2024 Portfolio Abriana Wlson

Portfolio

Architecture —ABRIANA WILSON

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Contents 01 KCAI Do.ARCH

3rd Year - Spring 2023

02 Niobrara State Park Pavillion 4th Year - Fall 2023

03 Null Island

3rd Year - Spring 2023

04 Niobrara Visitor Center 4th Year - Fall 2023

01. KCAI Do.ARCH Located in downtown Kansas City is the KCAI campus. Kansas City Art Institute is a private art school that was founded in 1885. KCAI has a direct connection to Kansas City’s rich history and constantly promotes art throughout its community. KCAI’s missionis “To prepare gifted students to transform the world creatively through art and design”. The KCAI campus is situated between The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, and an encyclopedic museum.

The culture at KCAI is one that believes in giving back to its community, students, and alumni.

There are currently 13 majors being offered at the college ranging from animation, graphic design, to film and photography. Due to KCAI’s strong influence in the arts, the school does not have a current architecture program. Not only is this project adding a new building, it is adding a new discipline.

ARCH 311: Situate Professor: Peter Olshavsky Partners: Jessie Grieser, Kendall Hartley, Halima Moore

This project explores the consideration of mental well-being in architectural education in connection to sustainable systems.

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02. Niobrara State Park Pavillion

ARCH 410: Collaborate Professor: Michael Harpster, Sarah Karle Partners: Jessie Grieser

This project explores different ways the human experience can be influenced by nature. This is done by creating a pavilion that prioritizes multi-use spaces. Our event space allows visitors to gather and learn about their surroundings while being immersed in it. The hammock area provides both relaxation and comfort to those enjoying the park. To divide our program, we created two hammock areas that separate our multi-use area into two separate spaces When the hammocks are removed, the multi-use area becomes one space allowing for larger gatherings. There are bathrooms located on both ends of the pavilion to allow visitors to use the pavilion as a rest stop as well. The two bathrooms also act as anchoring points for our structure. Looking up, our pavilion has ceiling cutouts above our seating areas to promote activities like stargazing. The columns in our pavilion are structural but also prioritize certain views of the Niobrara park.

CIRCULATION ANALYSIS

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03. Null Island The Null Island is located on the 0,0 coordinates, located near the Gulf of Guinea and surrounded by the South Atlantic Ocean. The terrain is most likened to that of Ghana, with the vegetation being populated with trees and bushes among the grass. The island experiences 70 feet of elevation from sea level, there is a forest that occupies the north and southwest side of the island while there is a beach on the southeast side. The only indentation within the highest elevation is that of a built environment add on, the center’s terrace.

The island is remote, and travel would be limited to boat or helicopter.

With this in mind the opportunity of isolation seems prime. The building function is suggested to form out the living and balance of life without technology. Rehabilitaion is a word that signifies a need to recover and to aim to manage a quality better. As society ages, technology advances and it has made itself a part of everyday life. The design works to rediscover the balance of technology in connection to other aspects of living. This project explores how architectural design and concepts can develop to stimulate collaboration, interact with the environment, and provide comfort to individuals. To do this effectively, our building uses the architectural strategies of form, organization, use of light, rhythm, and repitition.

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ARCH 311: Situate Professor: Peter Olshavsky Partners: Halima Moore, Dennis Soltero-Flores

04. Niobrara Visitor Center

ARCH 410: Collaborate Professor: Michael Harpster, Sarah Karle Partners: Erica Guenther & Hailey Wagener

This visitor center’s goal is to create a space that Niobrara park staff can effectively utilize to promote abd encourage park activity. This space will provide information that is useful to first-time park goers & frequent visitors. In addition, developing public and priate spaces throughout the building will help form a consistent program. The building program will encourage the exploration of park history and culture.

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Entry Landscape

Exterior Balcony Prarie Grass Tree Canopy