1. P O R T F O L I O
C A R L T O M S E N K O H U T

2. Raised in the rural lakes region of New
Hampshire by a craftsman and school
teacher, in childhood, I fostered
passions for landscape, construction,
and knowledge. Architecture
was an emperical decision.
For six years, I have rigourously
discovered and explored architecture
and am in search of a position to
continue pursuing these passions.
Inquiring at the entry level, I do
not intend to tell the story of my
designs but rather offer a tool-set
of adaptable ideas and skills. This
portfolio highlights my potential
contributions toward your design
process: concepts and production,
equally consequence of artistic
foundations in Fine Arts, procceded
by a technical acquisition at Taliesin.
The projects that follow are organized
by scale in an acsending order.
The nine introductory diagrams are the
ideas, shown as an illustrated thought
process, while the following content
are the graphic representations.
i. SHELTER
ii. QUARRY THEATRE
iii. ARTISTS LOFT
iv. FARMERS MARKET
v. CULINARY SCHOOL
vi. HUMAN-MULE BRIDGE
vii. STRATEGIC PLANNING
CARL TOMSEN KOHUT
e: ckohut2@gmail.com
p: +001 6039868351
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3. An off-grid shelter in the Sonoran
Desert at the base of the McDowell
Mountains. Two components, one of
longevityand the other ofephemerality,
provides both a shelter for the
present and armature for the future.
The core geometry, an octahedron,
continues the evolution of plutonic
solids seen in neighboring shelters.
SHELTER
Scottsdale, AZ
FLLWSA
2016
CONCEPT SKETCH
EXTENDED LANDSCAPE
CORE GEOMETRY
DECREASED MASS
EQUIPPED ARMATURE
EXPLORED GEOMETRY
ARROYO VIEW
EPHEMERAL OCTOHEDRON
BROKEN GEOMETRY
SEPARATED QUOIN

4. 4R
4R
1/4” = 1’0”
PLAN: TOP COURSE
10
12
11 13
3
8
9
-1’-8”
-2’-5”
+0’-4”
S1
1/4” = 1’0”
SECTION
1 4” Topping Slab with Steel Mesh
2 1/4” Raked Horizontal Joint
3 Masonry Cell Column with W5 Rebar
4 1/2” Wegde Anchor Bolt
5 5/8” OSB Gusset Plate with 1/4” Dowels
6 Foundation Tie
7 Waste-Cut Privacy Screen
8 Existing Concrete
9 Rammed Earth
10 Aloe Garden
11 Dry-Stack Bench
12 Quartz Rocks
13 Existing Dry-Stack Wall
1
4
11
13
5
2
6
7
8
9
-2’-5”
0’-0”
+1’-4”
+10’-8”
S1

5. 37.5°
35°
35°
30°
35°
37.5°
45°
45°
40°
60°
35°
37.5°
EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC
1 2 x 10 Reclaimed Lumber Joists
2 2 x 6 Reclaimed Lumber Strut
3 1 x 8 Knotty Pine Louvre
4 1 x 10 Knotty Pine Louvre
5 1 x 3 Furring Strip Floor
1
2
4
3
5
Gusseted Butt Joint
w/ Twelve(12) 1/2” Dowels
CUT & NOTCH PATTERNS
FRAME JOINTERY
Gusseted Lap Joint
w/ Twelve(12) 1/2” Dowels
Rim Joist Louvre Joint
Lower
West Louvre
End
Joist Louvre Joint
Upper
Louvre End at
Wall
Bottom Slot Joint
w/ Six(6) 4” Deck Screws
Top Slot Joint
w/ Six(6) 1/2” Dowels
DAY FOUR
DAY NINE
DAY FIFTEEN
DAY SEVEN
DAY TEN
DAY SIXTEEN
DAY EIGHT
DAY FOURTEEN
DAY EIGHTEEN

6. OPENING AT SUNRISE
MORNING: OPENING
RETIRING AT SUNSET NIGHTIME BACKSIDE
EVENING: OPEN

7. A brise soliel addition to the quarry
theatre of Pierre Cardin, expanding
its use during inclement weather and
over-exposed summer days. The
analog production of terracotta tiles,
along a woman’s thigh, influenced
the design’s form. Choosen as
inspiration due to the fashion icon’s
interest in the female physique.
QUARRY THEATRE
Lacoste, France
SCAD
2012
TERRACOTA TILE MAKING
PARTI
SIMPLE SPAN STRUCTURE
ACOUSTIC REVERBERATION
LEVELS OF TRANSPARENCY
VELVET DRAPERY
MOMENT CONNECTION
BRISE SOLIEIL COVERAGE
CONCEALED LIGHTING
FOCUSING PERSPECTIVE

8. ENTRY VIEW

9. ARTISTS LOFT
Phoenix, AZ
FLLWSA
2015
Artists infiltrate a derelict
neighborhood attracting those
culturally aspiring and developers
commence: gentrification. What if an
adaptable armature could embrace
both the artistic community and/or
urban development, rooted wholly
in neither? Can you imagine a
disengaging architecture?
CONCEPT MODEL
ARTISTS INFILTRATE
PARTI
PIANO NOBILE
ATTRACT & DEVELOP
PROPORTIONING SYSTEM
DISENGAGING STAIR-LIFT
GENTRIFY
PANELIZED URBAN DECAY
HUMIDIFYING PANELS

10. UP
8R
UP
19R
U
P
4R
UP
4R
S2
1:150m
ARTIST LOFT SECOND LEVEL
1:20m
STAIR-LIFT SECTION
4 FLOOR SYSTEM
140mm Concrete Slab with 10mm
Corrugated Metal Metal Decking,
75mm avg. Spray Foam Insulation, Clip
Hangers, 5mm Metal Paneling
1 WALL SYSTEM
5mm Metal Panel, 5mm Angle Iron,
Waterproofing, 100mm Metal Stud Wall,
25mm Sheathing
2 MOIST PANEL SYSTEM
Drip Irrigation Lines, 5mm Angle Iron
Frame, 25mm Insulated Glazing
3 STAIR LIFT SYSTEM
100mm Reinforced Slab Tread,
500x30x5mm Steel Stair Bracket, 20mm
Steel Cable, D200 Pulley Wheel, Flat-
Profile Rail Line Counter Weight
4200
1000
6750
10000
1
2
4
3
S2

11. STREET LEVEL DAIRY BAR
1:400m
STREET ELEVATION
STUDIO MAIN LEVEL FROM LOFT ENTRY ‘DRAWSTAIR’

12. Trustees’ Gardens began as an
experimental farm in 1733 but,
recently has fallen into partial
occupany and abandonment. The
Savannah Farmers Market is located
on the former gardens, housed in open
air pavilions and set on a walkable
site displaying urban agriculture,
water harvesting, and use diversity.
FARMERS MARKET
Savannah, GA
SCAD
2011
PAVILION MODEL
COLONIAL COLLAGE
PAVILION GEOMETRY
RESTRAINED AUTO ACCESS
INDUSTRIAL COLLAGE
VERTICAL FARMING TOWERS
RESOURCE DISPLAY
MODERN COLLAGE
MIX-USE SECTION
WATER HARVESTING

13. CONTEXT SITE SECTION
60’
PAVILION RENDERING ADAPTIVE REUSE, MIXED-USE

14. CULINARY SCHOOL
Phoenix, AZ
FLLWSA
2015
The delight of a coursed meal rests
on a linking feature between its
indepedent dishes. The Culinary
School adapts this idea as a building
of disparate programs brought
together by a four-story bracing wall.
Present throughout one’s circulation
while hosting the mechanical
distribution and passive techniques,
it serves to unify space and systems.
STRUCTURAL MODEL
SITE CIRCULATION
PARTI
SOLAR CONDITIONS
BUILDING CIRCULATION
STRUCTURE: PLAN
STRUCTURE: SECTION
SITE EGRESS
MECHANICS: PLAN
MECHANICS: SECTION

15. U
P
24R
UP
24R
1/16” = 1’0”
THIRD FLOOR
3
6
5
6
4
4
1 Teaching Kitchen
2 Faculty Office
3 Exercise Room
4 Locker Room
5 Lounge
5 Mechanical
1
1
2
2
1
1/8” = 1’0”
PARTIAL SECTION
4 12” x12” Commercial Slip
Resistant Quarry Tile on 1-1/4”
Epoxy Grout on 4” Concrete Slab
with 3” Corrugated Steel Decking
5 6” Metal Studs Insulated, 1-1/2”
Continuous Insluation, (2) 1/8”
Water Membrane, 2x4 Furring
Strips, 2x12 Lumber Rain Screen
6 Overhead Ventilation with Re-
movable Greas Traps, Fire
Suppression and Roof-Mounted
Exhaust
1 4’ Base Rammed Earth Wall with
25:1 Ground Caliche to Cement
Ratio, Capped with Copper
Flashing on 0.25/12 Slope
2 24” Angle Iron Truss. Corrugated
Metal Deck, 6” min. Rigid
Insulation at 0.25/12 Slope, 1/8”
Water Membrane with 4”x12”
Perimeter Gutter
3 Stainless Steel Panel Wall
System, 6” Metal Studs Insulated,
1-1/2” Continuous Insulation,
1/8” Water Membrane, Copper
Flashing, 4’ Square Zinc Panels
1
3
5
66
6
2
4
2
0’-0”
22’-0”
34’-0”
46’-0”
56’-0”
S3S3

16. W33x118
from 4-1/4” Hickory Dowel at 2” o.c.
Stair Tread 4”x14”
4'-0"
3'-7"
2"
3'-0"
3'-0"
1'-0" 1'-0"
6"
1'-0"
3'-0"
2'-11"
1'-1"
3'-6"
3'-9"
LANDING BOTTOM TOP
Milled Reclaimed Timber
Mortise to recieve 1”x10” Plank
HP10x57 (Split)
1/2” Plate Stringer
W33x118
2”x10” RS Ponderosa
4”x2”x1/4” Metal Grating
11” OWSJ
Caste-In-Place Handrail
3/8” Epoxy Anchor Bolt
1/2” Steel Bolt Plate
3/8” Hex Bolt
1/4” Steel Rivet, Round
1-1/2” Dia. Wood Handrail
1/4” E6013 Whip Weld Lap Joint
2”x6”x1.4” Rectangular Tubing
1/4” E6013 Whip
Weld Lap Joint
1/2” Steel Hanger
from Plank edge, 2.5” from top of Guardrail,
2”x4” RS Ponderosa, 1” Running
and 1” from center vertically
1/4” Steel Rivet, Round, 1-1/2” from Plank Edge
and vertically 7-1/2”(Left) and 9”(Right)
1/4” = 1’0”
STAIR DETAILS
1/32” = 1’0”
WEST ELEVATION
BRACING WALL CANTILEVERED KITCHEN

17. HUMAN-MULE
BRIDGE
Ceuta, Spain
FLLWSA
2014
Daily “human mules” cross the border to
Ceuta, Spain from Morocco facilitating
the movement of contraband. The
design posits an abridgement to the
abusive experience via a travelator
monument. The bridge eases the
womens journey while expressing
the support role they serve in both
Ceuta’s and Morrocco’s economies.
CEUTA QUEUE
PILLARS OF HERCULES
STRUCTURE
NIGHTTIME BARRICADE
DAYTIME TRAVELATOR
HUMANIZE THE CROSSING SHADED QUEUE

18. OVER WEIGHT LOADSEARLY MORNINGS OPPRESSIVE AUTHORITIES WOMEN BREAD-WINNERS WOMEN SUPPORTING GIBRALTAR
VIEW FROM MEDITERRANEAN

19. STRATEGIC PLANNING
Shiprock, Navajo Nation, NM
2014
Shiprock, NM is the poster child
of 21st century reservation life.
Data influencing the plan was
collected through an unsolicited
narrative with various community
leaders. Development phases aim
to re-establish the Navajo’s rugged
individualism by revitalizing the
land, the community and the co-
dependency of the two.
CONCEPT COLLAGE
PARTI
TRANSPORTATION HIERACHY
WINDBREAKER ORDINANCE
GRID ALIGNMENT
USE DIVERSITY
PASSIVE ORDINANCE
CITY WATER RETENTION
BIOSWALE STREET
RETENTION ORDINANCE

20. EXP
1500’
c. 2015
Relocate fairgrounds to a safe distance
from uranium mill. Introduce a Diné College
permaculture facility adjacent to fairgrounds
connected to the existing campus via a
pedestrain path.
c. 2020
Re-adapt derelict housing into dorms for
Diné College students. Expand permaculture
ideas to private farming plots. Create a
water retention basin testing the potential
and slowing intersate traffic.
8000’
c. 2030
Transform Diné College campus into city
center and introduce use diversity. Develop
first phase of a city wide water retention
system. Capitalize on rising permaculture
yeilds with local production of raw materials.
c. 2050
Shiprock transforms into a vibrant destination
requiring express overpass to offset the
increased traffic. The city expands eastward
on a grid aligned with natural landmarks and
continues developing local industries.

21. 2000’
c. 2075