ASU M-Arch Portfolio

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FOLIO |SELECTED WORK M. ARCH

|ABOUT ME

H E L LO, I am Angelica M. Williams, I am an architectural designer focused on community driven, environmentally responsible design.

My work moves between the experiential and the practical, from a visitor center that makes shadow the protagonist to affordable housing that turns shared space into infrastructure a community can use to solve its own problems. What ties it together is a conviction that architecture should serve people and place, especially the places no one bothered to look at. I work iteratively and by hand, testing ideas through models, drawings, and detail until they hold. Trained across Venezuela, Florida, Illinois, and Arizona, and grounded in a background in systems engineering, I treat buildings as systems where people, environment, and material have to work together or the whole thing fails.

CONTACT Angelicam.williams98@gmail.com| www.linkedin.com/in/angelicamwilliams

E D U C AT I O N

WORK EXPERIENCE

Masters Of Architecture A rizona state University (A su)

Grace Design Studios Intern architect Phoenix, Arizona 2025 Dudek Intern Construction Management Chicago, Illinois 2022 Antigua Construction INC Intern Project Manager Irving Park , Illinois 202 1

Bachelors Of Arts In Architectural Studies Minor In Arts University Of Illinois At Chicago (Uic) Associate In Arts S anta Fe College (S f ) Lic. In Systems Engineering U n i v e r s i d a d G r a n M a r i s c a l D e A y a c u c h o , Ve n e z u e l a

L ANGUAGES & WORKING METHODS Languages Spanish, English, French, Portuguese, Dutch Wo r k i n g M e t h o d s C o m m u n i c a t i o n , P u b l i c S p e a k i n g , C o l l a b o r a t i o n , A d a p t a b i l i t y, I n i t i a t i v e

R E C O G N I T I O N & I N V O LV E M E N T S

Wo r k s h o p G ra s s h o p p e r Wo r k s h o p I n s t r u c to r , A S U A R C 5 2 2 (2025, 2026) — taught computational modeling to graduate peers under Prof. Xhang High S chool Design Instructor, Crismon HS (2024 to 2025-2026) — built and taught a year long design and software curriculum Vo l u n t e e r i n g UIC NOMAS, Member (202 2 to 2024) — minority architecture students chapter E n d O f Ye a r S h o w , Vo l u n t e e r ( 2 0 2 2 , 2 0 2 4 ) — a n n u a l student exhibition N O M A A r i z o n a P r o j e c t P i p e l i n e , Vo l u n t e e r ( S u m m e r 2025) — youth architecture mentorship Achievements Graduated With Distinction, M. Arch, ASU (2026) L atin Honors Magna, B. A . A rchitecture, UIC (2024) C A D A Ta l e n t Tu i t i o n A w a r d , U I C ( 2 0 2 4 ) — m e r i t s c h o l arship awarded by the College of A rchitecture, De sign and the Arts CADA Dean’s L ist (GPA 3. 85), UIC (202 2 to 2024)

TECHNICAL SKILLS Advanced Autodesk Revit Rhinoceros 8 Grasshopper Adobe Cloud Lumion Microsoft 360 Intermediate Sketchup Enscape Autodesk Autocad Basic Blender

|CONTENT PROJECTS

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PERCEPTUM M. Arch Studio 601

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MODULAR HOUSING Personal Project

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PHASE 9 M. Arch Studio 602

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COMMONS M. Arch Studio 501

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SHADING STRUCTURE M . A rc h S t u d i o 5 02 G ra ss h o p p e r Wo r k

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PHOTOGRAPHY

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SKETCHING

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MODEL MAKING A rchitecture S chool Modeling Journey

SKILLS

“Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together.

There it begins” - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

PERCEPTUM Visitor Center M. Arch Studio 601 Location: Norther Flagstaff

Perceptum is a visitor center for Roden Crater that makes shadow the protagonist and light the source of spiritual ascent. Set into the Painted Desert, the building descends through a sequence of compression, awareness, and reflection, treating darkness as architecture and the return of light as something earned.

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W H AT D O W E A C T U A L LY P E R C E I V E W H E N THE ARCHITECTURE REMOVES LIGHT R AT H E R T H A N P R O V I D E S I T ?

Architecture usually delivers light, but at a site as overwhelming as Roden Crater, constant desert light flattens experience and dulls awareness.

Perceptum argues that perception deepens when light is withheld. By descending below grade and treating light as a rare, earned event, the building slows the body, sharpens the senses, and turns shadow into the medium through which visitors finally perceive.

KATABASIS PANOPTICON

Descent into darkness. The body compresses, the world falls away.

Light exposes. You become aware of seeing and being seen.

PLATO’S CAVE

Shadow gives way to light.

Unknowing turns to clarity.

SITE PLAN & SITE SECTION

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0 1" = 3

RODEN CRATER

2 MILES DISTANCE

A N T I C I PAT I O N R o d e n C r a t e r s t a y s h i d d e n , n e v e r i n v i e w, j u s t o p e n desert and the descent ahead, withholding the destination so it is felt long before it is seen.

150'

300'-0"

300'

600' 2"

PURITY Building below grade keeps the desert untouched, preserving the purity of the landscape so the architecture is felt without ever disturbing the view

CONNECTION The building split s into two volume s connected by a tunnel ramp.

Moving through darkness stretches the j o u r n e y, d e e p e n i n g t h e m y s t i c i s m a n d r e v e a l i n g t h e s p a c e s l o w l y.

PLAN & SECTION 6 .T h e l e a v i n g 1.Katabasis 2 . Reception/ info room 3 . C h a m b e r o f p e r - 7. M e c h a n i c a l 8. S torage ception 9. T h r e s h o l d 4. Office hall 5. Bathroom

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4'

0 1/8" = 1'-0"

WELCOME CENTER FLOOR PLAN

8'

16' 2"

SKYLIGHT A single shaft reaches into t h e w e l c o m e c e n t e r, l i f t i n g the eye upward and turning compression into release, the first moment of power earned by going down.

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SECTION AA

2'

0 1/4" = 1'-0"

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8' 2"

PLAN & SECTION A

10.Hall of echoes 11. Desert light court 12 . Coffee shop 13. Bathrooms 14. Chamber of calm 15. Maternity room 16. S torage 1 7. J a n i t o r i a l 18. Desert cabins 1 9. K i t c h e n B . O . H 20. Art prep room 2 1. A rt storage 22 . Office 23. Mechanical 24. Break room 25. Loading dock 26. Emergency exit

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WELCOME CENTER FLOOR PLAN

4'

8'

0 1/8" = 1'-0"

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2"

2'

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SECTION AA

16'

4'

8' 2"

M AT E R I A L I T Y & D E TA I L S A

DOUBLE-CURVED HOT BENT GLASS

CAST-IN PLACE CONCRETE

TERRAZZO

SECTION AA LIME PLASTER

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SECTION DETAIL AA

DETAIL AA-1

DETAIL BB-2

The curtain wall anchors into the concrete beam at the head, drawn a t 1 2 ” = 1 ’ - 0 ”. T h e e x t r u d e d a l u m i num frame fastens with concrete screws, mineral wool insulation handles thermal and acoustic separation, and the glazing is held by the bead, gasket, and clips for a weather-tight glass-to-concrete transition.

This full wall section runs from foundation to parapet , showing how the below-grade envelope is built and waterproofed. It is the Katabasis idea made buildable.

At the base, a cast in place footing sits on lean concrete and gravel, with a perforated porous pipe draining groundwater away and continuous rebar reinforcing it. Above rises the cast in place reinforced concrete wall, the main earth-retaining structure, layered on the soil side with insulation, waterproofing , a drainage mat , and gravel to keep water and heat out .

At each level, the structural slab ties into the wall with steel plates and anchor bolts, and a concrete beam carries the transitions, resolving at the top into the parapet and roof edge.

DETAIL AA-2

SECTION DETAIL BB

MODEL

MODULAR HOUSING Residential Personal Work

This modular housing starts with a single adaptable unit and grows from there. Through changes in wall, orientation, and scale, the same system adapts to different needs, densities, and futures, organized around a shared core that anchors private units to collective life. It is housing built to expand without starting over.

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HOW CAN A SINGLE UNIT BECOME A C O M M U N I T Y T H AT A D A P T S , E X PA N D S , A N D S U S TA I N S I T S E L F O V E R T I M E ?

A single adaptable unit becomes a community the way a tower grows, each piece stacking and shifting to open new spaces within. Units change their wall, orientation, and scale, expanding by addition rather than replacement. As they cluster around a shared core, the gaps between them become usable, courtyards, shared edges, and connections that did not exist when the unit stood alone. Growth is built into the logic, so the housing sustains itself and keeps making room as it rises.

FLOOR PL AN

UNIT

COMBINATION

CLUSTER

ISOMETRIC

SECTION

LOSE- FILL INSULATION I-SHAPED PARALLEL FLANGE BEAM CEILING

POLYISOCYANURATE CORRUGATED ALUMINUM PANEL AIR GAP WEATHERING STEEL CORTEN PANEL METAL STUD FRAMING GYPSUMBOARD

LAMINATE FLOOR TILE 0

2'

4'

0 1/4" = 1'-0"

8' 2"

ANCHOR BOLT WELD ON ROT CONCRETE FOUNDATION

SCAN SECTION/ELEVATION/ WALL DETAIL

PHASE 9 Astronaut Training Facility M. Arch Delta V Studio 602 Location: Yuma, Arizona

Phase 9 is an astronaut training facility where the building moves the way a mission does, down into compression, sealed and weightless, then up into light and open horizon. It trains more than the body.

It prepares the mind for what it means to leave Earth and come back.

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W H AT H A P P E N S T O T R A I N I N G W H E N ARCHITECTURE IS DESIGNED TO CARRY T H E M I N D, N OT J U ST CO N D I T I O N T H E B O DY ?

Space training prepares the body but ignores the mind, leaving the toll of isolation and leaving Earth unsupported. Phase 9 makes the building the support system, organized as a vertical journey that moves with the cycle of space travel. Compression is the sealed descent underground; decompression is the rise where light returns and the mind opens, and this creates a cycle. When the architecture carries the mind, training stops being something a trainee endures and becomes something they adapt to.

COMPRESSION

DECOMPRESSION

P R O G R A M O R G A N I Z AT I O N : COGNITIVE

S PAT I A L J O U R N E Y

DECOMPRESSION Decompression is the ascent-descent. Space opens, light returns. The body lands, the mind follows.

P R O G R A M O R G A N I Z AT I O N : PUBLIC

BUILDING

P U B L I C T H R E S H O L D. G R O U N D L E V E L S E PA R AT E S T R A I N I N G

P R O G R A M O R G A N I Z AT I O N : PHYSICAL

GROUND LEVEL

COMPRESSION Underground is compression by nature.

Sealed, windowless, cut off. It already behaves the way a trainee’s world shrinks during the most intense phases of preparation.

UNDERGROUND

SITE PLAN

SITE SECTION 0

TRAINING FACILITY LIVING AND TRAINING SUNKEN LEVEL FOUR 50’ - 0”

LEVEL THREE 35’ - 0”

LEVEL TWO 20’ - 0”

GROUND LEVEL 0’ - 0”

SUB-LEVEL ONE -25’ - 0”

15'

0 1" = 30'-0"

COURTYARD

COMMUNAL ARRANGEMENTS

30'

60' 2"

LIVING SPAC

DESIGN RESPONSE

MASTER PLAN RESEARCH & EDUCATION

HOSPITALITY & SHORT TERM STAY

TRAINING FACILITY & HOUSING MANUFACTURING

Separating housing from the training facility extends the cycle. The walk between them becomes the transition, a moment of decompression where the trainee reconnects with the landscape before rest begins.

GREEN BUFFER

PUBLIC

LAUNCHING PAD & HANGARS

Slanting the building 30 degrees casts shadow between the training facility and housing, making the walk between them shaded and comfortable in the Yuma heat

L O C AT I O N S T R AT E G Y HOUSING RESEARCH & EDUCATION

GREEN SPACES

The building orientation aligns with prevailing winds, maximizing natural ventilation while minimizing direct sun exposure across the campus.

CES WALKABILITY

PHASE 9

CENTRAL TO ALL PHASES

LEVEL TWO 30’ - 0” LEVEL ONE 15’ - 0”

VIEW TO ROCKET LAUNCHES

GREEN SPACES TRAINING

The building’s position within the campus opens views toward the launching pad, connecting the training experience directly to the operations it prepares for.

FLOOR PL ANS A

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SUB-LEVEL ONE

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16'

32' 2"

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16'

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SECOND FLOOR

FIRST FLOOR

8'

32' 2"

THIRD FLOOR

16'

32' 2"

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16'

32' 2"

S E C T I O N & M AT E R I A L I T Y

LEVEL FOUR 50’ - 0”

LEVEL THREE 35’ - 0”

LEVEL TWO 20’ - 0”

GROUND LEVEL 0’ - 0”

SUB-LEVEL -25’ - 0”

SECTION AA

GEOPOLYMER CONCRETE

COPPER TONED PERFORATED METAL

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LOW-E GLAZING

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16' 2"

GALVANIZED STEEL

COMMONS Mix-Use Affordable Housing M. Arch Studio 501 Location: South Central Phoenix, Arizona

Located in South Central Phoenix, Commons set along the expanding light rail line. It combines affordable homes with rentable retail and office space and shared resources like a communal kitchen, laundromat, and study studio. The building is organized around passive environmental strategies, treating affordability and sustainability as the same problem rather than competing ones.

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HOW CAN A BUILDING BRING A MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY TOGETHER W H I L E R E PA I R I N G I T S R E L AT I O N S H I P T O THE ENVIRONMENT? Commons turns a building into shared infrastructure for a community that has been overlooked. Set along the expanding light rail in South Central Phoenix, a marginalized and polluted area, it pairs affordable homes with retail and shared resources, a communal kitchen, laundromat, and study studio, that give residents what they cannot afford alone. Solar panels, green roofs, vegetative walls, and rainwater management lower costs and clean the air at once. The building gathers people and repairs the land beneath them, because a community with the tools to gather has the tools to heal.

K E Y S PA C E S COMMUNAL

STUDIO

LAUNDROMAT

KITCHEN

SUPPORTED BY

RAIN WATER COLLECTION

GREEN ROOFS

PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS

Captures the rain that would otherwise run off and waste away, storing it to irrigate the green roofs, vegetative walls, and courtyard.

It cuts the building’s water bills and eases pressure on the city system, putting a free resource back to work in a place where every cost matters.

Turns unused roof area into living space that insulates the building, lowering cooling loads in Phoenix heat. It absorbs rainwater, cools the air around it to push back on the urban heat island, and gives residents green space the neighborhood otherwise lacks.

Generate on site power from the one resource Phoenix never runs short of, sun.

They cut energy bills for residents who can least afford them and reduce the building’s draw on the grid, making affordability and clean energy the same move

PLAN & SECTION A

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4'

0 1/8" = 1'-0"

8'

GROUND FLOOR

16'

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4'

2"

0 1/8" = 1'-0"

8'

SECOND FLOOR

16'

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2"

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8'

16' 2"

THIRD FLOOR

35’- 0”

20’- 0”

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SECTION AA

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16'

32' 2"

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SHADING STRUCTURE

Grasshopper & Rhino

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PHOTOGRAPHY

35mm One Shot Kodak & Digital Cameras

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SKETCHING

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MODEL MAKING

Architecture Modeling Journey

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