MCKERNAN, NICOLE

UNDERGRADUATE ARCHITECTURE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
2013
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experience
application
transcript
travel
design work
Sketching Nagoya, Japan
Marker
2010
Nicole McKernan
Developed understanding of design University of Washington 3.5
principles and elements and ability to Architectural Studies
successfully execute in a fast paced 2012-Present
environment to produce effective and
consistent work
Bellevue College 3.6
Running Start
2010-2012
Awards
CIDA Accreditation Eastlake Highschool 3.8
Drawing Portfolio, 2011 Design, French, & Business
2009-2012
CIDA Accreditation
5 Individual Pieces, 2010-2011
Wolken | Schaffer Architects
1st Place WA DEC A Architecture Internship
Professional Selling - State Level, 2012 Summer 2011

International Contestant DECA Best Catering

Professional Selling & Chapter Awards, Caterer
2011-2012 2010-2012

Volunteer Blazing Bagels

Retail Cashier
Relay For Life, ACS Summer 2012
Captain of top fundraising teams (3 years)
UW Luminaria Chair & Special Events Commitee
Interests & Hobbies
National Charity League UW Farm Tennis
Lake Sammamish chapter Relay For Life Hiking
President 2011-2012 Sketching Skiing
Representative 2008-2012
Skills
SketchUp Illustrator
Photoshop Carpentry
Indesign Drawing

Nicole McKernan
nicolemckernan@hotmail.com
425 281 6555
APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION Undergraduate BA in Architectural Studies

Undergraduate Admissions Committee

Department of Architecture
College of Built Environments
University of Washington
Box 355720 208 Gould Hall
Seattle, Washington 98195-5720
USA
Telephone: 206 685-7236

APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION to the Undergraduate BA in Architectural Studies for Autumn Quarter

1. Name McKernan Nicole E

Last First Middle Initial

2. Mailing address
23038 NE 19th Drive (425) 868-0440
Street and Number Home phone number
Sammamish 1229216
City Student number

WA 98074 nicolemckernan@hotmail.com
State Zip E mail

College or University Location Dates Major, Degree, and date received or expected

University of Washington Seattle, WA 2012-Present

Bellevue College Bellevue, WA 2010-2012 Running Start

National Charity League, President 2011-2012, NCL Service award 2008-2012; DECA, 1st place in Professional Selling
in WA 2012; Relay For Life, Special Events committee 2012, Luminaria chair 2013; Phi Kappa Theta honors society.

No Quarter(s)_______ Year(s)_______
5. Have you previously applied to the Department of Architecture?_______

6. What is your current status at this University? Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Postbac
No
7. Are you an international student? _______ If yes, what is your nationality?______________________________________________

8. Statistical Information (optional):

19
Age _______ Gender: Female Male

Dominant Ethnic origin:

Black/African-American Asian-American (Specify) _________________ Caucasian
Chicano/Latino-American Filipino-American Native-American Other_________________

9. Are you currently in the UW College Honors Program? No

______ Are you interested in Departmental Honors? Yes
___________________

This application is complete only when accompanied by all college-level transcript. Failure to submit complete and accurate information may result in

denial of the application or dismissal from the undergraduate degree program in the College.

Signature: Date:
Nicole McKernan
Monday, June 24th , 2013

2.-09
 Courses which fulfill the admission requirements for the Architectural Studies B.A.

A - PROFICIENCY:
1. English composition
Engl 131 English Composition Au 2010
5 credits________________________________________

B - DISTRIBUTION:
1. Visual, Literary & Performing Arts (VLPA):
20 credits 4. Arch / CAUP:
course quarter year credits 17 credits
AH 203 W. Modern Art Sp 2013 5
_______________________________________________ course quarter year credits
Art 272 Materials/Real Space W 2013 5
_______________________________________________ ARCH 350________________ 2012
AUT ___________ (3)
Engl 250 American Literature Sp 2012 5
_______________________________________________ ARCH 351________________ 2013
WIN ___________ (3)
Art 1XX 2D Design Au 2012 5
_______________________________________________ ARCH 352________________ 2013
SPR ___________ (3)
_______________________________________________ ARCH 210________________ 2013
WIN ___________ (4)
_______________________________________________ ARCH 211________________ 2013
SPR ___________ (4)
total 20 total

2. Individual & Societies (I&S):

20 credits 5. Additional Areas of Knowledge (AoK: VLPA, I&S, NW):
course quarter year credits 5 credits
Psych 101 Intro to Psych Au 2012 5
_______________________________________________ course quarter year credits
HISTAA 1XX Am. History I W 2012 5
_______________________________________________ Engl 2XX The Research Paper Au 2011 5
_______________________________________________
POL S 202 Intro to Am, Gov. Sp 2011 5
_______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
Socio 2XX TV and Culture Au 2010 5
_______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
_______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
_______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
total 20 _______________________________________________
total 5
3. Natural World (NW):
20 credits 6. Electives:
course quarter year credits 3 credits
Au 2011
Math 112 / 124 / 127 or 145_____________________ (5) not required for admission, but necessary for graduation
Chem 120 General Chemistry I W 2011 5
_______________________________________________ course quarter year credits
Math 120 Precalculus Sp 2011 5
_______________________________________________ ESS 101 Intro to Geo Science W 2013 5
_______________________________________________
Math 1XX Trigonometry Au 2010 5
_______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
_______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
total 20 total
Engl 198 Writing Link Au 2012 5
W Credits (7)_______________________________________

TOTAL CREDITS EARNED TO DATE 110

C- Credits not completed yet (to be completed by Fall Quarter of
Admission into the program)
Nicole McKernan
Visual, Literary, & Performing Arts (VLPA) ________________
Signature:
Individual & Societies (IS) ___________________________
Natural World (NW) _______________________________
Monday, June 24th, 2013
Math 112 / 124 / 127 or 145 (QSR) _______________________
Areas of Knowledge _______________________________ Date:
ARCH ___________________________________________
Total Contingent Credits

veteran in accordance with University policy and applicable federal and state statutes and regulations.
The University of Washington is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation to its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities.To request ac-

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UNOFFICIAL ACADEMIC TRANSCRIPT Prepared on 6/21/2013

Nicole Elizabeth McKernan Arts & Sciences PRE ARCHITECTURE
1229216 05/23/94
JUNIOR PRE-REGISTERED FOR AUTUMN QUARTER 2013

************************************************** ARCH 210 DESIGN DRAWING I 4.0 2.8

* ANY ALTERATION OR MODIFICATION OF THIS RECORD * ARCH 351 ROMN GTHIC REN ARCH 3.0 3.6
* OR ANY COPY THEREOF MAY CONSTITUTE A FELONY * ART 272 MATERIAL REAL SPACE 5.0 3.8
* AND/OR LEAD TO STUDENT DISCIPLINARY SANCTIONS. * ESS 101 INTRO TO GEOL SCI 5.0 3.7
************************************************** QTR ATTEMPTED: 17.0 EARNED: 17.0 GPA: 3.50
QTR GRADED AT: 17.0 GRADE POINTS: 59.5
HIGH SCHOOL SUBJECTS: CUM ATTEMPTED: 30.0 UW EARNED: 30.0 TTL EARNED: 30.0
SUBJECT YRS COMPLETED/YRS DEFICIENT CUM GRADED AT: 30.0 GRADE PTS: 105.8 CUM GPA: 3.53
ENGLISH 2/0
MATHEMATICS 2/0 SCHOLARSHIP STATUS: DEAN'S LIST
SCIENCE 2/0
SOCIAL SCIENCE 2/0 SPRING 2013 PREARC 3
FOREIGN LANGUAGE 4/0 ARCH 211 DESIGN DRAWING II 4.0 3.3
ART 1/0 ARCH 352 HIST MDRN ARCH 3.0 3.3
ART H 203 SURV WEST ART-MOD 5.0 3.4
HIGH SCHOOL FOREIGN LANGUAGE :FRENCH LEVEL:4 QTR ATTEMPTED: 12.0 EARNED: 12.0 GPA: 3.34
HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS LEVEL: 3 QTR GRADED AT: 12.0 GRADE POINTS: 40.1
CUM ATTEMPTED: 42.0 UW EARNED: 42.0 TTL EARNED: 42.0
ACT SCORE : 30 CUM GRADED AT: 42.0 GRADE PTS: 145.9 CUM GPA: 3.47

****************************************************
DETAIL OF TRANSFER CREDIT: CUMULATIVE CREDIT SUMMARY:
BELLEVUE COLLEGE, WA (2 YEAR SCHOOL) UW CREDITS ATTEMPTED 42.0 UW CREDITS EARNED 42.0
ATTENDED 2010-2012 UW GRADED ATTEMPTED 42.0 EXTENSION CREDITS 0.0
ART 1XX 5.0 4.0 UW GRADED EARNED 42.0 TRANSFER CREDITS 68.0
ART 190 INTRO TO DRAWING 5.0 4.0 UW GRADE POINTS 145.9 ----------------------
CHEM 1XX 1.0 3.7 UW GRADE POINT AVG. 3.47 CREDITS EARNED 110.0
CHEM 120 Q-PRINCIPLES OF CHEM I 5.0 3.7 ****************************************************
ENGL 131 C-COMPOSITN: EXPOSITN 5.0 4.0
ENGL 182 C,W-RESEARCH PAPER 5.0 2.7 ****************************************************
ENGL 2XX 5.0 4.0 ACADEMIC SATISFACTORY PROGRESS:
ENGL 250 AMERICAN LITERATURE 5.0 3.3 NUMBER OF QUARTERS TRANSFERRED IN: 0
HSTAA 1XX 5.0 4.0 TOTAL QUARTERS COMPLETED: 2 AS OF 4/22/2013
MATH 1XX Q 5.0 3.0 ****************************************************
MATH 120 PRECALCULUS 5.0 2.3
MATH 124 Q-CALC ANALYT GEOM I 5.0 3.0 ***************** WORK IN PROGRESS *****************
PE 1XX 1.0 4.0 AUTUMN 2013 PREARC 3
PE 1XX 1.0 4.0 L ARCH 300 INTRO LA DESIGN 6.0
POL S 202 INTRO TO AMER POL 5.0 2.7 ECON 200 INTRO MICROECON 5.0
SOC 2XX 5.0 4.0 ACCTG 215 ACCTG & FIN REPRTNG 5.0
TOTAL CREDITS EARNED: 68.0 GPA:3.46 QTR REGISTERED: 16.0
****************** END OF RECORD *******************
SUMMARY OF TRANSFER CREDIT: LD UD TOTAL
TOTAL CREDITS EARNED: 68.0 0.0 68.0
TOTAL TOWARD DEGREE: 68.0 0.0 68.0
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AUTUMN 2012 PREARC 2

ARCH 350 ARCH ANCIENT WORLD 3.0 3.6
ENGL 198 W-WRITING/SOC SCI 5.0 3.6
PSYCH 101 INTRO TO PSYCH 5.0 3.5
QTR ATTEMPTED: 13.0 EARNED: 13.0 GPA: 3.56
QTR GRADED AT: 13.0 GRADE POINTS: 46.3
CUM ATTEMPTED: 13.0 UW EARNED: 13.0 TTL EARNED: 13.0
CUM GRADED AT: 13.0 GRADE PTS: 46.3 CUM GPA: 3.56

SCHOLARSHIP STATUS: DEAN'S LIST

WINTER 2013 PREARC 2

UNOFFICIAL COPY - DESTROY WHEN NO LONGER NEEDED

Application Essay
From before I could walk, my dad would put little wooden hammers in my hands
and laugh as I tore across the house with them. Or other times, he would let
me play in the sawdust in his wood shop and take me to Home Depot to do a
Dad and Me build-it project. The best thing he would do though, and
arguably the most important thing, was take me on evening walks to the new
housing developments going up around my neighborhood. Most nights we would
walk through the new houses and comment on the new developments, seeing if
they had added plumbing, or possibly electricity. Because the homes only had
studs, it was often hard for me to determine the planned layout and so my dad
would always ask me what room I would choose to be my secret hideout, or
more regular rooms like the kitchen or living rooms and bedrooms. These walk-
throughs were of the highest value to me. Inspired, I would go home and draw
out my own houses, making the improvements I saw necessary which usually
included adding another six or seven stories and long spiral staircases. Although
it is not a single building that fueled my interest, it was the process of designing
and building that motivated me. Without a doubt, I am positive this is what led
to me choosing architecture as a career path.

At the present, I am interested in the interiors of architecture and restoration and

repurposing of buildings. It is almost more fun to work with set borders and to
use and bend them to their full potential rather than starting at a blank slate.
Local ex-industrial turned residential buildings in Seattle have always inspired me
to design with physical limits. I feel like this type of living has so much more
creativity and vitality than any other type of housing available, mostly because it
has a history to it. Seeing the studded homes lining my neighborhood really hit
at the core of my interest in interior architecture. But whether it is landscaping,
interior, or exterior architecture, I simply want to design and build.
Travel
Nagoya, Japan 2010 (above), Jackson, Mississippi 2011, Salt Lake City 2012

artwork
toy cathedral
view house
gas works park analysis
garden outlook
arch internship

Design Work
Drawing and Model Work from 2011-2013
Clockwise: Paper Bags, Arch 210 2013; Preliminary Garden Outlook model, Arch 211 2013; Silver Stilll Life,
AP 2D Design 2011; Ron Cooper as Vincent Van Gogh, AP 2D Design 2011; Hands, AP 2D Design, 2011
Toy Cathedral, MDF,2013
The objective for the project was to analyze the toy in terms of its program, and then applied at adults. The
Toy Cathedral progresses from the simple building block into a complex puzzle of intersecting. Designed to be
used without directions, the project allows the user to creatively attach and intersect pieces until they acheive
the final result. Project from Art 272 Materials in Real Space.
 12 PM

10 AM
3 PM

View House, Arch 211, 2013

The objective of the projcet was to evaluate the way daylight affects a building down a vertical passage. Set in
the Los Angeles area, the View House, both protects from the heat, and allows light to filter through the house.
The progression downward allows the user to access complete outdoors from the roof, have diffused natural light
in the gathering area, and low light in the
private rooms on the bottom floor. A skylight
placed over the back stairwell lights the progression.
 Benzo(a)pyrene is a
Group 1 carcinogenic
chemical byproduct
130 510 of the Gas Works facility.
146 The clean-up safety level
is 0.137 mg/kg

289
191

Tar on the site is

Tar prevalent in the NE
corner and along the
High Scheen E shoreline. Depth
contaminants ranges from surface
level to -100 ft

Soil caps are engineered

to prevent human and
Soil cap
animal contact to harmful
chemicals and contain
chemcals at least 12 inches
below surface level

70
60
50

30

2002 100 0 00

FT

Gas Works Park Site Analysis, 2013

Focusing on pollution and history at Gas Works Park, the analysis showed the range of large scale contamina-
tions and clean up acts completed by the city of Seattle over the past 60 years. Monitoring well data is dis-
played via the site plans for the amount of Benzo(a)pyrene and tar on site that is over the regulated safety
 PUGET SOUND

Gas Works Park

0-6.0 ft Below Mudline

6.0-100 ft Below Mudline

Low /Trace Sheen

LAKE Heavy Sheen

UNION
Tar

levels. In the lake, water currents from Lake Washington push contaminated sediment both eroded from
the site and embedded underwater further through the waterway and towards Pudget Sound.
 Meeting and Lounge
The glass-walled overpass to the
upper garden area allows for 360
views while studying, meeting, or
enjoying the sun.
Outdoor Garden
The upper balcony functions as a garden
with communal plots for Wallingford
residents. The indoor area allows for
atural light for temperate plants.

Outlook
The outlook a allows for visitors
of the site to enjoy the views
without being directed through
other programs of the building

Dock and Maitenance

The dock area is accessed by passing under
the Outlook. It allows boaters to moor and for
man-powered boats to be stored under cover.
Maitenance areas are located behind the dock.

Garden Outlook, Arch 211, 2013

While creating a outlook, classroom, and docking space on the Gas Works Park waterfront, the Garden Out-
look also draws sustainability into the Park known for its pollution. By creating a second program of community
garden space, the building promotes clean practices in the Wallingford neighborhood. A vertical garden allows for
visitors to see the greenery from below, while the upper floor allows users plant and garden in their own plot.
June 2011

July 2011

Architecture internship with Wolken | Schaffer Architects, 2011

The relocation of the Sammamish Library from 228th Ave NE to the 228th Ave SE location allowed for Boys
and Girls Club of King County to repurpose the leftover building into the current Sammamish EX3 Teen Center.
During the late design and renovation processes, I documented the renovation, attended contractor meetings, and
provided student feedback on design decisions. The original blue color scheme was changed to the current
 Late August 2011

September 2011

scheme because of my recommendation for an upbeat, energetic theme to reflect the nature of its users.
Other contributions include the tech center wall material, stage floor concrete treatment, and stage wall
paint treatment. The renovation process media I produced is on display at the Teen Center.
Nicole McKernan
nicolemckernan@hotmail.com
425 281 6555