thomas denney portfolio

Thomas L Denney

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Contents

ProjectsEducation 1Work 2Computer skills 3Timber House Redux 4Chinese Mutual Aid Association 6Solar Thermal Tower 8Wasteland Park 9Dawn of the Sustainable Age 13Holocaust memorial entry 15

Cover image by author, at the Berlin Wall Memorial Park.

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Education

Illinois Institute of Technology, College of Architec-ture, Graduated May, 2008

-Bachelor’s of Architecture 5 year degree, BArch. with Honors

-Dean’s List 2006, 2007, 2008

-Study Abroad (IIT Paris program) Scholarship recipient, August 2006 - December 2006, Paris, France.

-Nominated by professors for scholarships 2004, 2005, 2006.

- IIT Inter-professional ‘Excellence in Leadership and Management’ award university-wide winner for 2008

LEED Accredited Professional, July 2009


Work

TKDA (Contract employee)Chicago, IL.October 2010-January 2011-Construction Documents on various Amtrak station

ADA upgrades

Covert Design StudioChicago, IL.April ’09- Current-Afsluitdijk Sustainability Center, Netherlands, Inter-

national Design Competition finalists -Parametric design and 3D creation of roof

structure -Renderings in mental ray-Atlantic City Holocaust Memorial Competition entry

team.-West Edgewater Park plan redevelopment: on-

going, Project Manager -Board of Directors, March 2011 -Chair of Design/Usage committee

Smith + Gill ArchitectureChicago, IL.July ’08- March ‘09-’Atrium City Master Plan’ for the Jumeira Gardens

development -Managed all aspects of 3D model of Master

Plan -Project Manager for Site Model - 6’x12’ base @

1:1000-’1 Dubai within Atrium City’, super-tall trio of sus-

tainable, mixed-use mega-towers -Conveyance coordination team-Coordinated visualization for both projects

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Image provided by AS+ GG

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-Developed CAD Standards Manual for firm-Assistant Project Manager for final billing and demobilization on all Dubai Projects.

OWP/P Chicago, IL.January ’07- May ‘08-New Prentice Women’s Hospital -Managed the interior punch-list and site

inspections -Created final “As-Built” Documents -Assistant Manager for “Black-out” testing to

commission building with Com-Ed -Gift shop design team-Olsen Pavilion HVAC drawings-Illinois Masonic Medical Center: Plan redevelop-

ment and schematic design-Advocate Lutheran General: Construction Adminis-

tration picking-up red lines on R.F.I.s and A.S.I.s

HBK Engineering (Summer work)Chicago, IL.June ’06 - August ‘06-Land surveying

Illinois Institute of Technology (Work/Study)Chicago, IL.September ‘05- December ’05

-Grading student drawings for 2nd year architecture

studio.-Managed the other work study students along with

compiling grades for approx 110 students.


Computer skills

Microsoft:

Adobe:

Autodesk: -AutoCAD

-3ds Max (Viz)

-EcoTect energy modeling

-Revit(in training)

-Rhino 3-d

-Grasshopper

-mental ray Renderer

-Illustrator

-Photoshop

-InDesign

-Dreamweaver

-Word

-Excel

-PowerPoint

-Project

-Gehry Technology: Digital Project

-ArchGIS

-AccuGlobe

I should teach a class

Enough to be dangerous

With the best of ‘em

“Open” & “Save-as”


The Timber House Redux is inspired by a second year project that focused on heavy timber construction. The site is in New Buffalo, Michigan along the Lake Michigan shore line.

Based on my studio solution, original hand drafted Strathmore boards were used as reference to recreate the project digitally, as a means to further develop my skills in rendering, both in plan and with “mental ray”.

Timber House Redux


Timber House Redux


3rd Year Studio, Prof. Charles BraucherBuilding Technology and Concrete Structure

Spring 2006Site: Uptown, Chicago Northside

Chinese Mutual Aid Association

In Chicago’s Uptown Neighborhood, the CMAA serves many functions from assisting newly arrived immigrants in adjusting to their new life here in the USA, to after school activities for children. Early in the project, the similarities between immigration and growth to the Rhizome sparked the concept for the building. Offering multiple points of entry, there are also several routes of movement within the building itself via open gangways and stairs.

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CLASSROOM390 S.F.

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COMPUTER LAB360 S.F.

KITCHEN150 S F

YOUTH LIBRARY

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REMOTESTORAGE100 S.F.

STORAGE75 S.F.

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WAITING ROOMW/COAT ROOM240 S.F.

COPIESMAIL ETC100 S.F.

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ROOFTOP GARDENS

ADMINISTRATIVE FLOOR

EDUCATION & SOCIAL SERVIC ES

PATH TO CITIZENSHIP

YOUTH ACTIVITIES & LIBRARY

STAINLESS STEELSTAINLESS STEEL

EPDMEPDM

PAVERSPAVERS

5” SOIL BEDDING5” SOIL BEDDING

DRAINAGE MATDRAINAGE MAT

ROOT BARRIERROOT BARRIER

3” RIGID INSULATION3” RIGID INSULATION

1 INCH INSULATED GLASS1 INCH INSULATED GLASS

STEEL ANGLESTEEL ANGLE

4” TRANSLUENT CONCRETE PANEL4” TRANSLUENT CONCRETE PANEL

4” TRANSLUENT CONCRETE PANEL4” TRANSLUENT CONCRETE PANEL

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Solar Thermal TowerCarbon Neutral High-Rise Studio, Fall 2007

Chicago Spire Site, Alternative ProposalStudio Head: Antony Wood, CTBUH

Project produced as a student partnership with Brad Weston.

1. Utilize solar thermal power generation (simi-lar to the Solucar project in Seville, Spain), as the primary energy source for the building.2. In combination with reducing energy consumption in the building this solar power will provide 120% of power needs.3. Sell the surplus energy back to the national power grid so that, in time, the building starts of off-set it’s own embodied carbon energy footprint so as to create a true carbon-negative, sustainable tower.4. Display the solar technologies for educa-tional purposes so as to advance the potential usage for other urban projects.5. Create a high-rise residential community acting in symbiosis with the solar technologies, with a range of supporting retail-leisure / social spaces and functions (e.g. solar sky gardens).

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Solar Thermal Tower

kWh/unit/day Units/floor kWh needed/ floor Floors in building kWh need / daily MWh need / day SOLAR MIRROR AREA:45.00 8.00 360.00 102.00 36,720.00 36.72 Width Height Sq. Footage Sq. Ft of Mirrors

14 9 126.00 166,320kWh need / YEARLY 0.80 0.80 Sq. Meters

13,402,800.00 11.20 7.20 15,452Conversion check

4.27 2.74 11.71 14,164.00

Chicago

Month Insolation M^2 avail.Average daily kWhoutput/ month

Surplus power onaverage/ day

AVG. MONTHSURPLUS M sq avail.

Jan. 1.73 15,451.63 26,731.33 9,988.67 FAILS 309,648.89 828,671.11 15,451.63Feb 2.56 15,451.63 39,556.18 2,836.18 GOOD 79,413.10 1,107,573.10Mar 3.61 15,451.63 55,780.40 19,060.40 GOOD 590,872.32 1,729,192.32Apr 4.60 15,451.63 71,077.51 34,357.51 GOOD 1,030,725.44 2,132,325.44

May 5.38 15,451.63 83,129.79 46,409.79 GOOD 1,392,293.67 2,493,893.67 SUMMARYJun 6.00 15,451.63 92,709.80 55,989.80 GOOD 1,679,694.05 2,781,294.05Jul 6.04 15,451.63 93,327.87 56,607.87 GOOD 1,754,843.88 2,893,163.88 kWh's produced 21,416,736.77Aug 5.25 15,451.63 81,121.08 44,401.08 GOOD 1,376,433.37 2,514,753.37Sep 4.29 15,451.63 66,287.51 29,567.51 GOOD 887,025.25 1,988,625.25 kWh used a day/ unit 45.00Oct 2.94 15,451.63 45,427.80 8,707.80 GOOD 269,941.89 1,408,261.89Nov 1.77 15,451.63 27,349.39 9,370.61 FAILS 281,118.26 820,481.74 kWh needed per day 36,720.00Dec 1.50 15,451.63 23,177.45 13,542.55 FAILS 419,819.04 718,500.96

265,036.11 GOOD 8,050,656.77 21,416,736.77 TOTAL SURPLUS 8,050,656.77265.0417.15 MWh Selling back 8,050.66

Seville Price /kWh 0.10 805,065.68

Month Insolation M^2 avail. kWh output OUR SYSTEM IN SEVILLEJan. 2.30 72,000.00 165,600.00 15,451.63 35,538.76Feb 3.25 72,000.00 234,000.00 15,451.63 50,217.81Mar 4.56 72,000.00 328,320.00 15,451.63 70,459.45Apr 5.43 72,000.00 390,960.00 15,451.63 83,902.37May 6.25 72,000.00 450,000.00 15,451.63 96,572.71Jun 7.26 72,000.00 522,720.00 15,451.63 112,178.86Jul 7.51 72,000.00 540,720.00 15,451.63 116,041.77Aug 6.64 72,000.00 478,080.00 15,451.63 102,598.85Sep 5.18 72,000.00 372,960.00 15,451.63 80,039.46Oct 3.49 72,000.00 251,280.00 15,451.63 53,926.20Nov 2.47 72,000.00 177,840.00 15,451.63 38,165.54Dec 1.96 72,000.00 141,120.00 15,451.63 30,285.20

4,053,600.00 869,926.9756.30 0.02

SOLAR REFLECTOR

CENTRAL RECIVER TOWER

The SOLAR COLLECTION SYSTEM works by gathering sunlight through an array of refection panels that project the light on to a single receptor.

The RECEPTOR TOWER contains a radiator that is super heated by the magnified power of the multiple reflectors. The radiator contains a molten salt mixture that is then pumped in to holding tanks. There it is capable of holding high levels of heat for many hours.

Water is pipe thought the heat storage tanks creating super heated steam which is used to turn the STEAM POWERED TURBINE that generates the electric power.

CHICAGO/ SEVILLE INSOLATION COMPARISON BASED ON SURFACE AREA USED TO HARVEST THERMAL SUN ENERGY

A spreadsheet was developed, as shown here, to anaylize the possibilities of solar collection in Chicago compared to the system being utilized in Seville, Spain. It was determined that REFLECTOR surface area would be the limiting factor used in initial runs of the function to estaablish a baseline for design criteria. Some of the variables used were: stories, floor-to-floor height, kWh needed annually, and width of site.

images are from the bbc news website:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6616651.stm

PRECEDENCE STUDY


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GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1: 500

100 FEET50 FEET200 FEET

POWER STATION

Solar Thermal Collector

Sodium Heat Storage Tank

SteamGenerator

Radiant Slab Heating System

Solar Radiation

C.H.P.Excess heat from the steam driven turbine is channeled into the radiant slab system for heating the building during the cold months as well as for domestic hot water.

Combined Heat and Power System

Heat Storage Steam Generation Power Production

Radiant Heat


Solar Thermal Tower


Solar Thermal Tower

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Feet3,6002,4001,2006000

PATERSON ZONING ANALYSIS RESIDENTIALBUSINESS

INDUSTRIALMIXED-USE

REDEVELOPMENTHOSPITAL

GREAT FALLS HISTORICALDOWNTOWN COMERCIAL, HISTORICAL


Wasteland ParkElective Studio, 5th year Wasteland

Visiting Prof. Jin Park of “single-speed design” & H.G.S.D.Spring 2008

Site: Patterson New Jersey

After careful research and analysis it was clear Patterson, New Jersey could use was a connection from the hill-top Garrette State Park, which draws thousands of visitors a year. A rope-way system would provide the means of activating the Patterson Wasteland Park below. While overlooking the wa-terfalls during approach, arrival delivers visitors into the heart of a newly invigorated tourist center with shops, restaurants, and bed & breakfasts.

-A national park that straddles the border of two disconnected sister cities.-A proposed park that wants to be a national park next to the great falls.-Problem: avoid competition for state and federal funds.-Problem: paterson needs a new visitors center


Wasteland Park


Wasteland Park

ADMINISTRATION

VISITOR’S CENTER & GONDOLA TERMINUS

GALLERY

Visitor’s Center Programatic requirments focused on four primary uses:1. Gondola terminus arival and departure.2. Administration3. Visitor’s Center4. Gallery flex-space


Wasteland Park

The tensile structure investigation was begun as a way to learn more about the methodology of this form of construction. While providing shade to re-duce heat absorption and aesthetic pleasentness to teh building profile, other advantages can be gained via the material of the material used.


Dawn of the Sustain-able AgeCompetition Entry:

World Sustainability CenterSummer 2009

Site: Afsluitdijk national landmark, Netherlands.CDS Design Team:

Thomas Denney, Kurt Ziegel, Gustavo Mendoza, Brad Weston & Jac Selinsky

The “World Sustainability” Center, as a concept in the context of this design proposal, looks beyond just energy generation and dealing with a rise in sea level. Sustainability, when viewed through a global framework should go beyond being an enabler to human consumption. Sustainability, in its purest form, is a network as delicate and tenuous as the nature it strives to protect for the future…Human or otherwise.

Design Intent: To create a space that reminds its users of the intersection and their place in the larger network, while giving them access to work within it. By orienting the site perpendicular to the Afsluitdijk, the building becomes a bridge for nature and man to flow along and interact with while passing.


Program: When considering space usage, opportu-nities for overlapping started to become desirable in the context of the design intent. Students can ob-serve lectures by conference attendees, restaurant cooks can harvest fresh herbs from garden nodes on site, retail sales associates can educate visitors through presentations in the exhibition space, mud flat hikers can find respite in seaside dwellings .

Technology: We cannot predict what technologies in sustainability will develop in the future. We can pre-dict the need for the building to be flexible enough to accommodate changes and showcase them. The building as machine is, in essence, the incubator for the growth of these technologies. Sustainability becomes the garden in the machine. The ongoing planting season of research and exhibition a con-tinual reaping of rewards.

Access: Users arrive at the site via several forms of transportation. The primary form would be a pro-posed rail line utilizing the Afsluitdijk and connecting Den Oever to Leeuwarden. Parking on either end would allow a “Park-and-Ride” option with a station connected to the sustainability center.

Structure: The Center’s physicality acts as a perme-able skin or screen allowing the flow of light in and views out. Day lighting can bring dramatic effects to the exhibition space while providing the pleasant, diffuse light desired in work spaces. The skin can also allow placement of operable vents providing fresh air.

Dawn of the Sustain-able Age


Holocaust memorial entry Atlantic City Jewish Holocaust Memorial

Spring 2010Site: Atlantic City boardwalk.

CDS Design Team:Thomas Denney, Kurt Ziegel & Gustavo Mendoza

The legacy of genocide is the loss of memories, traditions and history rendering a civilization vul-nerable and powerless. Similarly, the Holocaust was the deliberate tearing apart of cultural threads which tightly weave together the families, traditions, and customs of the Jewish people. This memorial captures the procession of souls as the innocent move closer to the monolithic horror of their dis-integration. The final gesture of annihilation of the Jewish people leaves only fragments of their identity embedded on the other side. The space for con-templation looks out on the dawn of a bright future while bearing the weight of the past, and reminds us of the horrors of genocide.


Holocaust memorial entryWoven pods represent cultural connections and links

The weave begins to un-ravel as the dismantling of culture begins

Fragments become part of the wall as they are pulled through and frozen in place. The stacking and extruded elements on the other side of the wall represent the end of the procession- the frozen strata of lost culture

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