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Megan Hicks

2025 Portfolio

CONTACT

Megan Hicks meghicks@charter.net (774) 364-5510

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS

Fay Jones School of Design

BA Architecture-class of 2027

M ONTACHU SET T REG IONAL

VO CATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL

High School Diploma-Trade shop-CADD

SORORITY ACTIVITIES

• Membership Integrity Coordinator

• Décor Team Co-Chair

• AOII New Member group leader

TECHNICAL SKILLS/ACHIEVEMENTS

• REVIT certified

• AutoCAD certified

• Inventor certified

• 2022 Skills USA-Massachusetts awarded 2nd place in architectural drafting

ARCHITECTURE STUDENT

Megan Hicks

OBJECTIVE

To secure a summer internship at a design firm to apply my academic experience and acquire new skills. Ultimately working on projects that exceed the clients’ expectations.

WORK EXPERIENCE

CHILDRENS SKI INSTRUCTOR

Wachusett Mountain | Princeton, MA | 2019-Present

• Responsible for up to five children in a group lesson

• Teach group lessons for children ages 4 – 8

• Teach private lessons for children ages 3 - 11

• Lessons include teaching children to ski, ride the chairlift, and follow mountain safety standards

PARAPROFE SSIONAL

Fitchburg Public Schools | Fitchburg, MA | 2021, 2022

• Assisted teacher with giving lessons

• Monitored children at lunch and recess

• Helped children learn reading, writing and math skills Monitored students on field trips

VOLUNTE E R WORK

First Congregational Church | Holden, MA | 2018-2022

Sunday school teacher. Classroom management, snack preparation, and assisting in the delivery of weekly lessons.

Community| Fayetteville, AR | 20 hours a semester Assorted outreach activities in Fayetteville

The Rebuild

Megan Hicks

The rebuild is a community center in downtown west St Louis that looks to continue the restoration of the former mill district. The site is directly across from one of ST. Louis newest attractions CITY PARK, which is an MLS stadium and year-round venue. St Louis started as a vibrant community originally populated by French European settlers after the Louisiana purchase. Until the great depression it could be considered Chicago before there was Chicago, scenes the great depression there have been waves of population within the city and many e orts to get it back to its booming vibrant self. This project works to continue that e ort. St Louis most notable building include the gateway arch, union station and Busch stadium. All of these monument buildings are part of the population our buildings hoping to attract. Our site is in a location that house many brick and cinder book buildings showcasing its historic past. Strangling th line of racial diversity our site slows for everyone to be welcome and include within the community serving building.

The Interconnected Mar Vista Family

Megan Hicks

The Ain ADU are about creating a community within land. The project aims at creating community space from the courtyard but also private isolated spaces for each of the dwellings and each Gonzales family. The goal was to blend the new with the old. With the Ain home being relatively unchanged the new ADUs are to take some aspects of the Ain home and continue the language while also adding in modern design ideas and aspects. The homes focus on how not only the interconnecting lives of the family’s but mimics this into the overall shape and designs of the home. The homes chose to connect to the community though the reading garden and little library in the front of the home. The home also prioritizes sustainability to keep up with LA’s sustainability and renewable city approach.

Sustainability Diagram

First floor floor plan

Scale: 1/8”=1’-0”

Second Floor Floor Plan

Scale: 1/8”=1-0”

Section Perspective

Scale: 1/2”=1’-0”

Community Bridges

Megan Hicks

Community bridges is a development that houses both intergenerational family’s and senior living. The two are able to mingle withing the community courtyard that houses many seating and relaxation places. They are able to share a community room in one of the bridges and a gym that houses a rehab room in the other. Within all of the buildings there are a multitude of gathering spaces such as living room style community spaces, communal kitchens in the senior living and a multitude of outdoor baloneys that the residents can use to enjoy the LA weather. Along the transit stop holds a cafe and a daycare, residents withing Community Bridges are given priority access into the daycare. There is also a koi pond within the courtyard that serves as a learning space for the daycare. Community bridges is at an FAR of 2.

Scale: 1/16”=1’-0”

Community bridges is a development that houses both

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