Abigail Jatczak Master of Architecture
Georgia Institute of Technology
Contact
abigailjatczak@gmail.com ajatczak3@gatech.edu
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seam-scape
site plan
location: 43rd Street and 8th Ave
LOCATION: MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY
YEAR: FALL 2023
REVIEWED BY: JAMIE LINDSEY
TYPE: ACADEMIC
PARTNER: ZOË ZWACK
Integrating iterations
This innovative space transforms packaging waste from the food industry in the surrounding districts into biofibers; blending sustainability with modern architecture. The design seamlessly integrates the conversion process, creating a visually appealing and eco-friendly environment that reflects the space’s commitment to sustainable practices. In our development, we mapped LEED-certified buildings and iterated their common features, such as terraces, plaza spaces, and atriums.
sweetwater atelier: auditorium
Process site plan
lecture hall / auditorium
LOCATION: SWEETWATER WETLANDS PRESERVE
YEAR: FALL 2022
REVIEWED BY: MARTHA KOHEN
TYPE: ACADEMIC
Optimizing Program
To transform a space with the same programmatic driver from one method of wayfinding to another is to reimagine movement. Allowing for this flexibility in interior layout encourages a dynamic range of gestures blocking out such a space. As our styles and interests change as a community, I strive to create structures that maintain aesthetic relevance, while functionally evolving with societal needs.
downtown museum
site plan
location: 238 W University Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601
LOCATION: DOWNTOWN GAINESVILLE, FL
YEAR: SPRING 2023
REVIEWED BY: NIKOLA MARINČIĆ
TYPE: ACADEMIC
Structural Clarity
Structural systems are integrated into general itinerary by speaking similar languages in direction. Structural clarity can deliver the comfortability of a space containing Illusionistic shapes and turns. Both exposing and hiding these moments will provide insight to the viewer of the architectural nuances of overall gesture.
pavillion project 04
LOCATION: DOWNTOWN GAINESVILLE PARK, FL
YEAR: FALL 2022
REVIEWED BY: MARTHA
KOHEN
TYPE: ACADEMIC
diagrammatic render
re-adapted public entrance
Conceptualizing Path
Experimenting with tones and textures has allowed me to create natural circulation through the common spaces. The variations of migration allow for the intended pathways to become the preferred. Light is the ultimate guide. These internal clues are what is played on to develop the inatte sense of belonging and urge for experience.
verticality process sketches
constructed ground drawing models
re-adapted walkway
memorializing in foreign spaces
LOCATION: MULTIPLE SITE LOCATIONS
YEAR: SPRING 2024
REVIEWED BY: ALFONSO MENDEZ-PEREZ
TYPE: ACADEMIC - SKETCHING
Hand-Drawn sections
Mount Herzl Memorial Hall - Jerusalem, Israel
Islamic Cemetery – Altach, Austria
Architecture of Meditation
My sketching thesis proposal is the analysis of meditation spaces, particularly located in areas of grieving. Throughout Europe, the architecture of grieving has found itself in cemeteries, crematoriums, memorials, and their surrounding public sites, with the goal of creating a calm atmosphere. As Carlo Scarpa said, “the place for the dead is a garden”. It is crucial to develop a level of comfortability with the public to encourage them to both hold their loved ones in the facility as well as visit over time. Expanding this topic into memorials develops the methods at which to honor those fallen in larger scale disasters and conflicts at once. The change in scale changes the perspective of the project and, therefore, the means of designing an intimate space.
Hand drawn floor plans
Mount Herzl Memorial Hall
vertical datum
LOCATION: SITELESS
YEAR: SPRING 2022
REVIEWED BY: ELIZABETH CRONIN
TYPE: ACADEMIC
1/32 scale model nodial study
the Conduit 07
LOCATION: DOWNTOWN ATLANTA
YEAR: FALL 2024
REVIEWED BY: CHRISTINA SHIVERS
TYPE: ACADEMIC
section cut axonometric drawing
section perspective drawing atrium render
Community is the engagement of different walks of life, meeting on a shared ground. Community is not only fostered out of proximity, but more so the allocation of space towards facilitating social activity. The design of this space grows into the larger context of our urban fabric and sets the standard to how we choose to live with one another. To build this shared ground, three key factors are emphasized: public to private gradients through co-living housing, ground infrastructure development, and versatility in activity-based space. Each of these design drivers aim to match the need for versatility that a multi-generational living facility requires. From an energetic day care to co-working lounges to quiet community living rooms, every environment for every age can be matched with adaptability.
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diagram of section cut model
exploded
