Projects
- 1. NICK FAULCONER nick.faulconer@gmail.com 404.218.9614 702 W Barry Ave #2B Chicago, IL 60657 LEED Accredited Professional http://www.linkedin.com/in/nickfaulconer St Johns River Ecological Center This thesis is a study of the interaction between built and natural systems. Through West Elevation. Rhinoceros, Autocad immersion in a series of typological environments and ecologies a more thorough understanding of the systems and components of these typologies can be gained by the occupant. The St Johns River system and Jacksonville, FL are the natural and built bases for the various interactive typologies. These typologies are expressed in the development of a mixed- use urban development anchored by an ecological center exhibiting and researching the St Johns River basin. The typologies create a varied level of enclosure or immersion from View from Riverfront. Rhinoceros, 3d Studio Max, Photoshop fully closed research biomes to completely open natural areas. The immersion of the occupant into the St Johns River and its ecologies is intended to trace the path of the river system. By following the river from its fresh headwaters to the brackish mouth and into the ocean beyond the hydrological and ecological connections that span hundreds or even thousands of miles can be condensed and experienced. Elevated Walkway. Rhinoceros, 3d Studio Max, Photoshop
- 2. NICK FAULCONER nick.faulconer@gmail.com 404.218.9614 702 W Barry Ave #2B Chicago, IL 60657 LEED Accredited Professional http://www.linkedin.com/in/nickfaulconer Georgia Tech Solar Decathlon House Design Team Member Project Featured in Details Magazine: Plastics 5/08 Project is an exercise in Zero Energy design and Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV). The main solar collector shades the translucent aerogel/ETFE roof system while also acting as a light baffle. The solar panels are able to track the solar altitude on a daily or seasonal basis. Constructed Design; Washington DC; Photo by Others The projects use of high tech materials enabled very high insulative ratings while allowing for a pleasing aesthetic. My work focused on developing the roof concept and shading system. This work was done with other members of the team. The drawings shown, however, are my own. BIPV Concept Sketch Constructed Design; Photo by Others Light Study; Ecotect
- 3. NICK FAULCONER nick.faulconer@gmail.com 404.218.9614 702 W Barry Ave #2B Chicago, IL 60657 LEED Accredited Professional http://www.linkedin.com/in/nickfaulconer Velux Natatorium Finalist: Velux Prize Jury The program called for a pool facility with associated locker areas, fitness spaces, offices, and classrooms. The design is about the effects of light and air penetrating the pool facility. The building skin is designed to be a series of proportional apertures that respond to the programmatic demands of the spaces; areas demanding privacy are placed in tectonically heavier Model; Basswood spaces. The overlapping of the different aperture patterns begins to create a moire effect on the interior of the spaces. This effect ensures that the experience of the facility changes on an hourly, daily, and seasonal basis. The program is set within an outer basket to create a microclimate effect on the interior. By allowing venting at the roof and building skin the interior spaces can be more easily regulated for thermal comfort. Model Interior; Basswood Parti Diagrams; Pen on Paper Building Section; Autocad & Photoshop
- 4. NICK FAULCONER nick.faulconer@gmail.com 404.218.9614 702 W Barry Ave #2B Chicago, IL 60657 LEED Accredited Professional http://www.linkedin.com/in/nickfaulconer CSO Tower The program called for an expansion of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra complex to include a full music and theatre school with attached residential and hotel facilities in a mixed-use skyscraper in Chicagos Loop. The design draws inspiration from the stringed instruments of the CSO. Strings are used to organize to connect a series of spaces across the building. These strings with key points in the building define the planes of the Structural Framework Skin Conditions building exterior. The skin of Study Model; Chipboard 3d Model; Digital Project, Rhino, Illustrator the building shifts depending on the program contained, creating spaces such as balconies for the hotel and residential areas overlooking the Chicago lake front. The design process for the project utilized several different computer programs, most notably Gehry Technologies Digital Project. The program allowed layers of parametric relationships so that changes in one piece of the project would reflect throughout. This connects each string to the overall performance and form of the project overall. View from Millennium Park; 3d Model; Digital Project, Rhino, 3ds Max
- 5. NICK FAULCONER nick.faulconer@gmail.com 404.218.9614 702 W Barry Ave #2B Chicago, IL 60657 LEED Accredited Professional http://www.linkedin.com/in/nickfaulconer Interface Design Competition Winner: Best Pavilion Design Client: Interface Europe SA Interface Europe was seeking a new design for their trade show pavilion and created a student competition to find their new design. The pavilion is intended to showcase Interface, their products, and their ideals. To respond to this, the design is a modular system related to their products, integrates display areas within the structure, and uses materials that are representative of Constructed Design; Paris, France; Photo by Others Interfaces leadership in creating sustainable carpet systems. Bioswale: 3d studio Max Pavilion Schematic Design; 3d Autocad Model & Photoshop
- 6. NICK FAULCONER nick.faulconer@gmail.com 404.218.9614 702 W Barry Ave #2B Chicago, IL 60657 LEED Accredited Professional http://www.linkedin.com/in/nickfaulconer Lake Calumet Raptor Center The program called for a facility that would tend to and rehabilitate injured raptors in the Greater Chicago Area. The project is conceived of as a gradient between the fully natural areas to the west of the site and the city on the eastern edge. As the injured bird is rehabilitated it is moved further into the natural area to the west. The site is organized by a Parti Diagrams and Grid; Photoshop & Autocad 30 x 30 grid that is either marked by a column or a tree. The columns become the structure for the medical facility, for enclosure pens, and for light fixtures and other site necessary structures. Over time the local environment will overcome and dominate the site again filling the site within the functional grid. Bioswale; 3d studio Max Site Plan: Autocad Medical Complex; 3d studio Max