PORTFOLIO
ANNA TRAVASOS | SELECTED WORKS
NEXUS GROVE
LEARN TO PLAY
2023: Foundation Studio II
ALCOVE RESIDENCES
2024: Foundation Studio III
DYNAMIC DWELLING
2024: Foundation Studio III
2024: Foundation Studio IV 15 17
PROFESSIONAL WORK
2021-2025
NEXUS GROVE 01
Longitudinal Section Perspectice
FOUNDATION STUDIO IV | Instructor: Lucia Phinney | URBAN COMMUNITY CENTER
Located in Blagden Alley, a popular block of Washington D.C., lies the Nexus Grove. Functioning as more than a community center, it is a living embodiment of the circular economy and a hub for reconnection with others, with the environment, and with the materials used and discarded each day. The alley has a pre-exisitng blend of history, art, and innovation. This space will serve as a place to bridge the surrounding communities together, empowering change. Drawing inspiration from the natural cycle of growth and renewal, there is a featured mobile “grove” on the rooftop where students can learn the basics of wood as a material. Starting from the top down, there is a reverse gradation from the grove on the roof down to the classrooms and lecture hall, the workshops, and finally the material delivery and export. As the trees reach a mature age, they are graduated down the elevator and into the greater D.C. metropolitan area. Rooted in sustainability and driven by community, Nexus Grove is where the past meets the future in a cycle of growth and renewal. It serves as a reminder that re-use is not just physical but relational. It offers a model for how other alleys and cities can think of materials sustainably, and put the idea of the circular economy into a tangible center where people of all ages and professions can come together to learn and work towards a common goal.
Project Plans
Level 01 Hallway Perspective
Site Axon & Tree Movement Diagram
South Elevation
North Elevation
Cross Section 1
Cross Section 2
Facade & Beam Diagram
LEARN TO PLAY 02
FOUNDATION STUDIO II
Instructor: Tom Knight
URBAN COMMUNITY CENTER
Situated on the eastern end of Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall is a Center for New Roots. With a priority on play, the space acts as a hub layered in community and a place for new opportunities and growth. Pulling brick into the ground entrance in addition to walls flanking the court connects the mall walkway into the interior of the space. An exterior of polycarbonate that begins opaque at the entrance from the mall and becomes more transparent moving back to provide diffused light yearround in addition to the rotating panels in the curved roof to let natural light in at different times of day. The court is surrounded by steps used for small vendors and the court itself acts as a multi-purpose arena for a number of different sports, exhibitions, movie nights, gatherings, and other community building events. Moving vertically are dining spaces, two culinary teaching classrooms, an open office incubator space, executive offices, and a patio split between interior and exterior. Overall, the site has become a space for culture and community to flourish as different people come together to learn from one another.
Executive Office Perspective
West Elevation
ALCOVE RESIDENCES 03
Total number of units: 35
FOUNDATION STUDIO III | Instructor: Brittany Olivari
COLLECTIVE HOUSING COMPLEX
Nestled in the outskirts of Scott’s Addition in Richmond, Virginia, Alcove Residences acts as a collective housing hub for young adults. Whether post-grad or living alone later in life this project acts as a community builder for those who have yet to settle down. Once ready to have kids and start the second half of life, residents will leave, establishing a metabolism in this project so that it can always be the same age group living among one another. With wellness amenities such as saunas, cold plunges, and pools, residents can become a better version of themselves while interacting with others in the office and shared dining spaces as well. Additionally, there is a ground level outdoor restaurant and a rooftop terrace bar for socialization, both of which are open to the public. Being so close to Scott’s Addition calls for social venues where residents can invite groups of friends over whether it’s a big event or a weeknight. Further, this complex collects rainwater and has a system of irrigation and canals running throughout the site. Pavers act as a pathway both connecting amenities while being stepping stones over these small canals. The outdoor yoga area even features pavers on the water. Within the complex are smaller alcoves of neighbors who can share outdoor space and get to know one another better.
Urban Heat Island Diagram & Site Plan
Project Entrances Collage
Water Flow Diagram
Community Pool Perspective
Section Perspective
RESIDENTIAL TRANSFORMATION
Don’t Worry Darling is a film set in Victory, a utopia based on both perfectionism and debaucery, where the entire neighborhood is a series of copies of the same home. In addition to being unexceptionally commonplace throughout Victory, Jack and Alice’s abode invokes a feeling of a glass house. In transforming this mid-century modern home, I designed as if I was moving in with Alice. I changed the amount of privacy as well as connection to the outside with the use of walls. Solid walls offered me a way to physically reinforce the difference between the public and private spaces. Further, I added water into this Palm Springs desert landscape. First, a pool for both recreational swimming as well as for fitness purposes echoing the U-shape of the house itself. I also incorporated water in the threshold between the interior and exterior of the front entrance as well as the initial steps inside and places of transition from primary public spaces to secondary private ones. This includes a water wall to the North of the bar area as well as a small fish pond with concrete pavers allowing for movement over this water in threshold spaces. Finally the roof was changed from a combination of flat and geomteric feautres to a butterfly roof that offers both clerestory lighting as well as a slight slope to allow rainwater to waterfall into the pool itself allowing a small feature of irrigation in this desert landscape.
Section
Project Plan
Axonometric Material Diagram
PROFESSIONAL WORK
Eight-week summer internship at Safdie Rabines Architects, a leading sustainable architecture firm, working with clients such as UCLA and UCSD on programming, construction documents, and presentation drawings in all stages of design for 8 projects using Revit. Single-family residential, mixed-use, commercial, and educational facilities.
Lot 102 | Exterior Material Option 4B
One-week architectural externship at Hart Howerton’s office in New York City. Worked alongside an architecture and landscape team on a single-family residence. Utilized Adobe InDesign and Photoshop to assist in preparing a client presentation focused on exterior materials in the Schematic Design phase.
Dark Wood Combination with Metal Roof
Natural Cedar Column
Metal Cladding Standing Seam Metal Roof
Thermally Modified Wood Vertical Siding
Limestone Chimney Natural Cedar
PROFESSIONAL WORK
Architectural internship at The Brown Studio in Encinitas, California assisting with design on multiple aspects. Worked in Revit to create paver layout for $9M beachfront home as well as working in adobe to create a collage of final renderings done by designers at the firm. In addition, used Revit to draw elevation for a neighborhood complex in a nearby neighborhood.
Worked closely with clients and had a focus on materials.
Created a 24-page pitch deck for The Swell Fund, a real estate fund, using Adobe InDesign. Worked directly with clients to design and edit inputs and layouts, ensuring that the correct message and aesthetics were portrayed throughout the process.
