler, S.Schulz

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HICKORY STREET SECTION

HICKORY SQUARE STREET SECTION

RAIL LINE / MULBERRY STREET SECTION

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part 2:

post-graduate

(2011-2012)

01. COMpEtItION:

reinventing the modern World2011

02. INStaLLatION:Front/space Gallery

2010-2012

03. SELECtED DEtaILS:

sustainabilty treehouse summit Bechtel reserve

2011

04. SELECtED DEtaILS:epa region 7 headquarters

2012

BNIM’s entry for a companion pavilion for “Reinventing the Modern World” at the Nelson-Atkins interprets contemporary space as both multi-locational and rooted.

The complex realm of contemporary space simultaneously occupies the physical domain and the digital domain (both in constant communication with one another) and does so primarily through constructed interfaces. Our pavilion manifests these dynamic exchanges of information in a tactile interface. It is by all estimations an analog structure – an armature that supports and nurtures the creation of a green wall, shelters guests and transforms a hillside into a room -- but is simultaneously a part of the digital reality of its adjacent site: the Bloch building.

The pavilion’sgreen wall is the living interface between the analog and digital spaces silently communicating on the site. Each plant’s growth is edited by the amount of water it receives. Motion detection in the museum records the number and frequency of visitors, transmitting the information wirelessly to the pavilion. This, in a sense, places the pavilion on a larger fair ground than the immediate site it occupies. The pavilion acts as the sixth lens, part of a longer-term and wider conversation beyond the fleeting internal conversations of its occupants.

TEAM:Elvis Achelpohl, BNIMChristi Dietze, BNIM / KU SADPVladimir Krstic, BNIM / KC Design

CenterKyle Rogler, BNIMEmily Hawn, BNIMBad SeedDaniel Dermitzel, Cultivate KCK-State College of Architecture,

Planning, and Design

World’s Fair pavilion 2012

01. parking garage/ gift shop02. entry: noguchi ct03. entry: inventing the modern world04.-09. inventing the modern worldpieces

World’s Fair Exhibition pavilion

World’s Fair Exhibition pavilion

Currently led by two architecture grads, a writer, an IT consultant, and a printmaker, this collaborative project space’s mission is to allow new artists to have a low-stakes, high-profile chance to challenge their works’ presentation to and relationship with gallery space.

Front/Space Installations2010-2012

self-schematicslindsay deifiknov. 2010designed and built site-specific wall panels for mounting each piece

retail Identitiesmaxwell mehlstaubOct. 2010

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stOre - shelF detaIl

WOrK - draWer detaIl

dIsplaY

The programming for these two months sought to create a meaningful exchange among zine makers and collectors. To facilitate this, Front/Space became a physical point of exchange, creation, discussion.

I led design and construction of interior spaces to display, shelve, produce, read, and discuss small publications. Using found materials, and funded in part by Bread!KC’s “Toast.”

Zine Dream at Front/SpaceSept/Oct 2012

Sustainability treehouse - selected detials

Epa region 7 headquarters - selected details