TABLE OF CONTENTS
URBAN OASIS MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT
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ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
UNIFYING THE PART TO WHOLE COMMUNITY CENTER
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AN IMMERSIVE THEATER NORTHLIGHT THEATER
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NATURAL LIVING STUDIO APARTMENT UNIT
PAGES 13-14
ALYSA GUEDE
BONEYARD LOFTS
FAMILY HOUSING
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URBAN OASIS
MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT
GRADUATE DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD
FALL 2022
The project is located in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. When visiting the site I noticed how as I walked around the whole site there were sections that were much more bio-diverse and had an evident connection with nature as I could hear the birds chirp and the rustling of the palm leaves. However, as I walked further southwest, the nature became lost in the loud noises of traffic and disturbances of a bustling city center. This formed my concept of creating an Urban Oasis, a space in the city that one can re-connect to nature.
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The program consists of 240 apartment units, 23,300 sq m of office, 150 hotel units, and 15,200 sq m of retail space. The green entries to the site are connected to the broader green spaces in the urban context.
E SITE W N S
MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT SITE PLAN URBAN CONTEXT
CONCEPT DIAGRAM GROUND FLOOR RETAIL PERSPECTIVE
CONCEPT DIAGRAM
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FLOOR PLAN
FLOOR PLAN WEST ELEVATION Retail Apartment Hotel Retail Apartment Hotel
GROUND
SECOND
The design concept is implemented by creating a sloped valley that starts on ground level on the south end, slopes down until you get to the center where it slopes back up. This central low point is a space rich in greenery where people do not hear the hustle and bustle of the city.
Apartment Hotel Office
MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT
THIRD FLOOR PLAN DETAIL ELEVATION
Retail
VALLEY PERSPECTIVE
3 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION
Nature is incorporated throughout the design by creating large balconies, outdoor circulation for the retail, and sloped design landscaping.
APARTMENT BALCONY PERSPECTIVE
MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT
ONE BEDROOM UNIT TWO BEDROOM UNIT THREE BEDROOM
APARTMENT BEDROOM PERSPECTIVE
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SOUTH ELEVATION BEDROOM UNIT
UNIFYING THE PART TO WHOLE
COMMUNITY CENTER
EARL PRIZE AWARD NOMINEE FALL 2020
Located in downtown Champaign, the following project is a community center that is to serve everyone in the community. A community is made up of many diverse parts, while still being united. This community center serves as a space for uniting attributes of individual community members into the overarching community. The public market serves as the unity point as it allows people to bring their diversity of services together to share with the rest of the community.
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The market consists of an indoor space, outdoor space but covered by an awning, and individual vendors spread outside. The vendors are designed in a way so that when they are not being used for the market, they can be used by community members as individual pods to work, relax, or socialize.
PROGRAM DIAGRAM
VENDOR A USEFUL FOR QUITE STUDY VENDOR B USEFUL FOR MERCHANT OF FOOD VENDOR C USEFUL FOR MERCHANT OF CRAFTS/ART MULTI-PURPOSE MEETING ROOMS INDOOR PUBLIC MARKET OUTDOOR PUBLIC MARKET
COMMUNITY
CENTER
EXTERIOR
EAST-WEST SECTION
VENDORS/ MARKET
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
6 A Entrance Lobby/ Gallery B Cafe C Multi-Purpose Hall D Computer Lab E Community Meeting Rooms F Admin Office Suite G Restrooms H Support Spaces I Public Market J Outdoor Public Market/ Plaza
The public market serves as the unity point as it allows people to bring their diversity of services together to share with the rest of the community.
COMMUNITY CENTER EAST ELEVATION
ELEVATION
SOUTH
STRUCTURAL AXON
INDOOR MARKET PERSPECTIVE
STRUCTURAL DETAIL
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SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES DIAGRAM
Variety of shading devices that let winter sun in and block summer sun
A) Screen; B) Roof overhang;
C) Light shelf
Natural Cross Ventilation
Summer sun path from 9am to 12pm
- Solar altitude angle based on summer solstice
Landscape Pavers
- Combination of grass and concrete pavers allows for less impermeable surface resulting in less urban storm water runoff
Structural Lumber
- Production of glulams release less carbon emissions than structural steel or concrete production
- Renewable resource
Thermally Modified Ash Siding
Winter sun path from 9am to 12pm
- Solar altitude angle based on winter solstice
Photo-voltaic Panels
- Roof is angled at 3o degrees, which is optimal for solar panels
- PV panels generate 15.65 kBtu/ sw ft/yr
-Locally sourced
- Durable and weather resistant because of thermal modification
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Native
- Tress are native to region and are the same type of trees that the siding was sourced from, thus replanting part of what was cut down
Image Source: United States Geological Survey 8
CAFE PERSPECTIVE
MEETING ROOM PERSPECTIVE
Plants
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AN IMMERSIVE THEATER
NORTHLIGHT THEATER
SPRING 2022
The Northlight Theater of Chicago is relocating to Evanston, Illinois. Everyone goes to a theater to see a great spectacular show, but the audience does not get to see the backstage action. The new Immersive Northlight Theater is meant to allow the community to come, and not only see a show, but see how the actors and crew make the magic happen.
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MASSING DIAGRAM
The new theater is immersive as there is a clear transparency between public spaces and animated spaces for the actors. Even a pedestrian passing along the street will be able to see sneak peaks of the behind the stage process as they look into the dressing rooms, costume room, and green room.
Lobby Theater
Rehearsal Rooms
Cafe
Back of House/ Offices
NNER LOBBY HOUSE MANAGER OFFICE COAT CHECK SNACK BAR CAFE DRY STOR COOLER STOR RES ALLGENDER REST JAN MA N OFFICE TICKET W NDOW S (STAT ONS) STORAGE AT BOX OFF CE VE S T BU L E REHERSAL HALL 1 W OMEN S RESTROOM PARK NG RAMP
NORTHLIGHT THEATER
SITE DIAGRAM GROUND FLOOR PLAN WEST ELEVATION PROGRAM DIAGRAM
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
JAN TOR 1 GREEN ROOM COSTUME SHOP LAUNDRY STAGE MANG OFFICE PRODUCTION OFF CE CREW OFFICE AMP ROOM THRUST STAGE DRESSING ROOM 1 DRESS NG ROOM 2 BACKSTAGE REST STORAGE LOADING DOCK STAGEHOUSE REPAIR SHOP OPER. OFFICE DIMMER ROOM MEN S RESTROOM COOLER STOR THE BARN UNLOAD NG BACKSTAGE REST REHERSAL PROP STORAGE BACKSTAGE ENTRY VESTIBULE THEATRE CONTROL ROOM DRESS NG ROOM 1 DRESSING ROOM 2 REST REST RECEPTIONST/ OFF CE MANAGER ART ST C D RECTOR EXECUT VE D RECTOR GENERAL MANAGER D RECTOR OF ADVANC. ADMINISTRAT VE AREA COMPUTER SERVER ROOM PHONE DATA ROOM COPY/ SUPPLY ROOM COAT CLOSET BLACKBOX THEATER DRESSING ROOM 4 DRESS NG ROOM 3 JAN 2 THRUST STAGE MEN S REST W OMEN S REST REST REST T H EA T RE C O N T R O L R OO M VIEW ING ROOM VE S T I BU L E VESTIBULE THE BARN 10
STRUCTURE DIAGRAM
Concrete
Bearing Exterior
Walls
1’ Steel Beams
2’ Steel Girders
2’-6” Open-Web Steel Girder
2’-6” Open-Web Steel Girder
1’-6” Open-Web Steel Joist
Solar Panels at Optimum 30 deg tilt Double Skin Facade Rainwater Cathment System Natural Ventilation in Entry Outside with Overhang Iced Power Air System that Blows Air Under Seats Natural Ventilation with Operable Window at Entry and Operable Skylight NORTHLIGHT THEATER
NORTH ENTRY PERSPECTIVE SUSTAINABLE
W- 12 Steel Columns
EAST-WEST SECTION PERSPECTIVE
STRATEGIES DIAGRAM
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The visitor is initially immersed into the making of a show by having clear visual transparency to see people practicing in the rehearsal room as they walk upstairs to the theater.
MAIN LOBBY PERSPECTIVE
NORTHLIGHT THEATER
12 WALL SECTION DETAIL
Light Grey Concrete Panels with Joints Exterior Walls
NATURAL LIVING STUDIO APARTMENT UNIT
SPRING 2020
Located at 44 East Main Street Champaign, Illinois are studio apartments on the fifth floor of The Lincoln Building. The design of the apartment is ADA compliant in addition to being customized for a specific client in mind. The client is a young female dietitian who enjoys growing her own produce and herbs and cooking with her grown food. It was crucial that she had room for her plants in locations that provided adequate sunlight. In addition to a large kitchen space for prepping meals, she requested a spacious dining area.
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The goal of the design was to create a peaceful sanctuary that the client can escape from the stress of work by emerging in her cooking and gardening.
STUDIO
UNIT STUDIO UNIT AXON
APARTMENT
Use Rotation Point Entr y/Exit Point ACCESSIBILITY PLAN SCALE: 1/4” = 1’-0” N Use Rota�on Point Entr y/Exit Point Transfer Circulation Path 14 BEDROOM PERSPECTIVE ACCESSIBILITY PLAN
BONEYARD LOFTS
FAMILY HOUSING
EARL PRIZE AWARD NOMINEE SPRING 2020
Housing is a place people spend a lot of their time, and it is proven that living in relation to the outdoors is beneficial for our health. One aspect of apartment living that is different from single family housing is that there is not always a sense of community, so I wanted to make sure to create spaces that residents could gather. When given the family housing apartment complex, the first thing that inspired the design was the Boneyard Greenway just to the south east of the site.
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The concept connects the paths of the Boneyard Greenway to the green spaces of the building. The sidewalks leading to the boneyard inspired the shape of the building and the organic curve on the south side.
PARTI DIAGRAM
FAMILY HOUSING
FI RS T STREET
WEST ELEVATION SOUTH ELEVATION GROUND FLOOR PLAN
GREEN SPACE DIAGRAM WATER CATCHMENT SYSTEM CLIMATIC DIAGRAM
GROUND FL
EAST CLARK STREET MEETING ROOM 2 RECEPTION ENTRY CUSTODIAL RETAIL 1 RETAIL 2 SHARED EQUIPMENT STORAGE RESTROOMS ENTRY RESIDENT ENTRY KITCHEN OPEN CO-WORKING LEASING OFFICES RECEPTION RESIDENT LOBBY MECHANICAL SCREENED DUMPSTER REPAIR & MAINTENACE STORAGE RESIDENT MAILBOXES 16 PLAN
The grass area on the ground floor which serves much like a ‘back yard’, The interior courtyard, and the large curving balconies all create spaces that encourage residents to be outdoors and interact with one another.
THIRD/FIFTH FLOOR PLAN
THIRD/FIFTH FLOOR PLAN N
SECOND/FOURTH FLOOR PLAN
0 FT 5 FT 35 FT 15 FT
0 FT 5 FT 35 FT 15 FT FAMILY HOUSING
SECOND/FOURTH FLOOR PLAN N
3-BED UNIT BALCONY PERSPECTIVE
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NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PERSPECTIVE
FAMILY HOUSING
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THANK YOU ALYSA GUEDE afguede3@gmail.com (309) 360-6555