Abigail Panneck_Academic Portfolio

AP PORTFOLIO ACADEMIC

SELECTED WORKS 2021 - 2025

PANNECK

ABIGAIL PANNECK

CONTACT

+1(870)565-8911

abigailgpanneck@gmail.com

www.linkedin.com/in/abigail-panneck

SUMMARY

I am a Fi h Year Architecture student persuing a Bachelors of Architecture. With a special interest in quality of cra and working with my hands, I am drawn to processes that emphasize making, material exploration, and the translation of concept into built form. Outside of studio, I am passionate about silversmithing, woodworking, and multimedia collage. Professionally, my interests focus on design-build practices, preservation, adaptive reuse, and exhibiton design, all places where storytelling, spatial experience, and construction come together.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Architecture - expected in May 2026 from Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.

WORK EXPERIENCE

WOOD LAB ASSISTANT - FAY JONES SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN

MAY 2023 - PRESENT

YEAR: Fi h Year

GPA: 3.49

CREDIT HOURS EARNED: 163

I oversee the safety of students in the workshop, ensuring that proper safety protocols are consistently followed. I train new employees in basic shop techniques and machinery maintenance, as well as teach more advanced woodworking techniques. I also o er advice and assistance to students on both personal and academic projects, from model making to furniture creation.

FURNITURE FABRICATOR - ANTHONY TIMBERLANDS

CENTER FOR DESIGN AND MATERIAL INNOVATION

MAY 2024 - AUGUST 2025

I operated woodworking machinery to support production processes for the creation of studio desks as part of the Weyerhaueser grant, ensuring each step met quality and e iciency standards. I assembled components with precision and milled lumber to specified dimensions. I regularly applied advanced joinery techniques to produce durable, high- quality pieces.

CASH OFFICE MANAGER - HARPS FOOD STORES

MARCH 2021 - MAY 2023

I directed cash o ice functions, ensuring accurate balancing of tills, safe, and timely preparation of deposits. Performed opening duties, monitored cooler and freezer temps for safety compliance, checked and verified shipments, and supported department managment to maintain daily store operations.

INFANT ROOM LEAD TEACHER - CENTER HILL CHILDCARE

MAY 2017 - MARCH 2021

I led daily operations of the infant room, managing individualized feeding, sleep, and care schedules for multiple infants. Ensured compliance with Better Beginnings standards and supported age-appropriate developmental milestones. Communicated closely with parents and followed individualized care instructions. Better Beginnings certified; completed 36 childcare credit hours; infancy CPR cerfitfied.

TECHNICAL AND MATERIAL SKILLS

DESIGN

DIGITAL + PARAMETRIC MODELING

Rhino 7 + Grasshopper, Revit

Develops, tests, and iterates geometries and parametric systems building workflows to support documentation.

AI + COMPUTATIONAL PROMPTING

Midjourney, Gemini, CanvaPro

Uses AI tools for exploratory studies and understands how AI can inform early-stage design thinking.

ANALOG SKILLS

Sketching + Model Making

Communicates ideas and translates conceptual intent into spatial, material, and constructional decisions.

PERFORMANCE + SUSTAINABILITY

BUILDING PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS

ClimateStudio in Rhino 7

Familiar with early-stage performance analysis such as: Daylighting, solar exposure, and climate response.

VISUALIZATION

ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD

Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Lightroom RENDERING

Produces clear, high-quality graphics, layouts, diagrams, and visual narratives for design communication and presentations.

Enscape, Lumion

Experience with developing material catalogues, assigning materials in so ware, and creating atmospheric visualizations.

FABRICATION

AUTOMATED FABRICATION

Filament + resin printing, laser cutting

Experienced in high-quality fabrication workflows with understanding in tolerances from digital to physcial translation.

ANALOG FABRICATION

Wood milling, joinery, framing, assembly

Experienced in design and construction start to finish projects with DfD (design for deconstruction) principles and execution.

01.02. PORTFOLIO

EXHIBITION DESIGN,

LAS VEGAS, NV.

FIFTH YEAR ACADEMIC PROJECT, 2025

HOUSING

DESIGN

, LOS ANGELES, CA.

THIRD YEAR ACADEMIC PROJECT, 2023

PRODUCT DESIGN, PERSONAL PROJECTS,

COLLECTIVE WORKS.

PROJECTS 2021 - 2025

This proposed expansion of the Neon Museum Boneyard reimagines Las Vegas’s

By day, the campus extends the museum’s mission to preserve and showcase iconic neon signage, casino keepsakes, and the eras By night, the campus transforms to reflect Las Vegas’s identity as the wedding capital of the world. Flexible indoor and outdoor bringing the city’s heritage of ceremony and spectacle, full circle.

The museum is designed like an open air market, pushing the circulation to the outside and centralizing it around the monumental restorative workshop, and beacon of light for the entire campus. Select roo op terraces, lounges, and connecting catwalks o er for the surfers of the museum. The project is unified by a series of corten canopies, their concept paying homage to the iconic La establishing a landmark that is both immersive and rooted in the cultural DNA of Las Vegas.

Vegas’s history of spectacle, transformation, and reinvention.

eras that shaped the city.

spaces allow it to seamlessly transform into a venue for weddings, celebrations, and special events -

monumental glass storage volume that displays an evolving collection of signs, simultaneously serving as an archive, exhibit, er dramatic perspectives into the double-height collections space, creating unique experiences and photo opportunites La Concha lobby. This architectural gesture shelters the museum and event spaces while linking past and present,

PROJECT LEGEND

TEMPERED GLASS

WINDOW MULLION

RAMMED EARTH

SIDEWALK

RIGID INSULATION

STEEL STANDOFF

CONCRETE SLAB

CONCRETE FOOTING

CANT STRIP

GRAVEL

BARRIER RAILING

VEGETATION

GROWING MEDIA

FILTER FABRIC

DRAINAGE LAYER

ROOT BARRIER MEMBRANE

THERMAL INSULATION 6IN

PROTECTIVE MEMBRANE

TONGUE AND GROOVE WOOD DECKING

CANT STRIP

2X6 FRAMING

GLU-LAM COLUMN

GYPSUM WALL BOARD

CONCRETE FINISH FLOOR

GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET

STEEL STANDOFF

HIGH DENSITY PARTICLE BOARD

GALVANIZED STEEL FRAMING

STEEL PEDESTAL

CONCRETE SLAB

RIGID INSULATION

GRAVEL

ELECTRIC LOVE PACKAGE -

One step above our Spark Package, this option o ers an elevated and unforgettable experience.

The Electric Package includes an optional ceremony set up in the Sign Garden Courtyard, along with private rental and closure of our three main museum exhibition spaces.

Ceremony setup, reception tables, and cocktail tables for interior use are all included in the price. Wedding guests are encouraged to enjoy all museum amenities before and after the event.

Please note: the museum courtyard, restaurant, café, and additional exhibition spaces will remain open to the public.

HIGH ROLLER PACKAGE - $$$$

Go all in with our hottest and most exclusive o ering.

The High Roller Package gives you complete private access to the entire Neon Museum campus—from the glowing exhibition spaces to the legendary Vegas Wedding Chapel.

Turn the Sign Garden Courtyard into your dream dinner reception and let the main galleries become your cocktail rooms and dance oors. Wedding guests are encouraged to enjoy all museum amenities before and throughout the event.

Your package includes full setup for the ceremony, cocktail hour, dinner, and dancing, plus chapel transformation and catering by our restaurant and café.

It’s the ultimate Vegas celebration, illuminated.

Please note: this package features two price points for a daytime closure or an after-hours all night celebration.

This project, situated in the suburbs of LA, was developed in partnership with

Each year approximately 1,000 youth age out of the foster care system, with one in four experiencing homelessness between the

The design is structured around a mentorship-based living model. Each unit pairs a mentee with a mentor, the upper-level dwelling assuming the role of mentor for future residents. This cyclical, “pay-it-forward” framework fosters continuity, stability, and a self-sustaining

Architecurally, the project balances privacy with opporunities for connection. Individual living spaces provide autonomy for both shared porch-like environments. These adaptable boundaries encourage moments of interaction, reinforcing the project’s emphasis

Created in collaboration with fellow student, Macy Watson.

with the SRHT to address a critical dimension of the city’s housing crisis.

ages of 21 and 23. In response, this proposal reimagines transitional housing as both shelter and support system.

dwelling reserved for the mentor during the initial phase. Upon completing the program, the mentee transitions into the upper unit, self-sustaining community network.

both mentors and mentees, while operable sliding wooden panels allow units to expand outward, transforming private patios into emphasis on community-building alongside personal growth.

HOUSE

1 RESIDENCE PER LOT

HOUSING

12 RESIDENCES PER LOT

DROSERA LAMP TRANSALTES THE ADAPTIVE INTELLIGENCE OF CARNIVOROUS PLANTS INTO A FUNCTIONAL LUMINAIRE.

Through interative digital modeling and fabrication, the lamp explores how organic form and performative function can merge, transforming illumination into an immersive, responsive experience.

DROSERA, BESPOKE LIGHTING DESIGN.

DROSERA

MISSION STATEMENT:

HOW IT WORKS:

TO TRANSFORM LIGHT INTO A SCULPTURAL EXPERIENCE BY REIMAGINING THE MECHANICS OF THE SUNDEW THE LAMP INVITES VIEWERS INTO A WORLD WHERE NATURE’S QUIET DRAMA MEETS INTENTIONAL DESIGN. IN NATURE, THE SUNDEWS BULBS WORK TO BOTH ATTRACT AND DIGEST INSECTS. THIS IMPORTANCE OF THE FUNNELS BECOMING STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL. THE FUNNELS WORK TO INTERLOCK INTERIOR

WHY IT EXISTS:

BORN IN FASCINATION WITH THE DROSERAS ABILITY TO LURE AND CAPTURE, THIS LAMP EXISTS TO TENSION IN LIGHT. IT TRAPS ILLUMINATION WITHIN IT’S FORM WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY DRAWING THE CLOSER, CREATING AN EXPERIENCE THAT IS BOTH POETIC AND TACTILE.

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SUNDEW PLANT. DESIGN.

IMPORTANCE INFORMED THE DESIGN

INTERIOR SHADE AND EXTERIOR SHADE.

TO REINTERPRET THAT THE VIEWER

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MISSION STATEMENT:

TO TRANSFORM LIGHT INTO A SCULPTURAL EXPERIENCE BY REIMAGINING THE ELEGANT MECHANICS OF THE SUNDEW PLANT. THE LAMP INVITES VIEWERS INTO A WORLD WHERE NATURE’S QUIET DRAMA MEETS INTENTIONAL DESIGN.

WHO IT’S FOR:

CREATED FOR ARTISTS, DESIGNERS, AND COLLECTORS WHO VALUE OBJECTS THAT BLUR THE LINE BETWEEN FUNCTION AND ART - PIECES THAT SPARK CURIOSITY, CONVERSATION, AND EMOTIONAL CONNECTION.

WHY IT EXISTS:

BORN IN FASCINATION WITH THE DROSERAS ABILITY TO LURE AND CAPTURE, THIS LAMP EXISTS TO REINTERPRET THAT TENSION IN LIGHT. IT TRAPS ILLUMINATION WITHIN IT’S FORM WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY DRAWING THE VIEWER CLOSER, CREATING AN EXPERIENCE THAT IS BOTH POETIC AND TACTILE.

PERSONAL Outside of the studio, I work as a furniture fabricator, woodworker, and silversmith.

This collection highlights selected works developed alongside my academic career, reflecting an ongoing exploration of cra , materiality, and making.

Together, these practices speak to my identity as a hands-on maker, grounding my design approach in tactile exploration while reinforcing a deep curiosity and commitment to lifelong learning.

Projects include:

-Anthony Timberlands Center studio desks

-Personal woodworking -Silversmithing projects

-Collage work “Moments Between” -based on my personal experiences -of living abroad in Rome, Italy.

PERSONAL PROJECTS: WOODWORKING, SILVERSMITHING, COLLAGE.

Cover taken from personal scans of materials in Las Vegas, Nevada.