Abby Winkler Portfolio

2019 - 2024

PORTFOLIO

A B BY W I N K L E R

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hello! i’m abby

I believe architecture connects to a greater system of people’s lives, the local culture, and the environment, and the details of a design can profoundly impact quality of life, even beyond our clientele. I love to get to know my site and the people I will impact before every project so I can empathetically design my piece of the puzzle so it brings the most joy and health.

My portfolio showcases a series of projects from my time at Thomas Jefferson University. I hope you enjoy!

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Abby Winkler Education

Interests

Thomas Jefferson University 2019 - 2024 Bachelors of Architecture Major Urban Design Minor GPA 3.81

Botany

Downingtown STEM Academy 2015 - 2019 Engineering Concentration GPA 4.1

Accomplishments

Technical Skills

Jefferson Honors Program

Sci-fi

Biophilic Design Rock Climbing Urban Design

Hand-Drawing

Tau Sigma Delta National Honors Society

Revit

Photoshop

Jefferson Dilworth Design Competition 2021 1st Place

Rhino

Indesign

Honors Conference 2023 Presented research on green design

Autocad

Illustrator

Enscape

Grasshopper

Rome Study Abroad Program Spring 2023

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Table of Contents

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Malawi Heart Center

Bethlahem Music Workshop

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2022

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Day Studio Night Gallery

Timber Studios

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2022

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Malawi Heart Center

Malawi Heart Center

The goal of the Malawi Heart Center is to create a comfortable and healing environment that encourages ease and recovery for patients, staff, and visitors.

Simple, familiar building forms inspired by the local vernacular that respond to regional climate conditions can foster a feeling of comfort for guests and staff. Buildings are kept at a comfortable human scale and allow access to most programs from the exterior circulation, a typical architecture strategy in this climate. The layout takes on a loose cluster of separated buildings reminiscent of the rural villages most Malawians call home. Buildings wrap around a centralized courtyard and spiral into garden paths.

The architecture works in combination with extensive healing gardens of native plants embodying principles of biophilia, which create a psychologically healthy environment, boost the local ecosystem, and passively manage stormwater in a climate known for aggressive flooding. Interior design uses biophilic principles and the RHED framework to ease high-stress points.

Thesis Project

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Malawi Malawi has a temperate climate, allowing much of its architecture to use external circulation and opt for passive ventilation and cooling instead of air conditioning.

Because of its position in relation to the equator, Malawi experiences intense sun from all directions. Traditional architecture uses overhangs to create outdoor spaces and mitigate sun in the interior. Malawi also experiences intense rainfall two months out of the year, which requires roofs to be sturdy and angled to direct rainwater.

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OVERHANGS

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Malawi Heart Center

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PREP LOCKERS

Public programs are made accessable from the exterior to keep with customs involving family members in the healing process.

1. Check-in 2. Offices 3. Admin 4. Conference

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CATH LAB

5. Recovery 6. Prep 7. Surgery

ICU

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PRIVATE HDU

PRIVATE HDU

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CALL ROOMS LOUNGE

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Malawi Heart Center

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Chloris Setaria gayana sphacelata

Chloris gayana

Themada triandra Eragrostis Var.spp. hispida

Biofiltration Schizachyriu

Setaria sphacelata

Schizachyriu Themada triandra spp Var.mhispida

Larger garden zones on site dip into bioswales with natural biofiltration systems. During the rainy months, native plants can help water drain on site, prevent flooding, and filter it for pollutants. Filtered water is chaneled into a cistern on the west of the site. Paths through the gardens are made permeable to further prevent flooding.

Chloris gayana Panicum

Setaria sphacelata

Themada triandra Var. hispida

GRASSES

MULCH

BIOFILTRATION

Schizachyriu Schizachyriu mmspp spp Eragrostis spp.

Setaria Setaria sphacelata sphacelata Panicum

Chloris Chloris gayana gayana

Themada Themadatriandra triandra Var. Var.hispida hispida

Eragrostis Eragrostis spp. spp.

Panicum Panicum

Eragrostis spp.

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Panicum

GRAVEL UNDERDRAIN

Entrance

Courtyard

Healing Gardens

Lounge

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OUTDOOR LOUNGE INTERACTIVE SEATING 2

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1. Check-in Scent Design

Scent Design

Biophilia

Biophilia

Prospect

Refuge

The front desk is in direct view of the entrance to reduce confusion.

Lounge seating is arranged off the path of circulation in family sized clusters to offer waiting families a sense of refuge.

Delineation

Prospect

Soft Geometry

Dynamic Diffused Lighting

The check-in space offers specific space for waiting, lounging, and walking which reduces confusiing circulation.

Lounge seating has direct views to the check-in desk and circulation areas so families can have knowlege of the movement around them.

The front desk incorperates curves and biomorphic shapes to seem more approachable and calming.

Shading trees are located outside of primary windows to create dynamic lighting which humans find psychologically calming,

Dynamic Diffused Lighting

Shading trees are located outside of primary windows to create dynamic lighting which humans find psychologically calming,

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HANDOVER

SOUND

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INTERACTIVE

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NURSE

HDU

HDU

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ELEVATOR

CATH LAB

GENERAL

SIGHT SIGHT

SOUND

RESTROOM

7. Recovery

3. Prep Scent Design

Biophilia

Scent Design

Green Views

Biophilia

Green Views

Circulation spaces around the prep programs and the prep programs themselves have windows out onto greenery. The position on the second floor gives them privacy while still having access to views.

All beds in recovery have access to views of the gardens with operable shutters. This gives them the option to view the garden or block out sun for sleep and recovery on an individual basis.

Dynamic Diffused Lighting

Dynamic Diffused Lighting

Shading trees are located outside of primary windows to create dynamic lighting which humans find psychologically calming,

Shading trees are located outside of primary windows to create dynamic lighting which humans find psychologically calming,

Refuge

Beds are seperated by dividers which block views of other patients but are low and pulled back enough to not restrict views of nature or the nurses station.

Biophilic Materials

Prep rooms employ minimally processed natural materials like linoleum cork and murals that reference natural fractal patterns to uphold sterile conditions while providing a calming effect.

Airflow

All windows and clerestory windows are operable to allow air to cross through the space. The low to high positions of the windows act as a passive cooling strategy on hot days.

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Bethlahem Music Workshop

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Bethlahem Music Workshop

The Music Workshop is a music and dance center for Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, sustainably designed to give local college students the space to practice and perform their art in front of a large-scale audience.

The building aesthetics have strong industrial ties because of the community’s history with iron production and the context of nearby factory buildings.

The project adaptively reuses and celebrates the preexisting arches of an industrial building ruin on-site and local materials recycled from demolished buildings. It also employs daylighting techniques commonly found in factories to use less electricity.

The heart of the building, though, is its layout and how performers and visitors can cross paths.

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Bethlahem Music Workshop

Site Plan Local Recycled Material Source Student Circulation Visitor Circulation Industrial Complex

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LOUNGE OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE

DORM

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CAFETERIA

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JANITORS

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CONCERT HALL

LOBBY RECEPTION

MEETING

Support Structure on Ruins

ADMIN ADMIN ADMIN MEETING ADMIN ADMIN

Visitor Circulation

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W.C. W.C.

Student Circulation

MEETING

Bethlahem Music Workshop

Form Inspiration

Catwalk

Furnace

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Sawtooth Roof

Main Entrance Includes an industrial catwalk. The bottom floor is a grand visitor entrance; above are views of the dance and music workshops.

The Drum Is the main performance space and uses materials and forms that reference steel furnaces. Warm-toned wood, for example, references the fire in the furnace.

Rooftop Includes an outdoor performance space with a sawtooth roof over the entrance and a metal stage as an industrial reference.

The space has a view of the steel stacks.

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Bethlahem Music Workshop

Entrance Courtyard Receives visitors entering from the steel stacks and provides seating and outdoor waiting space.

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Day Studio Night Gallery As part of a two week design charrette aimed to create an installation in Philadelphia to promote equity, the Day Studio Night Gallery brings exposure to underrepresented Philadelphian neighborhoods and gives the community an outlet for stress through painting. It is a modular design of plexiglass pods that individuals can use as a studio. The outward-facing wall is replaced at the beginning of each day with a Philadelphia Mural Arts paint-by-numbers piece of an underrepresented Neighborhood mural. Visitors paint from the inside, and at the end of the day, spotlights on the inside of pods turn on and emit a glow through the colored acrylic so it can be seen from the outside.

People can gather in Dilworth Park and walk outside City Hall to experience Philadelphia's murals in one place.

Competition 1st Place

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Day Studio Night Gallery

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Site Plan 1. City Hall 2. Individual Studio 3. Studio Cluster

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Day Studio Night Gallery

Studio Module Modular aluminum frame with replaceable translucent acrylic panels with paint-by-numbers outlines for participants.

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Day Studio Night Gallery

Night Gallery When the sun goes down, lights inside the modules turn on and illuminate the murals for people to enjoy.

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Timber Studios

Timber Studios The goal of Timber Studios was to create a sustainable building that unites the College of Architecture and the Built Environment in one building and connects it within the larger Jefferson University campus. It also serves to showcase the architecture program at Jefferson with a building that displays its structure both on its brick facade and internally through exposed wooden structural columns and beams.

The main structure is comprised of mass timber glulam beams with CLT floor slabs and a glass and brick envelope. The studio space uses slanted timber columns for an engaging facade, which continues into the ceiling, mimicking the rows of pre-existing trees on site. This space also employs a double-skin facade with ventilation for passive temperature control, daylighting, and views into the greenery.

In collaboration with Mary Perkins

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HVAC CHASE 138

JANITOR 139

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OFFICE 151 202 SF

LOUNGE 140 432 SF

LOUNGE 119 179 SF

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Studio Supplies 157 117 SF

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RESTROOM M 144

CLASSROOM 092 733 SF

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STUDIO 111 2150 SF

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OUTDOOR STUDIO 131 751 SF

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Kitchenette 156 OFFICE 151 202 SF

LOUNGE 140 432 SF

LOUNGE 119 179 SF

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Studio Supplies 157 117 SF Janitor 152

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CLASSROOM 092 733 SF

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STUDIO 111 2150 SF

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OUTDOOR STUDIO 131 751 SF

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Roof Studio Detail 1’=1 1/2”

Double-wall Curtain System Provides views while regulating temperature with operable vents that can direct warm air out or generate warm air to be directed in. It also employs louvers and overhangs to control glare.

Third Floor Studio Detail 1’=1 1/2” Roof Studio Detail 1’=1 1/2”

Third Floor Studio Detail 1’=1 1/2”

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Structure

Studio Cross Section

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Timber Studios

Studio Perspectives Studios are made large and adaptable to promote collaboration.

This environment is celebrated through unique structural columns, views into greenery, and views into the lounge space through the main stairs.

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