Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Trials.
The title 000 symbolizes the beginning of my Various travels, including a 70-day trip throughout
architectural career, with licensure and a future in Europe awakened me to the cultural significance and
academia as eventual goals. This portfolio shows work historical contribution of its art and its people to
from my M.arch studies in the Studio 804 Design/ Western civilization. Later, a fifth-year philosophical
Build program led by Dan Rockhill at the University elective on existence and architecture further
of Kansas, and my B.arch studies at Louisiana State broadened my views about the profession. I now
University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. realize that architecture lies in the details. Details of
a building’s structure, materiality, and function are
I believe Nietzsche’s quote on describing the integral to great design. As Mies van der Rohe said,
developmental stages needed to obtain greatness is “God is in the details.” The details of a building
the same methodology for learning inherent in the reveal the architect behind it.
practice of architecture. One cannot just enter the
field of architecture and assume he/she can design
great buildings, rather one must first cross necessary
thresholds before satisfying that goal. Architecture
takes several layers of learning, building, and failing
to obtain clarity through design and success within
the field we walk through daily.
000 | architecture
Seamus Robert McGuire
001 | 002 | 003 | 004 | 005 | 006 | Galileo Pavilion | Kansas City, Kansas
01 Classroom
02 Classroom
03 Lounge
04 Kitchen
05 Restroom
06 Tracked Curtain
07 Living Green Wall
08 Skylights Above
09 Relocated Sundials
10 Existing Galileo Columns
11 Water Feature
12 Granite River Rock Patio
13 Galileo Sun Projection Plane
Northwest Perspective
01 Passive Solar Design
.a Summer Solstice: 75 °
.b Winter Solstice: 28 °
02 Photovoltaic Solar Panels
03 Living Roof
04 Wind Turbine
05 Cross Ventilation
06 Cool Earth Tubes
07 Thermal Mass
Stone gabion wall
08 High performance glazing
Twin wall construction, operable windows
09 Evaporative Cooling
10 Radiant Heating-Cooling
11 Super Insulation
12 Energy Recovery Ventilator
13 Rainwater Harvesting and Retention
14 Drought Tolerant Landscaping
001 | 002 | 003 | 004 | 005 | 006 | Galileo Pavilion | Kansas City, Kansas
Detail - Double Glazed Aluminum Curtain Wall Section - Double Glazed Aluminum Curtain Wall
002 | pods
Lawrence, Kansas
002 | pods
The goal of the project was to create a module, or pod, that could be
prefabricated within the warehouse and dropped off on site with the
least amount of site disturbance as possible. The problem was circulation
between each pod once placed on the site. Circulation was implemented
within the middle of each pod, creating a vestibule with entries and exits
on both the east and west axis. Once on site, a deck and canopy system
was fabricated to bring the pods visually together as one form.
001 | 002 | 003 | 004 | 005 | 006 | Pods | Overland Park, Kansas
01 Classroom Square Footage Breakdown:
02 Vestibule Pod 1: 800 sq ft
03 Mens Restroom Pod 2: 800 sq ft
04 Womens Restroom Pod 3: 800 sq ft
05 Storage Total: 2400 sq ft
06 Exterior Deck
07 Drought Tolerant Landscaping
View East
View South
001 | 002 | 003 | 004 | 005 | 006 | Pods | Overland Park, Kansas
North Perspective
South Perspective
003 | seward park tower
New York City, New York
003 | seward park tower
Seward Park is an attempt to revitalize a neighborhood with little
interaction, and to revive a park that has lost its identity. The mixed-use
tower provides both affordable housing and retail business space. Oak
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trees along the streetscape replace dilapidated fences, while pathways
facilitate human interaction within the neighborhood.
001 | 002 | 003 | 004 | 005 | 006 | Seward Park Tower | New York City, New York
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001 | 002 | 003 | 004 | 005 | 006 | AIA Headquarters | Baton Rouge, Louisiana
02 01
04
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01 Private Gallery
02 Public Cafe
03 Circulation
04 Theatre
05 07
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Second Floor Third Floor
05 Private Offices
06 Bathrooms
07 Private Gallery
001 | 002 | 003 | 004 | 005 | 006 | AIA Headquarters | Baton Rouge, Louisiana
East Elevation
North Elevation
North Section
005 | photography
Explorations
005 | photography
Black and white photography
has become a passion of mine
since taking an elective at the
University of Kansas. The art of
processing and developing my
own photographs is challenging
and intriguing. There is a
relationship between particular
facets of photography and some
components of architecture
which make the art so appealing.
The ability to capture time,
space, form, and lighting - all
within one frame - is the beauty
to which I am drawn.