Melissa DavisStore Designer

University of Cincinnati College of Design, Art, Architecture & PlanningBachelor of Science in ArchitectureClass of 2013Deans List, 3.57 GPAStudents for Ecological DesignA.I.A.S.

Kroger Co. Inc. Store DesignerWinter 2012-Spring 2015, CincinnatiBegan working as a Revit designer for a Division Point Planner. Promoted to Point-Planner for the Ruler and Jay-C division with a focus in adaptive reuse. Worked on special projects with the Director of Design as a specialist developing the new programs for Small Format and Kroger Online Shopping.

Integrated Design & Architecture Architectural Co-op,Spring 2012, Summer 2012, AlbuquerqueWorked in a team to renovate affordable multi-family housing complexes and renovate a historical Route 66 motel into condos. Worked on my own to further develop a new affordable LEED multi-family housing complex.

Hixson Inc.Architectural Co-opSpring 2011, Autumn 2011, CincinnatiWorked in a team to develop large-scale GMP, retail and mixed use buildings. Contributed to construction documents, design development documents, interior design presentations, process and structural engineering work.

DHArchitects InternshipSummer 2010, CincinnatiAttended job meetings, prepared furniture plans, furniture specifications, finished floor plans, interior elevations and put together a design development package for a local school.

Skills

AutoCad (proficient)Revit (proficient)Rhino (beginner)Google Sketchup (proficient)Adobe Creative Suite 4 (proficient)Microsoft Office Suite (proficient)

Melissa Davis davis2m6@gmail.com513-373-0669

Work Experience Education

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Urban Grocery StoreKroger Sponsored Studio

I participated in a studio where we worked with the Director of Design at Kroger to develop a format for the modern Urban Grocery. We researched grocery store concepts as a class and then worked with a partner to develop a concept. Ours was “Kroger GO”. We gave a series of presentations to the Facility Engineering department, ending with the final Gallery Presentation to the Executives of the Kroger Company.

“Kroger GO” focuses on two urban conditions: diverse ways people move through the city and limited retail space. From researching Tesco’s Click and Collect and Amazon’s Kiva System, we combined internal and external movements to resolve these issues. The result is a pedestrian centric store that also accommodates parking and a drive-thru users. Internally the Kiva distribution system and digital shelving modules maximize sales floor and move as much product vertically as possible.

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The Kiva system was recently purchased by Amazon as a warehouse distribution tool. It specializes in picking individual orders. When an order is placed, the bot drives through the warehouse to the shelf the product is on, then brings the entire shelf to an employee who assembles the customer’s order. Once the employee retrieves the item, the bot drives the shelf back to its original place, then repeats the process.

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Order online, pick up at store

Order from displays at the metro, delivered to home

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Community Events

Drive-Thru pick up on Central Parkway

Digital Shelf Modules

Site research influenced us to orient the building to have a corner entrance. Pickup is on the opposite side of the building.

Four-story high digital screens adorn the parking garage to help customers understand what this digitally inspired grocery store has to offer. The screens can display features such as fresh coffee in the morning, hot sandwiches during lunch, and the new digital system upgrades.

Vertical circulation is showcased with glass elements along the facade. People travel in the larger element, product in the four small elements.

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Special Project Work Kroger Co.

In addition to my regular responsibilities, I had the opportunity to work on a few special projects with the Director of Design. These projects included the exterior of the Lexington University Kroger store, renderings of the 2014 Kroger Marketplace, and the Small Format Test store.

The design of the Lexington store was initially a University charette. As a student I participated in this charette, and as an employee of Kroger I continued to develop the exterior. The goal was to create a store that incorporated the community and addressed the multiple site approaches. I attended community hearings, worked with local architects, talked to community members about their concerns, and connected with LexArts to design the murals.

I assisted the Lead Prototype Designer in presenting the 2015 Marketplace to Executives by creating renderings to present to Executives for Approval.

To design the Small Format Test Store, I worked in a team with the Director of Design, Directors of Small Format, Deli Merchandiser and DunnHumby Data Analysts.

Lexington University Store

Elevation by: Robertson Lola Roof Architects

Side Street Elevation

Main Street Elevation

Side Street ElevationMain Street Elevation

Elevation by: Robertson Lola Roof Architects

Artist Reception in front Deli Seating areaProduce Department

2015 Marketplace Rendering

Small Format Test Store

Due to the small space we had to be creative with existing utilities. The pipe behind the frozen food case shows where the water main comes in, and where the water meter and shut-off valves are located.

I worked with the project Architect and Plumbing Engineer to coordinate an access panel between the cases and angle the corner case to enable full access to the meter and valves in compliance with local code. This allowed us to utilize the entire space.

(The pipes were later painted.)

Small Format Utility Challenge

CO-OP Work Experience Hixson Inc. & Integrated Design & Architecture

In 2011 I worked on a project to design a MANE Inc. Research and Development Facility. I worked with the lead architect to take the project from design development to construction documentation with Revit and AutoCad. I also created renderings of the Revit model for presentations to MANE.

In 2012 I helped an architect at Integrated Design and Architecture create proposal documents for a low income housing project. We were awarded the project and continued work to create construction documents. I also created a marketing board for our company to present at a local Affordable Housing Conference. We used a plywood board with cutouts for screens to show a powerpoint of past projects. Around the cutout I used an ink transfer method to apply images of past projects and client recommendations to the board.

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MANE Inc. Research Facility Cafeteria RenderingHixson Inc.

MANE Inc. Research Facility Finished FacilityHixson Inc.

Sun Ridge Apartment Renovation

Integrated Design & Architecture

Presentation Board at the Albuquerque Affordable Housing Conference

Integrated Design & Architecture

Clifton Literary CenterDAAP Design Studio

Our studio assignment was to design a Literary Center as an urban infill project. It needed to connect the larger urban streetscape to the smaller backstreet where students live and pass to get to campus. The Center also needed to implement environmental design techniques learned that semester.

I designed a building with a pass thru down the center to connect the street where the students lived to the street to campus. This also allowed the building to be divided into an entry area, checkout, and auditorium. The front of the building was slanted at an angle that lets sunlight in during winter and shades the glazing in the summer.

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Private Space Public SpaceStaff Space

Process and Analysis

The South facing window will be tilted at an angle to let the winter sun in but shade from the summer sun.  This  will allow maximum heat in the winter, and minimum heat in the summer.

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The summer sun is brighter, and needs to enter the room indirectly. The people will want to go into the literacy center to escape the sun, so it will be pleasant that the light is limited.

The winter sun is dimmer, so it can enter directly, and people generally don’t experience enough sunlight in the winter. The increased sun will help lift patrons moods, and allow them to catch up on sun.

HeatThe height of the window will provide clerestory lighting which will more fully and indirectly light the space.  The tilt in the ceiling reflects the light from the window deeper into the space.  

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Light Quantity

Heat hits the wall and doesn’t penetrate the building

Heat penetrates the building

Light bounces off the ceiling 

Light bounces off the pavement 

Clerestory allows light to penetrate deeply

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The back walkway receives little light because the building blocks the sun

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The second story underneath the window will receive very bright and direct light

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Use blinds, perforated screens, or color the glass according to how much light needs to be blocked or diffused

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Little light to the courtyard makes it too cool to use during some seasons

Redesign part of the front of the building where the least light hits to be a new courtyard that can be warm

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The South facing window allows observation of the sun’s changing light and color as it moves East to West across the sky.

Too much light enters the top area for computers to be used

Interior Courtyard

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Design/Build ScreenTeam of Eighteen Students

Along with my seventeen classmates, we designed and constructed a series of thirty seats that interconnect to create a large screen. I participated in conceptual design, material selection, and assembly.

We chose to create modules that could be intertwined to create a screen for a private critique or taken apart for seating for a class. The module theme was then reflected in all other aspects of the design for a cohesive look, ease of assembly and structural strength.

The finger joints that hold the plywood piece of the seat together are held by friction gained by precisly laser cutting the plywood fronts. The various angles of the sides of the seats provide rigidity to the form. Seat belt was used as the material for the top of the seats because of its strength, proportion and texture.

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Personal ArtworkHand Skills

During my time at DAAP we took skills classes to develop our hand skills. We worked with a variety of media including ink, pencil, and watercolor. We learned to understand how to draw perspectives, shade to create 3-dimmensional drawings and work with a variety of media.

I also participated in many art courses in high-school, including photography, drawing, and an advanced art course. These courses inspired me to investigate architecture as a career path and helped prepare me for my college courses on presentation skills.

During my photography course I traveled to Vietnam where I took the photo shown on the following page. This won the photography award at the school for that year.

During my senior year at DAAP I participated in a course where we traveled to Istanbul. We worked on our sketching skills as a way to experience the architecture.

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