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works by Robert Carbaugh
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ElliptiGO World HQ
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Portland Innovation Center
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Mapping Cully
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Sunnyside Community Library
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Core Luminaire
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Photography
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Brooklyn Cultural Music Center
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Resume + Philosophy
Robert Carbaugh 2400 SW Hoffman #2 Portland, OR 97201 (509) 528-7651 bob carbaugh@gmail.com
spring 2010
elliptigo world hq solana beach, ca This interior architecture project worked with a real client, a designer and manufacturer of street-legal elliptical bicycles. The project presented a challenge: how to incorporate client-interfacing, offices, and production into a condensed space (20’x140’). To accomplish this, a series of carefully placed partitions separates functions, while a sculptural light cloud unifies them into a collective identity. The design took inspiration from the process of prototyping: the adaptation of common and unexpected items to create something new and unique. The light cloud is constructed of paint canvases secured to IKEA adjustable track lighting. Each panel is individually adjustable, creating a dynamic backdrop for work and client interaction.
winter 2011
pdx innovation ctr portland, or The project site is at the intersection of two residential neighborhoods and two industrial neighborhoods. The innovation center seeks to tie these very different areas together into a new town center that accommodates the needs of light industry, and the residents of the nearby communities. The urban design identifies and accentuates local landmarks, and fosters connections by means of a new pedestrian bridge over a freight railway. A new transit stop for the Portland MAX light rail aligns itself with the northern face of the Innovation Center, and provides a steady stream of pedestrian traffic into the new urban plaza.
The notion of creativity as the result of a balance between hard work and healthy distractions drove the form and organization of the building and site. Separate structures connected by walkways delineate the major functions of the innovation center. One based in efficiency and localized collaboration between in-residence companies, and the other a more imaginative and nuanced form that encourages the crossfertilization of many minds, both within the Innovation Center, and within the community at large.
winter 2012
mapping cully portland, or Map of the Cully neighborhood and its surrounding area in northeast Portland. The map highlights the dominant commercial corridors in the area and the connectivity between residential areas and important arterials.The Cully neighborhood’s street grid is discontinuous in comparison to the rest of the city. Many of its streets are dead ends – making traversing the neighborhood a potentially difficult task. Poor connectivity makes trips that are short “as-the-crow-flies” into lengthy excursions. Active commercial and pedestrian zones are brightly lit on the map, while the street grid fades away based upon relative proximity and ease of access to these areas and their connective arterials.
Cully lags behind the rest of the city in its percentage of paved roads. Rather than viewing unimproved roads as byproducts of poor planning or inadequate funding, this map envisions unpaved roads as infrastructural opportunities. Each unimproved road provides the chance for the injection of ecology into the heart of the Cully neighborhood. The north-south orientation of these unimproved roads sets up a dialogue of importance and an alternative order in counterpoint to the traditional “commercial core” and “transportation corridor” hierarchies. They offer the potential to be developed into ecological pocket parks, micro-regional stormwater management facilities, recreation areas, community gardens, and more. Though unimproved roads are frequently considered a drawback of the neighborhood; they may yet transform themselves into one of Cully’s greatest assets.
winter 2011
sunnyside library portland, or Libraries are a place for knowledge and resource, as well as an anchor for the community where meetings and events can be advertised and held. Once in place, the library becomes an integral backbone to the community that it serves. Similarly, knowledge is the backbone to a library. The Sunnyside Community Library employs a functional and spatial organization tool embodied by a spine of books running through the center of the building. This creates two conditions: one of openness and ambient daylight, and a contrasting intimate environment enclosed within the book spine. The module of the bookshelf permeates the design and provides a rigid framework and unifying order for the building.
Spine
Path
Security
Structure
winter 2011
core luminaire ambient lamp An initial interest in natural material combined with explorations in bounced light led to the design of Core. The cubic shape creates a compact lamp whose orientation and cast shadows can be altered in a fashion similar to rolling a die. In this manner the atmosphere created by the luminaire can be directly modified by its position relative to the user. The fins encircling the core of the luminaire hide the light source from view in addition to bouncing light. The translucency of the inner fins is washed out by bouncing light from the outer fins. The luminaire appears as a single mass, divided and pulled apart to reveal a light within. Wood gives continuity to the separated form and creates a familial language between the fins and mass. The split mass is inlaid with African wenge to generate a distinct contrast to the blonde tones of the fins and exterior.
photography
thesis 2011-2012
brooklyn cultural music center brooklyn, ny The Brooklyn Cultural Music Center is a new institution dedicated to the sharing and preservation of tradition through music. The BCMC serves as a reference point for collective identities, housing archives of recorded material, classrooms, a museum, an instrument library, practice rooms, and a performance hall to be utilized by the ethnic communities in the New York City Metropolitan Area. The building is conceived of as a resonating body – a focus from which the voice of tradition, culture, and heritage can be heard amidst the blur of contemporary society. The curvilinear form of the building set amidst the backdrop of DUMBO’s exindustrial warehouses develops a dialogue between the old and the new – an expression of the area’s recent reclamation of its waterfront for public use. This dialogue is continued with the use of weathering steel as the primary cladding for the building enclosure and site finishes. The material exudes the age, patina, and rootedness of ancient cultures while simultaneously speaking to the context’s deep historical roots.
Subway Stop Parking Garage
Pedestrian Access
Old vs. new shoreline and strengthening of site access.
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A circular volume at the heart of the building ties together the main pathways and sight lines of the building into an active, loud, and ever-changing space. It is a place for performance, circulation, and gathering. Seating and stair are unified together to encourage lingering, while the orientation of adjacent functions toward the center effects a constant stream of activity in and through the space. The volume’s westward orientation frames a breathtaking view of the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges as well as the Manhattan skyline. As a component of the Brooklyn Bridge Park master plan, the BCMC’s site design adopts the Park’s philosophy of encouraging visitors to be able to touch the water. The central volume of the building may be opened outward toward the small inlet to the west which in turn steps down to a sandy beach a unique occurrence in this park.
Conceptual Diagram conveying programmatic orientations to central volume and directionality of views.
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Curved curtain wall prevents noise from Manhattan Bridge leaking through operable vents and into building
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2ND FLOOR PLAN
Vents are strategically placed at the overlapping of curtain wall and roof to shelter the interiors from incidental noise from the Manhattan Bridge. A ground source heat pump circulates hot water in pipes through the floor slabs to moderate temperature fluctuations throughout the seasons. Fritted glazing helps reduce excess heat gain from the west faรงade. ECS systems are concealed behind acoustic clouds in the main volume,,
Stack effect flushes excess hot air Chilled beams
Pipes fan out to both floors to moderate temperatures within building Ground source heat pump
ECS STRATEGIES
Process models showing design progression. Bottom images are arranged chronologically from initial conception to mid-review. Top images show detail.
TECTONIC SECTION
Left: Final Site Model, Right: Final Tectonic Model
TECTONIC SECTION
robert carbaugh Education 2010-2012
M. Arch University of Oregon Concentration: Sustainable Design in the Urban Context
2006-2010
B.S. Arch University of Idaho Including 2 month study-tour in Rome, Italy
Experience Summer 2008 & 2010
Architectural Intern Meier Architecture + Engineering | Kennewick, WA Performed construction documentation, as-builts, 3d modeling and rendering.
Oct. - Dec. 2011
Construction Worker
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Jeremiah Lundgren Construction and Design | Pullman, WA Interior finishing, laying tile, door installation, drywall repair, and demolition, etc.
Jan. = Aug 2010
Volunteer Laborer and Translator Global Architecture Brigades | Moscow, ID + La Cope, Panama Helped lead an 8 person student team to construct a dwelling and grain storage for subsistence organic farmers in rural Panama.
Jan. - May 2010
Teaching Assistant Sophomore Level Architecture Design Studio | University of Idaho
Skills AutoCAD Adobe Creative Suite SketchUp Rhinoceros Microsoft Office
3d Studio Max V-Ray mentalray Revit eQuest
Sketching Hand Rendering Model Building Wood Fabrication Intermediate Spanish
Philosophy I view all work of architecture as a medium for exploration and as an evolving canvas for understanding our relation to the world. I believe a sensitive attunement to the underpinning values of a project is critical to produce work that transcends solutions and fosters meaningful relationships with clients, collaborators, and the environment. I am passionate about detail and craft, and value work that sparks intellectual discourse and challenges conventional perceptions while staying true to the identity of a place. Above all, I seek the quiet resonance found in elegant solutions and meaningful interactions. Contact
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Robert Carbaugh 2400 SW Hoffman #2 Portland, OR 97201 (509) 528-7651 bob carbaugh@gmail.com