05_14_2024_Portfolio

Portfolio

Adena Nirutcha Cartsonis

About Name

Adena Nirutcha Cartsonis

Major, Minor

Architecture, Computer Science

School

University of Michigan -Ann Arbor

Contact acartson@umich.edu 831-291-3725

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Table of Contents Forest House - Copy 04

“Forest Row House” - Redo 10

Topography Study 18

Construction Study 20

Work in Progress 28

Cover 30

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Forest House - Copy UG1 Fall 2023 - Instructor: Laura Walker Teammates: Nick Lesman, Morelia Rosas-Martinez Materials + Software: Rhino 3D, Adobe Illustrator, Museum Board, Chip Board, Wooden Dowels

Learning by Imitation.

My group was assigned Forest House by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson to understand and develop off of throughout the semester’s projects. In this first project COPY, we developed a set of elevation, floor plans, sections, section cuts, and site plan along with a sectional model to understand what makes Forest House spatially interesting and unique. Although all work was split amongst the group equally during the duration of the project, I went back after the semester was over and edited all drawings shown (excluding the site plan) after having an improved understanding of line weights and architectural representation.

Forest House is a summer home located in the woods of Connecticut designed for the architect’s parents and was built in 1975. This gunshot house is sited on columns, leveling the house amongst the trees. The transition from inside and outside from the long entrance way is seamless as one descends down the stairs and into the enclosure making it feel that one never leaves the forest.

Forest House keeps circulation spaces tight and condensed, eventually releasing into a huge atrium space for residents. The house is organized on a gradient of completely public to private spaces on both floors. The grided windows also serve as a language as to where there are double height volumes, or where voids occupy both floors (Atrium and Stairway).

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Site Map

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First Floor Plan

Top Floor Plan

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North Elevation

South Elevation

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West Elevation

East Elevation

Short Section

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Long Section

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“Forest Row House” - Redo UG1 Fall 2023 - Laura Walker Materials + Software: Rhino 3D, Adobe Illustrator, Museum + Chip Board, Foam Core, Basswood

Forest House, Reimagined.

The final project of the UG1 Fall semester culminated in a reimagination of the precedent house I was assigned, Forest House, into an urban context. This project challenged me to think about what specific spatial moves make Forest House unique and how to maintain those characteristics in a new and more constrained context (60’ x 24’ infill lot).

The design is called a row house due to its resemblance (not inspiration) to Brooklyn Row houses, where stair circulation is pushed to the side and separated from the domestic spaces.

“Forest Row House” resembles “Forest House” through the contrast of its tight circulation to expansive domestic spaces. When first entering the house, residents have no visual conception of the bedrooms, kitchen, living room, and courtyard. It is only after they travel out of the tight continuous stair spaces that they experience a release and are introduced to the more habitable spaces of the house while realizing an extensive view of the central courtyard. “Forest Row House“ is diagrammatically ruled by this idea, where the circulation and expansion works both at the back and front of the house.

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Small Site Model

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The house is divided into long circulation space and domestic space.

Similar to Forest House residents bypass private space and by extension the courtyard.

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The second floor continues to follow the circulation and domestic space organization, mimicing how the first floor operates. In tandem with each other, these plans also highlight that the circulation space is continuous and seemingly endless. There is only relief when residents exit right into the habitable spaces.

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Highlights the heavy contrast between the narrow circulation and expansive domestic spaces.

Balcony is pulled back which elongates the circulation area while allowing the two floors to combine into a double height space making the contrast more extreme.

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1’ = 1/8” Core Model

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Upon entering the house, residents only see the long, condensed circulation spaces that right directly through the house in both directions and bypass the domestic spaces of the house. In this circulation area, the focus is solely outward to the neighboring houses, street, and backyard.

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When the residents enter the domestic areas, the space opens up and reveals a stacked and binary organization between public and private areas, separated by a courtyard. The slanted roof perpendicular to the view of the courtyard creates a contraposto effect where the eyes are drawn to the courtyard while the body is pulled in the direction of expanding space.

In this section focus is solely inward to the courtyard. In the sense that public and private space is stacked on each side, the house is split again this way where Section B is public and extraverted while Section C is private and inward.

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Topography Study UG2 Winter 2024 - Instructor: Jonothan Sturt

Materials + Software: Rhino 3D, Adobe Illustrator, Chip Board, Basswood

Understanding Topography as a Field

This exercise was an introduction to topographical standards and representation to kick of the beginning of the UG2 winter semester. The assignment required to situate a 50’ by 48’ basketball court onto a site local to the University while understanding site as a field condition. The deliverables include a 1:48 site model, an original topography site plan, an edited topography site plan, and a spot elevation.

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Construction Study

ARCH 317 Fall 2023 - Instructor: Craig Borum, Evan Weinmann Materials + Software: Rhino 3D, Adobe Illustrator

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A1.0

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A1.0

Making Architectural Designs a Reality In this class, we learned about the structural systems (masonry, concrete, wood, steel, and glass) that make drawings and models into a physical reality that people can experience. We were put into groups and assigned a precedent house with a unique wall system to recreate a set of construction drawings. In my case I was assigned a House in London with a brick wall system. The completed drawing set included elevations, floor plans, sections, foundation plans, roof framing plans, and wall axon drawings. All of the following work shown here I did myself.

Brick Tie Back 16" O.C. Brick Tie Back 16" O.C.

Flashing

Flashing x3 2x6 Wood rafters x3 2x6 Wood rafters

Brick

A1.0 3

Brick

A1.0 3

L-Angle Brick

Brick

Drywall Plywood

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ELEVATION ELEVATION 3/4 " = 1'-0" 3/4 " = 1'-0"

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L-Angle

Drywall

Plywood 2x6 Framing with Foam Insulation Air-Gap 2x6 Framing with Foam Insulation Air-Gap

SECTION SECTION 3/4 " = 1'-0" 3/4 " = 1'-0"

2 2

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PLAN PLAN 3/4 " = 1'-0" 3/4 " = 1'-0"

A5.0

AS NOTED SCALE:

BUILDING ENCLOSURE

11/28/2023

DATE:

Taubman College architecture

2000 Bonisteel Blvd Ann Arbor, MI 48103 p.734.764.1300 f. 734.763.2322 taubmancollege.umich.edu

PREPARED BY:

Adena Cartsonis

Waterproof Membrane Tapered Insulation

Wall Cap Flashing

Plywood Battens

Wall Cap Flashing

Gravel

9.5" LVL with insulationWaterproof Membrane Tapered Insulation

Drywall

Plywood Battens 9.5" LVL with insulation Drywall

Flooring

Flooring

Sound Insulation

Sound Insulation

Plywood

Plywood

16" spaced Joists

16" spaced Joists 3" Spring Foam Insulation

3" Spring Foam Insulation Drywall

Drywall

Double Top Plate 2x6 Framing with spary applied foam insulation

2x6 Framing with spary applied foam insulation (3) 2x8 headers

L-angle

L-angle

Brick

Brick

Air gap with Wall Ties

Air gap with Wall Ties

2 x 6 Framing with spray foam insulation

2 x 6 Framing with spray foam insulation

#4s continue at Top

Tile 4" slab on grade

1/2" expansion joint

2" underslab insulation

2" underslab insulation

Backfill

3/4" Drainage Mat

2" rigid insulation

2" rigid insulation 2' - 8" leg

3/4" Drainage Mat

#4s continue at Bottom

Gravel

2' - 8" leg #4s continue at Bottom #4s continue at Bottom

4" draintile

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Gravel

4" draintile

Tile 4" slab on grade

AXON 3/4 " = 1'-0"

#4s continue at Top Backfill

AXON 3/4 " = 1'-0"

1/2" expansion joint

#4s continue at Bottom

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Plywood

Drywall Plywood

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Drywall

SECTION 3/4 " = 1'-0"

(3) 2x8 headers

SECTION 3/4 " = 1'-0"

Double Top Plate

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House in London, London

Building Enclosure

Gravel

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4'-10 41"

10'-8"

18'-8 83 "

SECTIONS 1/4 " = 1'-0"

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ROOF FRAMING PLAN 1/4 " = 1'-0"

SECTIONS 1/4 " = 1'-0"

23'-6 58 "

3'-10 38 "

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London, England

House in London PREPARED BY:

Ashley Tam Morelia Rosas-Martinez Adena Cartsonis Corryn Hiligan

2000 Bonisteel Blvd Ann Arbor, MI 48103 p.734.764.1300 f. 734.763.2322 taubmancollege.umich.edu

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8' Taubman College architecture 14" I-Joist at 16" O.C.

DATE:

11/28/2023

SCALE:

AS NOTED

SECTIONS

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2000 Bonisteel Blvd Ann Arbor, MI 48103 p.734.764.1300 f. 734.763.2322 taubmancollege.umich.edu

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Taubman College

Work in Progress: Fieldhouse A fieldhouse is a building concept that balances a field of play and the programmatic spaces that support that kind of play. This project focuses on housing competitive Men’s gymnastics while also simultaneously housing a quiet community space for the adjacent neighborhoods of the Dixboro Dam in Ann Arbor.

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Anaglyphs are best experienced with 3D glasses

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Full Cover Photo: ARCH 2 University of Michigan Modern Language Buildi

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253 SCALE Winter 2022 ing - Hand Drafted Plan and Projected Sections

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Fin. Thank you for viewing my work!