Audrey Foltz - B.ARCH Portfolio

I EAT PARTIS FOR BREAKFAST. *This is a portfolio submission from Audrey Foltz, not a campaign for eating partis for breakfast. The author recognizes partis are not meant to be consumed, rather partis should only be used for the purpose of communicating architectural ideas.

AUDREY FOLTZ | DEC. 2024 B. ARCH GRADUATE | UNIVERSITY OF OREGON | BASED IN SAN DIEGO, CA

WHEN I WAS 15, MY DAD STARTED LEAVING ARCHITECTURE BOOKS AROUND THE HOUSE. He told my 11-year-old brother and me that he was just hoping to plant a seed—it would be cool, he said, if one of us became an architect. Being a teenager, I took it as a challenge. I googled “How to become an architect?” and then, “How to go to architecture school?”

That summer, I attended the University of Southern California’s summer architecture program and interned with a small local firm. I loved it—all of it. The artsy, the technical, and the joy of the people who introduced me to what they loved.

I’ve noticed architects look at the world differently. They are optimists, believing in their role to support the environment, bolster people’s health, and strengthen communities. I began to see the world through a new lens—a design lens that values context, beauty, clarity and curiosity.

Architecture is about problem-solving, synthesizing numerous layers of input to create something new.

Architecture is about people. At its best, it shapes communities and celebrates culture. Good architecture requires listening and understanding people.

Through these experiences and five years of architecture school, I’ve realized that successful design is rooted in one simple, yet profound, principle: kindness. Whether fostering community, supporting healing, encouraging different learning styles, ensuring accessibility or giving back to the Earth, I believe good design, above all, embodies kindness.

My developing design philosophy, or parti if you will, is that good design is kind.

CULTIVATE

Uniting a split campus, a new Future Careers Center cultivates integration and career growth

STUDIO BRIEF

PROJECT PROFILE

How do I move from high school to a career? At David Douglas High School (DDHS), a robust Career Technical Education (CTE) program offers 11 courses designed to provide students with practical skills for future careers and future education.

YEAR

The issue was while DDHS has one of the most expansive CTE curricula in the state of Oregon, their facilities are undersized and hidden throughout a bifurcated campus.

Dr. Siobhan Rockcastle

Senior Terminal Studio, Winter and Spring 2024 INSTRUCTOR

LOCATION Portland, Oregon, USA

Thus the primary aim of this proposal was to introduce students to what these programs look like and how they might integrate with their traditional high school courses. My project envisions a new Future Careers Center situated directly on the path between the North and South halves of the campus. Given the rainy Portland climate, this proposal offers an alternative covered path between the two halves, showcasing three key courses: culinary arts, engineering, and natural resources.

SIZE 70,000 sq. ft SOFTWARE Revit, ClimateStudio, Enscape, Lightroom, Illustrator

A culture of discovery drives form and opens the campus to future expansion

1. Creating Connection North

South

2. Increasing Visibility

North Campus

3. Facilitating Interaction

South Campus

4. Opening to Growth

SITE PLAN 0

200’

400’

800’’

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The COTE Top 10 Framework inspires holistic integration of precise design details

FOR 93.2% + 23.3% DESIGN INTEGRATION daylight autonomy

annual sunlight exposure

sDA map of Level 1

Site response creates a long linear form which optimizes daylight and ventilation. Louvers reduce solar heat gain, which contributes to users’ thermal comfort. Ventilation between the kitchens and greenhouses above work to cool the kitchens and warm the greenhouses.

In addition to mitigating excess light, glazed colored louvers reflect program uses and primary languages spoken on campus

Bioswale supports local plants enhancing a sense of identity and place

99.7% LEED quality views DESIGN FOR WELLBEING Increasing users’ connection to nature is critical to promoting student wellbeing.

In addition to quality views, irresistible stairs designed to be visually appealing and strategically located at either end of the building encourage student movement between levels. These stairs not only serve a function but also promote physical activity and social interaction.

DESIGN FOR WATER Through the bioswale, vegetation and soil layers filter and manage the overflow of nutrient rich runoff from the rest of the roofs before returning to the general system. Water captured off the greenhouse roofs goes directly to watering the greenhouses.

Raised stairwell top facilitates night flushing

100% + 70% summer sun pat

solar powered

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baseline EUI reduction

DESIGN FOR EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES Student commons foster inclusion and engagement across academic disciplines. With flexible seating designed to accommodate diverse learning styles, they offer an alternative to traditional classrooms, supporting a broader range of student needs.

In emergencies, these spaces can also serve as welcoming community hubs.

winter su

n path

Ground source heat pumps on a 10’x10’ grid

221,146 gallons captured per year

754,094 gallons filtered per year

Greenhouses support local food systems and culinary programs

Embedded radiant heating and cooling system

DESIGN FOR ENERGY An array of solar “tents,” angled East and West aim to capitalize on the pattern of the sun path specific to the site. This tented strategy results in greater capture of solar energy across the entirety of the year. Based on a 70% reduction from the baseline EUI, with a site EUI target of 16, the 12,500 sf of PVs produce 100% of the building’s electrical energy.

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GREENHOUSE CLASSROOM provides students the opportunity to learn about healthy food systems.

The COTE Top 10 Principles CHANGE

DISCOVERY

ENERGY

INTEGRATION

ECONOMY

form integrates with future campus expansion

visibility

PV array

activated circulation provides opportunities for impromptu collaboration

stairwell night flushing

93.2% daylight autonomy

flexible mass timber grid

ground source heat pumps

ventilation from kitchens through greenhouses

PROFESSIONAL TEACHING KITCHEN where students use fresh produce in their weekly menus.

WATER

ECOSYSTEMS

RESOURCES

rainwater collection supplies water to greenhouses

greenhouse food

local mass timber

culinary education

renewable wool felt

rainwater collection

EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES student dining room connects to culinary program and alternatively functions as a flexible study space

WELLBEING irresistible stairwells quality views

In its linearity, the Future Careers Center itself becomes a path of career discovery

MECH.

Engineering 3D Printing Lab Natural Resources Woodshop

Home Teaching Kitchen

MECH.

Professional Teaching Kitchen

“The Kilt,” a student dining room served by the culinary program A lobby and expanded career advising center MECH.

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

TYPICAL LECTURE CLASSROOM has colored glazed louvers which reflect into the classroom.

STUDENT COMMONS offers alternative places to study for a diversity of learning styles.

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600 metric tons of CO2 are stored by a locally sourced mass timber system

ROOF ASSEMBLY CLT ROOF PANEL 5-Ply, 6-7/8” thick

WALL ASSEMBLY COLORED GLAZED LOUVER SYSTEM GLULAM BEAMS 10-1/2” x 2’-3” GLULAM BEAMS 10-1/2” x 1’-4 1/2” CLT CEILING AND FLOOR PANEL 5-Ply, 6-7/8” thick

GLAZED GREENHOUSE ENCLOSURE

GLULAM COLUMNS 11” x 14” GLULAM COLUMNS 11” x 11”

WELDED SQUARE HSS 8” x 8” FLOOR ASSEMBLY

CLT SHEAR WALLS 11” x 11”

GRID FRAMEWORK 12’-6” x 25’-0” 25’-0” x 25’-0”

A 1/4” scale model offers the opportunity to study color and light

MODELING TECHNIQUES hand cutting, laser cutter, bandsaw and table saw MATERIALS USED basswood, recycled plywood, chipboard, acrylic, bristol paper, corrugated paper, copic markers and spray paint

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GREENHOUSE STRUCTURE 8” x 8” welded square HSS

A greenhouse and kitchen wall detail aims for a higher level of building systems symbiosis

OPERABLE WINDOW allows for ventilation from the kitchens below through the greenhouses above

GREENHOUSE CLT-FLOOR ASSEMBLY pavers on adjustable pedestals TPO roof membrane 1/2” coverboard 6” R-30 tapered rigid insulation vapor barrier 5-ply CLT floor panel

SLAB ON GRADE FOUNDATION ASSEMBLY 6” slab on grade finished concrete vapor barrier 4” rigid continuous insulation WRB 4” gravel

Kitchen ventilation is routed through the greenhouses to enhance energy efficiency

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DIALOGO

A cultural intervention offers permanent market stalls and celebrates local architectural history

STUDIO BRIEF

PROJECT PROFILE

What makes our most beloved public squares vibrant places to spend time? Completed while in Vicenza, Italy, my goal was to synthesize what I learned while studying Italian piazzas, markets, and local building history.

YEAR

The problem to solve was, as it exists, the site was one of three major piazzas in the heart of Vicenza, and it was the least used. Additionally, an undersized museum dedicated to local architect Andrea Palladio’s work needed an expanded permanent exhibit space.

Jim Givens

This proposal brings new life to this corner of the city center by celebrating Vicenza’s architectural history in the form of a new museum and carving out a new public piazza. Notably, the museum is designed with a ground floor permanent exhibition dedicated to Andrea Palladio and a second floor Palladio Research Center and Archives. The new piazza is designed to reveal and highlight Vicenza’s Roman and medieval history and offer new permanent and temporary market stalls.

SIZE

Spring 2023 INSTRUCTOR

LOCATION Vicenza, Italy

37,000 sq. m SOFTWARE Revit, Enscape, Illustrator

* This site model was provided, the building model is my personal work

Process E/W Section Looking North on trace

Wrapping around the piazza the loggia frames the historic church whose main portal is believed to have been designed by Andrea Palladio.

Opening new dialogue between historical sites shapes a piazza

Program and massing sketch on trace working out programmatic hierarchy and relationship to site.

DIALOGO

A site parti’s development illustrates integration of a new cultural center with Vicenza’s architectural history Venetian era column

1. Existing Geometry

2. Division of the Site and Carving Paths

Civic front to the Piazza Torre Bissara

Wall angles towards the medieval wall adjacent to the East facade of the Basilica

Palladio’s Basilica

3. Celebrating History by Connecting Landmarks

4. Softening Edges Market loggia offers permanent and temporary market stalls shaping a new public piazza

Glazed portals display Roman ruins ~15’ below the piazza

Trees offer greenery in a city center devoid of plantings Torre del Tormento

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

Piazza dei Signori

Palladio Exhibit Hall

Museum Lobby and Cafe

Piazza della Storia

Community Hall

The building fabric informed by its context includes local materials and pays tribute to Andrea Palladio

FLUTED TERRACOTTA Chosen for its breathability, this rich texture speaks to Palladio’s brick constructed Loggia del Capitaniato which sits diagonally across the piazza

LOCAL VICENZA LIMESTONE PANEL Selected for its local sourcing, this elegant stone conveys its civic purpose while echoing its sparkling white neighbor, the Palladian Basilica

ROOF 55 m

LEVEL 3 50 m

R30 CLT ROOF ASSEMBLY TPO roof membrane 1/2” coverboard 6” R-30 tapered rigid continuous insulation 5-ply CLT roof panel

R10 CLT FLOOR ASSEMBLY 1/2” wood floor finish 1/2” acoustical barrier vapor barrier 5-ply CLT floor panel

LEVEL 2 45 m

LEVEL 1

A rainscreen terracotta and limestone paneling system allows the enclosure to breath in Vicenza’s humid climate R20 CLT WALL ASSEMBLY Vicenza Limestone panel Cosentino DKT3 stone attachment system 1-1/2” air gap 4” R-20 continuous rigid insulation WRB 3-ply CLT wall panel semi-permeable vapor barrier finish

40 m

LEVEL 0 35 m DIALOGO

Prioritizing building performance for future generations, the zero energy enclosure strategy ensures long-term sustainability HIGH PERFORMING NORTH FACING SKYLIGHTS BRING IN DIFFUSE LIGHT TO GALLERY SPACES

LEVEL 3 art gallery

LEVEL 2 art gallery

LEVEL 1 Palladio Research Center

LEVEL 0 public connection links piazzas

historic column Piazza dei Signori

ASHRAE ZERO ENERGY PERFORMANCE ENVELOPE developed based on local climate zone: 4A high performance glazing systems low carbon structure continuous exterior insulation air tightness LOCAL TERRACOTTA AND LIMESTONE CURTAIN WALL MASS PLYWOOD/LOW EMBODIED CARBON STRUCTURAL FRAMING 2” AIR CAVITY RAINSCREEN TERRACOTTA AND STONE ATTACHMENT SYSTEM runs horizontally and connects directly to structure eliminating the need for vertical aluminum attachments

KAWNEER THERMAL PERFORMANCE WINDOWS

DIALOGO

HORIZON

An adaptive reuse project re-imagines a historic structure as a new home for architectural education

STUDIO BRIEF

PROJECT PROFILE

How do you teach architecture during a war while preparing the next generation of designers to rebuild your country? Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Lviv National Academy of Arts welcomed the displaced Kharkiv School of Architecture to share their teaching facilities.

YEAR

This relationship inspired leaders of the Lviv National Academy of Arts to talk about creating a new dedicated architecture building on their campus. The site chosen already hosts an existing five meter tall, one story brick building. At just over one-hundred years old, the building has experienced some weathering and additions which have disconnected the larger Academy’s campus.

The focus of this project was to adaptively reuse the existing building to create a range of dedicated and flexible studio spaces alongside a cafeteria, an exhibition hall and classrooms. Contextually, a primary goal was to connect two of the Academy’s courtyards.

This proposal seeks to highlight the history of the site while also supporting the Academy’s vision for Ukraine’s future.

Fall 2022 INSTRUCTORS Erin Moore and Iryna Volynets LOCATION Lviv, Ukraine SIZE 2,000 sq. m SOFTWARE Revit, Enscape, Illustrator

A site model stitched together without using any glue, inspired by the Ukrainian embroidery tradition of Vyshyvanka Central courtyard

* This site model was constructed in collaboration with Paige Gordon and Noah Yachi

Secondary courtyard

My proposal gently angles into the courtyard, expanding slightly on the existing footprint HORIZON

1. Reestablishing campus connections

Central Courtyard

Secondary Courtyard

A late addition severed connection between the Academy’s two courtyards

2. Analysis of existing structure REMOVE REUSE

This section of the facade has deteriorated, removing it provides the opportunity to create a new entry street-side

Raising the roof, introducing a new public entrance and breaking down walls to reconnect student greenspaces

HORIZON

A central stair extends into the courtyard, maximizing the narrow building’s footprint to form a central hearth

HORIZON

Adapting to growing electrical needs: a solar facade supports a more resilient and self-sufficient Ukrainian infrastructure

STUDY OF ADAPTIVE REUSE STRATEGY In light of Russian airstrikes targeting their power grid, Ukraine has ramped up efforts to expand solar energy production. The use of solar facades plays a critical role in enhancing energy resilience and advancing the country’s path to self-sufficiency.

facade wraps around roof

SUBSTANTIAL WALLS AND DEEP WINDOWS maximize thermal comfort and offer impromptu seating

SOLAR FACADE

305 MM GLULAM TIMBER BEAMS

285 MM ROUND STEEL COLUMNS

EXISTING BRICK

HORIZON

Four subtle moves anchor and link this new architecture school within the fabric of the Academy 1. Push and Reveal

2. Angle and Direct

Removing this small section, which was an addition between the site and the building to the North, connects the campus courtyard to the West and the courtyard across the street to the Northeast.

Angling the North end emphasizes the connection between the two courtyards and directs students to the campus extension across the public street. This end facade is glazed to light the campus after dark.

3. Indent and Invite

4. Skew and Exhibit

Previously this building did not have an entry from the street side, only through the West courtyard.

Indenting and clarifying a new entry invites students across disciplines into the architecture school.

Skewing the entry lobby serves to connect students from the street entry through to the West courtyard.

Flexible exhibition hall

Lobby Reception

Street entrance

Coffee shop

Lecture hall

Lecture hall

GROUND FLOOR PLAN HORIZON

Flexible education spaces facilitate connection and collaboration between students, faculty and the public SHIFTING WORK PATTERNS INSPIRE FLEXIBLE DESIGN In a world which is experiencing shifts in how we work, especially in Ukraine where war is having a very real impact on all facets of people’s lives, the primary goal of this project was to create a flexible variety of education spaces to facilitate connection and collaboration. Studio spaces are meant to accommodate architecture students as well as other design focuses and the central hearth is designed to invite students of all disciplines to study together.

Library Faculty Office

Studio Space

Informal Study Hall Student Cafeteria

Lecture Hall

Lobby and Coffee Shop

Project Room

Faculty Lounge

Studio Space Exhibition Hall