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WAYMON BANKS
2014-2015
JOHN YEON FOUNDATION + URBAN STUDY CENTER
PORTLAND, OREGON

PASSIVE HEATING AND COOLING CHAPEL

BOISE, IDAHO

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CIVIC CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF ARCHITECTURE

PORTLAND, OREGON

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TECH INCUBATOR + MIX USED

BEND, OREGON

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THE REASON FOR THE COVER GRAPHIC

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Portland Oregon was one of the reasons I chose to attend the University of Oregon. The Ideas that Portland represent, as a leader
among cities for future planning of every aspect that would make
a sustainable, green, natural and livable city, are one that I want to
incorporate into my career.
The graphic represent what I appreciate from Portland and what I
desire in my career as an architect.
The standard skyline represents my rst desire to become an
architect. Portland has been one of the United States leading cities
in green, sustainable buildings. Part of my education has been in
hands on construction and sustainable techniques. I want to ensure future projects are detailed to increase energy efciency and
built quality.
The reection of the skyline on the water represent the effect
urbanism has had on the ecological health of the entire watershed.
I want to increase my understanding of the relationships between
ecological processes and urban development and form, as well as
how to apply these design and planning disciplines in my career.
The city map underlay represents my desire to incorporating my
design into the existing context of the site I am building on. It also
represents the planning ideas used by Portland to create an urban
stage for successful community that is close-knit, walkable, commercially viable and leaves plenty of room for green and open
spaces.

JOHN YEON FOUNDATION +

URBAN STUDY CENTER
PORTLAND, OREGON
PROFESSOR JIM TICE

10TH STREET EXTERIOR VIEW

BURNSIDE ST

PARK

10TH ST

OAK ST

ENTER

AUDITORIUM

9TH ST

DESCRIPTION
Dedicated to one of Portlands most accomplished and respected
modern architects: John Yeon.
The primary objectives of the center is to bring understanding of
John Yeons legacy and to bring an awareness of important design
issues related to the architecture, the interior architecture and the
landscape architecture of the Northwest.
The center will have a major exhibition space, auditorium, meeting rooms and other related facilities for the public and private residents. There is a library of John Yeon archive and a permanent
exhibition of John Yeons work. There is also a rotating art exhibition
as a venue for the public to view 20th century and contemporary art
of the Northwest.
The site for the John Yeon Center is located between Northwest
and Southwest Portland on Burnside Avenue. A challenging wedge
shaped site near Powells bookstore. Maintaining the faade of the
existing North Pacic Building, remodeling the interior and designing an addition to the building.
APPROACH
The initial design approach was to solve the wedge-shape (Flatiron Building shape) site. I decided to make the additional building
a thin non intrusive rectangle along Burnside Avenue and dedicate
the remaining wedge shape to landscape. The interior of the existing building, including oor plates and structure, was removed and
all additional structure were glulam wood, to better emphasis the
Pacic Northwest.
The open interior houses required 150-seat auditorium, which is
made of offsetting rotated wood interior and copper exterior panels
with sound proong. The shape help deect sound for improved
acoustic and creates an interesting shape from the lobby.
The existing building houses the public exhibit spaces and auditorium while the rectangle addition houses the private library and
residential units.

LOBBY VIEW

Student Living

Student Living

Director's Apartment 1st Floor

Roof Garden

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6th +40'
1/16" = 1'-0"

Curatorial
Library 2nd Floor

Permanent Gallery

Cafe
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Bookstore

Administration

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20

5th +30'
1/16" = 1'-0"

Lobby
Library 1st Floor

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Rotating Gallery

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Main Floor 0'

1/16" = 1'-0"

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SIXTH FLOOR
FIFTH FLOOR
FOURTH FLOOR

MAIN FLOOR

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4th +20'
1/16" = 1'-0"

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Section
North-South
3/32"==1-'0"
1-'0"
3/32"
North-South Section
3/32" = 1-'0"

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East-West
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Auditorium
Auditorium
3/32==1-0
1-0
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1/16"==1-'0"
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EXHIBIT VIEW
AUDITORIUM VIEW
EXHIBIT VIEW

AUDITORIUM SECTION

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North-South Section
3/32 = 1-0

PARK SECTION

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PASSIVE HEATING AND COOLING

CHAPEL
BOISE, IDAHO
PROFESSOR JOHN REYNOLDS

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EXTERIOR VIEW

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Winter

Summer

SUN STUDY BEFORE REMODEL

Fall

Winter

Spring

Summer

SUN STUDY AFTER REMODEL

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DESCRIPTION
The origin of this project was from my second of eight studios in
my undergraduate degree. The chapel was the center of a larger
complex of residential units designed for a community lead by
mother Teresa. One of the stipulations for the project was including
the use of several 20 feet squares, which I used two for the east
and west walls. Upon entering the chapel from the east the vestibule is dim with small windows. The second door enters the nave
with differing levels of light, depending on the season and time of
day, coming from the south window and the west clerestory. The
section illustrates the desired light during the evening when light
would enter the clerestory washing the west wall with light.
Taking a passive heating and cooling class, I had the opportunity
to re-develop an existing project in order to apply passive techniques. I had a desire to further develop the chapel and this was
an opportunity for that. The new site was in Boise, Idaho to adapt
for the change in the daily temperature in the climate.
The techniques for the chapel was to take advantage of high mass
of the building for storing heating and cooling during temperature
swings. Further consideration on the design aesthetic lead to the
addition of a cool tower also being used as a steeple. Different
phases of the course walked through calculating different techniques to sizing the thermal mass, glazing amount, and size of the
cool tower for the square footage of the chapel.

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INTERIOR VIEW

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4 x 6 sqft openings on
the bottom
24 sq ft total

30 ft

2 x 20 sqft openings on
the bottom
40 sq ft total

COOL TOWER SECTION

SOUTH-NORTH SECTION

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OFFICE FLOOR
NAVE FLOOR

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NATURAL LIGHTING SECTION

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CIVIC CENTER FOR THE STUDY

OF ARCHITECTURE
PORTLAND, OREGON
PROFESSOR JAMES GIVENS

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Jamison
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building

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water

DESCRIPTION
The Civic Center will be charged with educating the public on the
process and benet of architectural design by providing key rooms
and spaces for educating. It is intended that the building itself will
exemplify architecture at its highest level of art and integration. Key
categories of the design will be revolving galleries, great rooms,
libraries and public meeting spaces. The site will be located on an
urban in ll site in Portland in the redeveloped Pearl District along
Interstate 405.

APPROACH
The strongest view from the site was west towards the West Hills
and Washington Park, however the raised interstate blocked much
of the views below 25 feet. The design idea was to create a hill-like
structure that was able to be climbed to views that reach over the
interstate and towards the hills and park.
The sustainable idea for the building is one where the building participates in the water cycle in the environment. Using the space
under the cantilever oors a park and storm water reservoir pond
in created and the green roofs collects rain and can be utilized for
public space. The green roof also acts as a ramp creating the climb
to the top exhibit space and the views west. The building becomes
the landscape, able to slow the diversion of water straight into the
sewer, further helping the ecological health of the surrounding Willamette and Columbia Rivers.
The interior works to showcase the idea of prospect and refuge by
creating tuck-away and semi-enclosed spaces with in the open interior. This provided the public with quieter spaces of differing sizes
to meet and still have a view of the surrounding, and to the exterior
of the building.

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HIGHWAY 405 EXTERIOR VIEW

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east - west section

Scale

CANTILEVER SECTION

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1/8" = 1'-0"

PARK SECTION

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hiding middle ground

borrowing the landscape

the view

the city
5-8

Special features of the top oor gallery:

west hills.

Framing a particular view to the

The way different light levels effect the transparency of glass.

refuge at day
prospect at night

HIDDEN MIDDLE GROUND

PROSPECT & REFUGE

INTERIOR VIEWS

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SITE/ PORTLAND, OREGON

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level 3

+25'

Scale 1/16" = 1'-0"

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level 1.4 +5'

level 2

Scale 1/16" = 1'-0"

Scale 1/16" = 1'-0"

THIRD FLOOR
SECOND FLOOR

FIRST FLOOR

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+14'

TECH INCUBATOR + MIX USED

BEND, OREGON
PROFESSOR JOHN L. BROCKWAY

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A BUILDING THAT FUNCTIONS LIKE A PLANT

THE LEAVES USE PHOTOSYNTHESIS TO CONVERT THE SUNS
RAYS INTO USEABLE ENERGY. THE STEM OF THE PLANT IS ITS
STRUCTURAL SUPPORT. THE ROOTS HOLD THE WATER AND
NURTRIENTS FOR THE GROWTH OF THE PLANT.

CONCEPT COLLAGE

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INCLUDING DOWNTOWN, DRAKE PARK AND OLD

TOWN NEIGHBORHOODS.

HISTORICAL PATTERN SCALE

SITE SCALE

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DESCRIPTION
Tasked with conceptualizing a set of strategic architectural operations, this project is meant to inuence future patterns of development in Central Oregon.
The city of Bend is actively courting tech startups and entrepreneurs. Bend has positioned itself as a hub for just-in-time digital
manufacture and commerce. Design for this new wave of technological immigrants the program will involve micro-housing, working
spaces, shared facilities and more.
The site for the project is located along the urban edges of the
Deschutes River. This edge condition is the source of signicant
controversy, about the possible futures of the city.
APPROACH
The approach to this design was different from what I was accustom to. I started with a series of Photoshop collage of images and
quick 3-D models. This was to inspire the feeling for the project
before plans and sections were even thought of.
My further study in ecology, especially water ecology, lead the design of a building that functioned like a plant. Collecting solar power
with a photo-voltaic roof and raising the majority of the building,
sinking the ground to create a storm water retention pond and park
under the building.
The studio was meant to look forward in developing spaces of tech
start-up that could be adapted for unknown future possibilities. The
structure then become an open pod, allowing whole rooms and
oor plans to be plugged in and out depending on the needs of the
client. This created a exible, ever changing faade to the building
similar to the growth of a plant with new leaves of owers.

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CREATING A DETENTION BASIN UNDER

THE BUILDING WHERE THE WATER
RUNOFF FROM BENDS CITY CENTER CAN
FILTER AND CLEANSE BEFORE ENTERING
THE DESCHUTES RIVER.

BRIDGE VIEW
WATER VIEW

SITE/ BEND, OREGON

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LANDSCAPE UNDER THE BUILDING

CONCEPT COLLAGE

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THAT WILL EVENTUALLY BE ON T

REGISTER. THE LIGHT GREY SQ
GENERAL HISTORICAL DISTR
INCLUDING DOWNTOWN, DRAKE
TOWN NEIGHBORHOODS.

BEND, OREGON
THE SITE

PHOTOVOLTAIC ROOF
ANGLED TO OPPITMIZE
SUN EXPOSURE.

MATERIAL
USE LOCAL MATERIALS

DYNAMIC
INTERCHANGABLE ROOM
ALLOWS SPACES TO CHANGE
IN SIZE AND USE.

DENTENTION BASIN

B
LANDSCAPE

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HOLD AND FILTERS THE FIRST

INCH OF STORM WATER BEFORE
POLLUTANTS CAN ENTER THE
DESCHUTES RIVER.

REDUCED THE SLOPE

OF THE RIVER BANK AND
ALLOWING IT TO FLOOD.
FILTER
DOCKS
REPLACED GRASS WITH
OYSTERS INTRODUCED NATIVE PLANTS
DOCKS RECEIVE THE
TO FILTER AND CLEAN
DESCHUTE RIVER
THE WATER.
TRAIL PASSAGERS.

CURRENT
NEW BANK
A

B
C

RIVER VIEW

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USING DRONES AS THE NEW MODE OF TRANSPORTATION

PARK VIEW

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EAST-WEST SECTION
1-0 = 1/8

EAST-WEST SECTION

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peak
3713 ft

+93

roof
3683 ft

+65

dynamic floor
3671 ft

+53

dynamic floor
3659 ft

+41

dynamic floor
3647 ft

+29

retail floor
3647 ft

+17

ground level
3630 ft

bottom
3620 ft

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peak
3713 ft

+93

NORTH-SOUTH SECTION
1-0 = 1/8

roof
3683 ft

+65

dynamic floor
3671 ft

+53

dynamic floor
3659 ft

+41

dynamic floor
3647 ft

+29

retail floor
3647 ft

+17

ground level
3630 ft

bottom
3620 ft

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NORTH-SOUTH SECTION

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