Jeffrey Keith Gipson Portfolio

Professional Experience Architectural Studios Creative Works Furniture Design

Portfolio Hand Bound by Jeffrey Gipson

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Architectural Studio 4

Work Experience
2008-Present
The following pages present my experience working in a landscape architecture firms specializing in the design of skate board parks and action sports facilities. I have completed multiple sets of construction documents, performed construction administration visits during the construction of the skateparks, managed all 3D graphic work, represented the company at city council meetings, attended public design meetings, contributed to the design of over 50 skate parks, and managed projects in the Denver area. In February 2009 I was able to become LEED AP, as a result I have led the efforts to design and build the worlds first carbon neutral skate park in Lake Forest, CA for the City of Lake Forest and Etnies Shoes, as well as the worlds first LEEP certified skate park in St. Cloud, MN. My duties have included hosting meetings, writing technical specifications, and contributing to the design of the skate park. My responsibilities also extend into the marketing side of the firm. I have also designed and submitted several advertisements which have been published in Landscape Architect and Specifier News, as well as designed numerous flyers and other marketing materials.

Initial Concept Sketch

Parker, CO This piece is special because it is my first design to be built. This skate-able art piece is at the entrance of the Rail Bender Skate Park in Parker, CO.
Completed while employed at Site Design Group, INC.

Skate-able Art Piece

Lake Forest, CA

Etnies Skate Park

The rendering below is the design for the second phase of the Etnies Skate Park in Lake Forest, CA; which was completed in the spring of 2011. This is designed to be the worlds first carbon neutral skate park, as well as the most eco-friendly skate park on the planet. The design includes a full pipe capsule, street plaza, four pocket bowl, and BBQ area. My duties on this project included input on the design, attending public design meetings, representing the firm at city council meetings, and writing a version of eco-friendly technical specifications that comply with LEED standards, utilizing both green materials and sustainable construction techniques.

Actual Art Piece after Construction 3D Rendering. Created in 3ds Max

Completed while employed at Site Design Group, INC.

Los Angeles, Ca

Nike Skate Plaza

The Nike Plaza in Ritchie Valens Park in Los Angeles, CA is a great of example of skate plaza design which I have collaborated on. I also created the conceptual renderings for the project in 3ds Max.

Completed while employed at Site Design Group, INC.

Santa Clarita Skate Park

Santa Clarita, CA The Santa Clarita Skate Park is 40,000 sq. ft and contains a bridge over a half pipe area. My duties for this project included work on the construction documents, 3D renderings and construction administration visits, while under construction.
Completed while employed at Site Design Group, INC.

Railroad Skate Park

Lewisville, TX

The Railroad Skate Park in located in the Railroad Athletic Development in Lewisville, TX. The design includes a flow course, street plaza, and mini ramp area. My responsibilities for this project included design collaboration, construction administration visits, and attending preconstruction meetings.

Copenhagen, Denmark

Flledparken Skatepark

The Flledparken Skatepark in Copenhagen, Denmark is designed as Northern Europes largest concrete skate park. My duties for this project included design, construction document completion, 3d modeling, and in-depth cost estimates.

Conceptual renderings created in Sketch Up for cost estimation purposes.

Completed while employed at Site Design Group, INC.

The construction of the skate park is expected to be completed in spring 2011.

Bemidji Skate Park Bemidji, MN

Completed while employed at Site Design Group, INC.

St. Cloud, MN

St. Cloud Skate Plaza

Completed while employed at Action Sport Design.

The St. Cloud Skate Plaza is the first skate plaza of its kind. A truly eco-friendly skate park in both its material choice and design strategies implemented within the park. The landscape planters act at a bio-filtration and drainage system for the water accumulated in the plaza. This skate plaza is also proposed as the first LEED certified skate park in the world.

The Bemidji Skate Plaza is a hybrid style of skate park incorporating both transition and street style of skate boarding. I designed the entry piece as well as worked on the overall design within the design team. The renderings were created in V Ray for Sketch Up.

My duties for this project included the design and implementation of eco-friendly strategies, design work, production of conceptual renderings, and cost estimation. 3d Renderings created in V Ray for Sketch Up.

Design Strategy Group, INC. Completed while employed at Site Design Diagram

Graduate Architectural Studio

Denver Bicycle Hub

Fall 2010

The project for my graduate studio was a central hub for the Denver Bicycle Share Program. The design for this center was to include a variety of uses including a bike shop, private offices, restaurant, theatre, and an office space for the bicycle share program employees. The site for the building is located along the Cherry Creek bike path between Wynkoop St. and Wazee St in Denver, CO. There was also a required sustainability component to the overall design, with this in mind I wanted to use an integrated type of system rather than a surface treatment such as solar panels or wind turbines. Inspired by the David Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, PA; I chose to attempt at utilizing the creek water flowing by the site. The idea behind this system would be capturing the river water and moving it to the roof, once on the roof the water the water would absorb and move the heat that would otherwise be transferred to the interior of the building. After leaving the roof the water could then be captured and utilized in a domestic hot water system or utilized elsewhere on the site as irrigation. Another aspect of the design is the central atrium space. This space serves as a way for hot air to move freely up and out of the building and increase passive ventilation within the interior utilizing the predominant southern wind. The structural system as well as the ground slabs, completely concrete, also act as an energy efficient design strategy. The concrete is intentionally left un-finished to take advantage of passive solar heat gains. These thick concrete slabs and structural elements absorb heat during the day and release it at night, which reduces the energy used in morning start up. Renderings: Sketch Up & V Ray for Sketch Up Line Drawings: Autocad 2009

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Building Model Floor Plans b a

Building Overview
Because of the experimental nature of the project, I wanted to explore presentation graphic techniques. Inspired by the harsh reality of environmental problems, I imagined a world that has had a break down, but has had a chance to reinvent itself. The idea of a rebirth is highlighted in my buildingssustainable design. I implemented digital painting techniques, retro people, and vivid colors to add a playful effect on this somewhat dark theme.

Bike Path Entry

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Restaurant Area

The restaurant area is partially lit through the use of refracted light coming through the integrated water cooling system.

Bike Shop Building Entrance

Bike shop interior, with primary bicycle display area along staircase.

Lobby/ Kiosk Area

This view highlights the built in auditorium seating, water cooling system, and interior bicycle parking.

The use of refracted light in the integrated cooling system is once again highlighted in the central lobby area of the building.

Building Overview
Auditorium Area
The built in seating in the entrance area doubles as an imprompt-to seating area for films and presentations in the space.

Building Model

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Young Professional Housing

Spring 2008
The project for studio 4 is the Young Professional Housing design. The Site for this building is just outside of the University of Colorado at Boulder Campus on 30th Street. The site had many aspects to consider: traffic, site offsets and boundaries, zoning codes, and connections to the high traffic flow of 30th street. My Parti Diagram for the design is derived from an L shape, this shape is chosen because of its ability to respond to sunlight. The L shape buildings glass faces South East Allowing the pleasant eastern light in the morning through after noon and minimizing the effects of the harsh summer sun in the mid afternoon. The L shape also acts as a Power Wall on the western side of the building. This Power Wall houses all plumbing and major utilities as well as incorporates both seating and storage into itself. Because of the walls thickness it also supplies insulation from the western sun in the summer and winds in the winter. There are two individual buildings on the site, each building holds two units. One large unit and one small unit, both with two bedrooms.

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Form Models

In this conceptual model the L shape has become more refined in the design and connections to parking area, the building, and street have become clear.

Western Elevation
The initial form models worked with rough programming on the site. Utilizing the space to best fit parking and maximize the buildings relationship with its surrounding In this model you can see the Power Wall begin to take shape. window openings are made to frame views as you move from space to space in the interior.

In this rough study model the parti of the L has begun to take shape. Windows and openings have presented themselves as an opportunity to for natural light and heat.

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In the final site plan, The L shape is mimicked by an opposing L which takes form as vegetation allowing for separation from the street and the units private lawn area The connection from the sidewalk moves between the two buildings and pushes you out into an outdoor picnic area adjacent to the parking lots

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Upper Level Plan

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Ground Level design uses a reclaimed skate board deck, wheels, and This Plan
aluminum scrap. The board itself is adjustable, swinging up or down. The light is directed through the use of linear aluminum shades along the tubular fluorescent light. The attachment of this lamp utilizes a c-clamp which has been connected to the aluminum frame. a.

Skate Board Lamp

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In the design each portion of the buildings exterior is a direct expression of the interior. This separates each portion giving each its own exterior identity.

View from parking lot towards the building entrances.

Vertical and Horizontal patterns across the windows allow for shade and light patterns to enter each bedroom.

The vegetaion which mimics the L shape allows for space separation into public and semi public zones.

Western Elevation

Eastern Elevation

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Exploded axon which shows the buildings composition.

Bedroom perspective with light patterns produced by horizontal shade members.

Interior perspective of reading room showing seating integrated within the power wall along with vertical window. Created in 3ds Max

Interior perspective of living room area. This view highlights the central staircase which breaks the room from the entry allowing for and entrance area.

Northern Elevation

Southern Elevation

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Creative Works 2007-2011

This section is dedicated to examples of art related works. The projects include sketches, t-shirt designs, poster designs, digital painting, and album art done for a musician.

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T Shirt Designs
These t shirt designs were made for a design contest hosted by the Macneil Bike Company. The designs were finalists in the contest.

Sketches

These sketches of the ruins at Chaco Canyon, New Mexico serve as a study of early sustainable design and craftsmanship. Pueblo Bonito

Pueblo Bonito

Chetro Ketl

Cd Art and Layouts

I was asked to do the art work for my mother, Jaquie Gipsons fourth album Through the Wood. For the design I wanted to do story-book-like watercolor paintings that were very loose and fun. The cover image is a play on the title, Through the Wood. A mixture of watercolor and digital media is also used to create the works.

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This image is an example product of a python script for Maya I wrote while interning at Pixar Animation Studios. The scripts purpose is to populate a tree (comprised of curves) with leaves or any polygonal object. I was conerned with the art directability of the script, so several variables were added including the number of objects to include as well as the point of placement on the curve.

CU Denver Silent Film Poster.

A finalist poster design for a school wide competition. Created in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.

This is a Digital Painting created in Photoshop which is based upon Carlos Cabreras Snow Storm.

Digital Painting.

Leaf Population Python Script

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Furniture Design
2006-2007
The furniture design portion of this portfolio exemplifies the designs I have done throughout my undergraduate study. The Skate Board Lamp - This was a design/ build project for studio 3. The project required building a lamp for our desks which was constructed out of reclaimed materials. This lamp is made from an old skate board deck and scrap aluminum pieces. The tubular fluorescent light is directed by linear aluminum shades. The lamp is attached to a surface by using a cclamp style fixture. The BMX Chair - This was a design/ build project for a Theoretical Materials course. The design criteria incorporated using found materials to design and build a furniture piece. I used old bmx bicycle frames, handlebars, forks, and 20 tires to build this chair. The tires act as the seat of the chair and attached by nylon rope sewn through each.

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Skate Board Lamp

This design uses a reclaimed skate board deck, wheels, and aluminum scrap. The board itself is adjustable, swinging up or down. The light is directed through the use of linear aluminum shades along the tubular fluorescent light. The attachment of this lamp utilizes a c-clamp which has been connected to the aluminum frame.

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This design incorporates used bmx frames, forks, handlebars, and tires. The frame of the chair is connected by welding each part to another. The blue nylon rope connects each tire to the chair. To provide optimal seating the tires have been tensioned.

Bmx Chair

Tire connection detail