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PALMER FERGUSON

[email protected] | (434) 473-3190

EDUCATION VIRGINIA TECH COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN | Blacksburg, VA

WORK EXPERIENCE

SKILLS

SERVICE

ATELIER 11 LTD | Lynchburg, VA | Easton, MD

Fall 2014 European Travel Program

Bachelor of Architecture, Expected 2016 GPA 3.52

Studied architecture over three months in: Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and SwitzerlandVirginia Tech Chicago Studio Spring 2015

Studied architecture and urban environments in collaboration with von Weise Associates and other top firms in the Chicago area.

Architectural Intern Summer 2014Assisted throughout the design, drawing and recording process of projects ranging from residential to new mixed-use retail facilities.

CUSTOM STRUCTURES INC | Lynchburg, VAArchitectural Intern Summer 2013

Assisted throughout the design and drawing process of a design build firm focusing on residential projects and commercial expansions.

MILLER PARK POOL | Lynchburg, VAHead Lifeguard Summers 2011, 2012

Managed 14 lifeguards and 3 staff members at a public pool with a 400 person capacityLifeguard Summers 2009, 2010

Offered a variety of challenges from team leadership, management and training to crowd and incident control and customer service

SOFTWARE

AutoCAD

ANALOG

Rhino VectorworksPhotoshopIllustratorInDesign

RevitSketchUp

Sketching Drawing Model makingCarpentry Welding

RELAY FOR LIFE | 2008-presentTeam Captain and participant walking and raising money for cancer research

LYNCHBURG DAILY BREAD | 2012- presentPrepare and serve least one balanced meal for the area’s homeless and less fortunate

BIG EVENT | 2011- presentVirginia Tech community outreach project where students help residents with projects of any scale

V-Ray3DS Max

Painting

von WEISE ASSOCIATES | Chicago, ILArchitectural Intern Spring and Summer 2015

Worked closely with the design team developing concepts and architectural ideas as a part of the Chicago Studio program. Assisted with drawing and design process on residential and commercial projects.

INTERESTS PERSONAL

Hiking Canoeing Mountain Biking

Permanent |1516 Clayton Ave | Lynchburg, Va 24503

American Institute of Architecture Students 2013- Present

Kayaking

Ceramics

PALMER [email protected] | (434) 473-3190

Fall Thesis

1 : : 200

Study of our relationship to living spaces and the systems in which

living takes place. Through expressing and celebrat-ing the mechanisms of the build-

ing the living spaces are more shaped by the individual and they may observe and interact with the

machine in which they live.

Apartment studies. Studio through three bedroom

Frame and circulation study

Section. Through the services and circulation atrium

Site Plan


Fall Thesis

Building section. Atruim and apartments Early frame axon

Early study. Utilities and component lifespans


European Travel

Italy, Brion Cemetery, Carlo Scarpa

Portugal, Leca Swimming Pools, Alvaro Siza

France, Apartments, Jean Nouvel

Italy, Pantheon Germany, Church, Bruckner and Bruckner


Switzerland, Therme Vals, Peter Zumthor

European Travel

Italy, Pazzi Chapel, Brunelleschi Italy, San Andrea

Italy, Pantheon Italy, San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane


Chicago Studio

Ground floorPlan preserves and amplifies existing paths and connections around neighborhood

Catalyst for neighborhood growth

Ground floor open marketGrocery

250 Micro-unit apartments

Grocery market floorsVisually and organizationally respond to the visual connections and existing food institutions.

First Micro-unit GroupingsVisually and organizationally respond to the visual connections and their change in elevation.


Chicago Studio

First Micro-unit GroupingsVisually and organizationally respond to the visual connections and their change in elevation.


Chicago Studio

Office for the Lonely Worker400 square feet set alone in

a field.Designed to hold records and

allow indoor outdoor work

Board 124x36

graphite on paper

Rooms for Dwelling3 student dwellings

1 cooking and dining room1 two level faculty dwelling

Concrete tilt wall construction under a canopy roof

3rd year

Board 224x36

graphite on paper

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