ALIXANDRA FLEMING BACHELOR OF DESIGN IN ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTURE2015-2019PORTFOLIO
Instructor: Alfonso Perez Architectural Design 4th Year: Design VII Location: Rome, Italy
As we explored Rome, we noticed that we enjoyed how captivating public spaces were made and how interesting the line between public and private can be. We decided to utilize this concept within our proposal by creating a capsulizing internal courtyard to adapt to the numerous residences, office spaces, retail, and com munity resources that are provided within this block.
AN ELEVATED NEIGHBORHOOD
Partner: Matt Guven
While studying abroad in Vicenza, Italy with the University of Florida, we were given the opportunity to design a neighborhood in Rome, Via Giulia. The intent with this proposal was to introduce a new, dynamic environment to the Via Giulia community.
A CONFLICT OF SURVIVAL IN NATURE
Architectural Design 4th Year: Design V Instructor: Ramona Samali Location: Wekiva Island, Florida In Florida, many species must combat for existence in the natural landscape. In one instance, the Leafy Pines exist in combat between the Oak Trees that tower above them. This combat for existence is ruled by the lack of light that the Leafy Pines receive, which inevitably causes them to suffocate. This project focuses on that argument between the trees, and exemplifies it in the argument and reconciliation between the manmade and the pre-existing conditions.
A CATALYST FOR GROWTH
Partners: Diya Darwich, Steven Toussaint We understand that change and expansion are inevitable elements of a community. We also understand that the ramifications of this can adversely affect the native residents of the community. In this project, we aim to act as a catalyst for an evolving community rather than an inhibitor. We plan to utilize the main East/West strip as a datum to
Location: Orlando, Florida
Architectural Design 4th Year: Design VIII
Instructor: Matthew Johsnon
Partners: Erickson Diaz, Matt Guven, Alejandra Morales
Architectural Design 3rd Year: Design VI
One of the biggest challenges facing this design project was to create a com pletely inclusive community, involving the students and the local community as well. The intent was to combat gentrification with this proposal by preserv ing the social fabric while allowing the commnity to evolve. In this project, we chose a frame constructed of polycarbonate and wood that extends over both interior and exteriror spaces, allowing the freedom of movement through the structure and engaging the integration of the Pleasant Street community with the rest of Gainesville. This is in contrast to the present building that acts as a barrier and isolates the community, thus creating a veneer.
ERODING A VENEER
Location: Gainesville, Florida
Instructor: Steven Szutenbach
An open aired pavillion and observatory located in Savannah, Georgia. The design intent with this proposal was to allow for multiple experiencess with various exposures to light as a progression throughout the spaces. In my journey through Savannah, I was able to map out where and when was able to experience the most interesting variables of light that this city has to offer. projected these ideas into the construct by allowing for a flood of light with open pavillion spaces, venturing into controlled light zones meant for nighttime star watching and sight seeing.
A QUEST FOR LIGHT Instructor: Christina Daelo Architectural Design 2nd Year: Design IV Location: Savannah, Georgia
Heraclitus concluded that nature is change. Like a river, nature flows ever onwards. Even the nature of the flow changes.
06 FLUX - IN A STATE OF CONSTANT CHANGE
Heraclitus said that life is like a river. The peaks and troughs, pits and swirls, are all are part of the ride. Do as Heraclitus would – go with the flow. Enjoy the ride, as wild as it may be.
When we step into it a second time, we step into different water and thus a different river. Moreover, we step into and out of the river as different beings. Most interpretations of Heraclitus’s river fragment focus on the idea of the river in a state of flux. But Heraclitus says more than this in this fragment: ‘We are and are not’.The river changes and so do you. As material beings, we live in a world of flux. Moreover, we are flux. As physical bodies, we are growing and dying all the time, consuming light and resources to replicate our structure, while shedding matter continuously. Reality is change and flow.
The main intention of this project was to emulate the idea of a state of constant change by acting as a combustion of programatic spaces that flow elegantly together throught the buildings, and allowing each shift in the structure to act as a transition for new spaces and occupant services.
Heraclitus’ vision of life is clear in his epigram on the river of flux: ‘We both step and do not step in the same rivers. ‘We are and are not’.
