2 2 David Roush Second Year Undergraduate Architecture Portfolio University of Michigan 3 5 9 10 11 13 16 Neighborhood Community Space Translation Brewster Douglas Site Plan Circulation Diagram Circular Architecture Slice Stool/Shelf David Roush 2nd year pre-arch student pursuing degrees in Political Science and Architecture 248-228-0810 davidrou@umich.edu Selected Works 2023-2024 Independent Project, Fall 2024 For Project Team, Fall 2024 For Class and Independent, Fall 2024 For Class, Spring 2024 Independent Project, Fall 2024 For Class, Fall 2023 For Class and Independent, Fall 2024 3 4 Front Elevation Side Elevation Inter Floor Foliage Space Natural Lighting Exterior Staircases Bridge Event/ Meeting Space Glazed Terracotta Reflect to Reveal Structures Rythem Neighborhood Community Space In Detroit, a multitude of neighborhood organizations and nonprofits are present throughout the city created by res - idents to provide services and community. Anchored by an interplay of light and nature, the design leverages its form to connect a neighborhood organization to its many residents. Outdoor staircases constructed in a geometric rhythm ensure perpetual visual and spatial connectivity to the surrounding community. Despite its scale, rising above mainly single family homes of Detroit’s neighborhoods, the structure flows into the surroundings with its glass fa - cades, respecting the community with a design that embraces rather than imposes upon the landscape. Bridge Event/ Meeting Space Bridge Section and Elevation 5 6 Translation Through studies of solid and void, figure and ground, a painting undergoes a series of trans- lations into a spatial model. The process starts from a drawing based on an initial painting, and is translated through CAD and numerous study models before presenting itself in its final form. Forms constructed by shapes placed one each on x and y planes before being merged into one another Sideways stacked model from prior forms 5 Base Painting by Katrin Bremermann Initial Drawing 7 8 Constructed from “shape forms” Further translated form Isometric Final 9’’ x 4’’ x 5’’ model 9 10 Brew Brewster Douglas Site Plan The Brewster Douglas site has sat va - cant for decades in Detroit’s quick- ly developing Brush Park. This plan incorporates multiple housing typol- ogies to account for multiple income levels, as well as green space and recreation areas centered on a sin- gle large block with cars sequestered to a few structures on the exteri - or, preserving a human-scale of daily life for residents. This circulation diagram was made for a group project on the adaptive reuse of an the St. Agnes church in Detroit into a pre-k school space. The paths of children and oth- ers through the building are traced from the street up through the classrooms inter- nal staircases as well as on the second floor. The floor plan made by another team member was edited to use for this di - agram. A team member captured the behind site photo as well. First Floor Playground Community Space Second Floor Balconies Loft Classroom Space Circulation Diagram 11 12 Circular Architecture This exploration started from a class drawing of an “exploding cube.” Sections of an ini- tial cube are moving out of an initial mass, establishing a finite source of material. This drawing relates closely to the idea of circu - lar architecture; that due to limited materi- als and in order to act sustainably, as much material as possible must be reused. As such, a cityscape was born from the drawing, where in this small section reuse of materials from existing buildings is essential. Discarded stone and concrete are remediated and line the river to prevent erosion A wooden facade has new life as furniture after visiting a facility specializing in using salvaged materials Recycled metals are re- used in solar panel fram- ing Removed Masses The “city” is formed Circular Cityscape 13 14 Slice Taubman “Commons” Initial Sketches 1. 2. 13 An isometric projection of a “slice” of the commons at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College was created through a series of drawings; Starting with capturing the most distinct features of the commons before using the plan in the background to extrude the “slice” from. Black pochet denotes where a section in the foreground was taken. 15 16 15 Stool/ Shelf The course, Assembly, was based out of a wood shop and focused on the process of constructing a stool Initial design were in - spired by existing precedent of stools. The design created a loft- ed appearance through the stacking of two parallelograms, removing the verticality of support central to much furniture. The cen- tral third of the stool is clear to assist in that. Inch-large fin - ger joints were used as the only means of connection in the first draft, with light gluing used in the second, but with joinery as the primary means of connection. Ultimately, the stool transformed into a shelf, highlighting the versatility of the form. Initial Sketch First Draft Final drawing with the outline of the rest of Taubman present 17 18 Stacked Parallelograms Large Finger Joints Stacked Parallelograms As a Shelf