[Betsey] Clark | Portfolio

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Introduction

Unfelon Transitional Center Public

Interest Design Studio | Fall 2018

Princeville Community Produce Center Coastal

Dynamics Studio | Spring 2018

Raleigh Central Library Comprehensive

Master Studio | Fall 2017

Za’atari Refugee Camp Za’atari

Studio | Spring 2016

Wrightian Studies

Westcott + Fallingwater Studios | 2013 - 2015

Energy-Efficient by Design

London Study Abroad Studio | Summer 2015

Auxiliary Works

[what’s inside]

[past studios]

ARC 101: Beginning Design Studio ARC 102: Beginning Design Studio | ARC 499X: Fallingwater Studio | ARC 201: Architecture Studio ARC 202: Architecture Studio | ARC 399N: Energy-Efficient by Design | ARC 301: Westcott Studio ARC 302: Za’atari Studio | ARC 402: Nashville Studio ARC 500: Comprehensive Masters Studio ARC 503: Coastal Dynamics Studio | ARC 503: Public Interest Design Studio ARC 503: Connections 81.2 Urban Design Studio | • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

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[relevant skills] Adobe Suite Google SketchUp AutoCAD Revit Hand-drawing rendering

00 e[b]c elizabeth [betsey] clark

[contact]

440 708 8689 927 west morgan street #158 raleigh, NC 27603 esclark3@NCSU.edu issuu.com/betseyclark

Architecture Portfolio

Miami University | Bachelor of Arts in Architecture | 2016 North Carolina State University | Master of Architecture Candidate | 2019

[Location] Knightdale, NC

[Problem]

8% of Americans have a felony charge. Up to 64% of inmates are mentally ill, while less than a quarter of them will ever receive treatment. Former felons have a 10% higher chance of becoming homeless and a 27% chance of being unemployed upon release. The American felon condition, regardless of the severity of one’s crime, is a life sentence.

[Solution] Triangle nonprofit, Unfelon, seeks to assist the formerly incarcerated under the belief that criminal punishment should begin and end with time served. As such, Unfelon is in the process of establishing its first housing and rehabilitation center. Through iterations derived Unfelon and former felon feedback, this proposal aims to prepare its participants to thrive as they return to society by focusing on personal equity, interpersonal development, and mental wellness. An emphasis is also placed on integrating the public into the center, encouraging interaction between the communities.

Public Interest Design Studio | Professor Bryan Bell | Fall 2018

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one’s fullest potential self-reliance, strength, agency love, belonging, connection housing, stability, income physical + mental health [maslow’s hierarchy of needs]

[applied to former felons]

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[personal equity]

self-investment vocational training goal + hobby development personal responsibility

walking path bathroom

foyer

[interpersonal development] building relationships communal living accountability general public engagement

unit

living

unit

seating

seating

dining unit

closet bedroom

unit

unit

unit

courtyard

pavilion

[mental wellness] therapy counseling coping mechanisms

People leaving crisis often have emotional and mental baggage that needs to be addressed before they can fully focus on rebuilding their lives.

[units]

Around 20% of our participants graduate and pursue business.

We are in need of several dedicated classroom spaces in which to conduct our classes.

Communications Director @ Carroll’s Kitchen

Community Relations @ Inmates to Entrepreneurs

Advisor / Board of Directors @ Unfelon

Owner of Men at Work Car Care Center

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[mental health] s a r a a c o s t a kristin caddick michael mccord mike phillips fearna tyndall

Ex-felons with substance-abuse problems are often developmentally and intrapersonally stinted after leaving prison.

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storage office

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People need a job to teach accountability and support every other aspect of life.

When you are earning your own money, you’re less likely to be foolish with it.”

People leaving prison are more likely to take care of themselves and their needs when they have adequate housing.

car wash

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“What we really want to do is build a transitional space for [ex-felons] to live, learn vocational skills, and be recruited by employment partners.”

“When you get out of prison, what’s the first thing you need?

A job!”

Affordable housing consultant @ TradeMark Residential

parking

waiting

[men at work car care]

potential employers bus stop healthcare insurance provider resources

patio multpurpose

parking class restaurant

class

kitchen bath Level 1

maker space office computer lab terrace office office class bath Level 2

[vocational center]

Unfelon Transitional Center

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[entrance]

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[men at work]

[group therapy]

[residential unit] [restaurant] [program structure] Potential participants will go through a series of interviews to ensure they have the propensity to learn, change, and take the process seriously.

1. interview

Some participants may have more needs, requiring a more holistic apprach, than others.

Participants will have rigorous daily schedules and goals that are determined based on an individual’s level of need.

2. personalize

Like the succession of school years, the program will increase in difficulty, complexity, and focus as the program goes on.

Participants will gain certain privileges as they reach goals.

3. growth

Participants eventually graduate from the program once they meet certain educational, health, work, or life milestones.

Graduates can use the transitional center as a resource if necessary in the future.

4. graduate

[Location] Princeville, NC

[Problem]

North Carolina’s Edgecombe County, a patchwork of mostly small, insulated towns, currently leads the state in obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and resulting deaths. Princeville, the first town in the country to be settled and incorporated by freed slaves, is no exception. Princeville is a special case as it is suffers periodic flooding from the nearby Tar River, especially after 2016’s Hurricane Matthew, which has devastated much of the town’s infrastructure beyond repair. Consequential disinvestment in the town’s economy has forced residents, businesses, and even schools elsewhere, leaving Princeville fundamentally destitute. “How do you take advantage of the opportunity to rebuild the community in a way that doesn’t perpetuate vulnerability but enhances resilience?” - Dr. Gavin Smith

[Solution]

The Princeville Community Produce Center was ideated through collaboration between designers and town residents, officials, and social authorities, aiming to become a hub of social, economic, health, educational, and cultural reinvestment. Such a center would primarily exist as a way for residents to grow, learn about, and purchase fresh produce, making healthier food part of the influential culture that underpins the town. This project also addresses the tangible site and next life of the historic Princeville Museum and Welcome Center as it evolves to serve modern needs and environmental conditions of Princeville.

Coastal Dynamics Studio | Professors David Hill, Andy Fox | Spring 2018

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Princeville Community Produce Center

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[Education] [Health and wellbeing] [Connecting the community] [Celebrating Princeville] [Honoring Princeville history] [Local resiliency] [Food security]

FOUNDING GRADE SCHOOL

[~1935]

[Local economy stiumlation] [Opportunity for job growth]

Photo: Dave Saville

[1999]

Photo: Discover Edgecombe

HURRICANE FLOYD TOWN HALL

[2009]

REBUILD MUSEUM + WELCOME CENTER

Photo: Caroline Towns

[2016]

HURRICANE MATTHEW VACANT

healthier

[PRINCEVILLE FOOD DESERT] Areas that do not have reliable, reasonable, and convenient access to fruit, vegetables, and healthful whole foods. This is largely due to a lack of grocery stores, farmers’ markets, and health food providers.

Areas where unhealthy foods that are dense in calories, high in sodium, and high in sugar are more readily available than healthy foods. This is largely due to a high concentration of convenience stores, fast food restaurants, and takeout restaurants.

[TARBORO FOOD SWAMP]

The Princeville Welcome Center has served the community for nearly 100 years, but is currently vacant after being ravaged by floods.

grocery stores - 4

521:1 convenience stores - 17

123:1 TARBORO

takeout restaurants- 20

105:1

fast food restaurants - 17 unhealthier

PRINCEVILLE

123:1

food desert = too few

Princeville population

food swamp = too many

~2,082

Lifting the Museum + Welcome Center parking

Princeville history is celebrated

PROCESSING

[RESPOND]

greenhouse museum terrace

Above floodplain Adapt to serve modernday Princeville ~$75,000

market class

crops

production offices

snacks terrace garden

FOOD

Building stays on original site, near town center

storage

The Princeville Community Produce Center would consist of classrooms, museum space, a two-story greenhouse and production facility, concessions to sell goods produced on site, front and rear terraces, over 16,000 square feet of growing space, and space for a community market.

Access to healthy food Community gathering Profitable Access to education Princeville history

Access to healthy food Profitable Community gathering Arable land

Arable space Community gathering

Arable space Rentable space Job production Job education Community gathering Arable land Rentable space

Princeville Community Produce Center

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[courtyard] [catwalk] [classrooms]

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Princeville Community Produce Center

[concessions] [crop fields] Princeville Community Produce Center

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[Location] Raleigh, NC

[Problem]

The urban library has evolved as it serves the denizens of a technological era. As such, it must fulfill two vital and contrasting roles that exist harmoniously. A refuge from the bustling city around it, the library must act as a safe haven of self-reflection and self-improvement, a break from urban sensory bombardment. Conversely, a vehicle of community engagement and empowerment, the library must interject itself into the urban fabric as a hub of knowledge and technology, encouraging the dynamic intertwining of minds and ideas.

[Solution]

Addressing the street, the Raleigh Central Library houses program to engage and intrigue the community, including a maker space, assembly, gallery, and computer space. These areas shield more individual sanctuary spaces, including reading and study spaces.

These are anchored about a central courtyard.

Masters Comprehensive Studio | Professor Jamey Glueck | Fall 2017

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central library]

Raleigh Central Library

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The Raleigh Central Library is located at the corner of S Blount and E Hargett Streets. near Moore Square and a bus station to the west, this area is a pedestrian hotspot. The diagonal axis of the building addresses the consideration of this important corner.

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Raleigh Central Library

The library should encourage both individual development as well as critical collaboration between groups, becoming both a personal retreat and social hub.

[Location] East of Mafraq, Jordan

[Problem]

80,000 displaced individuals escaping the civil and governmental unrest in Syria have fled south to the Jordanian border for sanctuary. Here, a makeshift community, perpetuated mostly by its motivated Syrian inhabitants and aid groups, has been created.

While basic living necessities are available here, the camp is bereft of the Syrain culture, everyday luxuries, and protection from the elements that were left behind. Materials and means of construction are limited to what is already in the camp.

[Solution]

Through direct interaction with a team of displaced Syrian designers, our team designed interventions based on the needs and desires of those in the camp. From this, a focus was placed on creating roadside shelters, transportation means, playground space, modular furniture for the disabled, greenhouses, and cookout stalls. Our Syrian counterparts will construct these interventions based on our instructions.

Za’Atari Studio | Professor Diane Fellows | Spring 2016

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refugee camp]

Za’atari Refugee Camp

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The octagonal footprint and original function of my design was based on ablution fountains, areas in the courtyard of traditional Syrian mosques where one would wash before prayer. These shelter concepts featured seating space and protection from the elements while also incorcporating rain water harvesting via the roof planes.

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Za’atari Refugee Camp

Water harvesting was utlimately not as desirable to the refugees as seating and recreation space. Based on this feedback, the roof planes were adjusted and the “alley” created by the two adjacent shelters was altered into a small play area with climbing walls.

Za’atari Refugee Camp

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Za’atari Refugee Camp is enclosed by an outer road, dubbed the Ring Road, that acts as the primary means of traversing the vast camp. Other roads perpendicularly intersect the rest of the camp districts (above middle). Journeying on the Ring Road can be a perilous daily occurrence, especially for the elderly, disabled, or pedestrians. These shelters would punctuate the Ring Road as a means for rest and protection from the elements throughout a refugee’s daily pursuits (above right).

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Za’atari Refugee Camp

A kit of parts with dimensions and assembly instructions was sent along to camp residents. Ultimately, eight structures were constructed based on our designs,, giving training and work to over 80 residents.

Za’atari Refugee Camp

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Springfield [2015]

Joinery, Individual Tea House, Group Tea House | Westcott House

Mill Run [2013]

Voulkos Sculpture Cover | Fallingwater

[Location] Springfield, OH | Mill Run, PA

[Summary]

Through extensive research regarding Frank Lloyd Wright’s froebel education, architectural dogma, and works, students were to develop wrightian-inspired work at multiple scales and intended locations.

Resulting works included several mallets and joinery studies, an individual- and group-developed tea house to be sited on the grounds of the Westcott House, and a cover for the Voulkos sculpture on the grounds of Fallingwater. Work was heavily iterated based on feedback from Architect Peter Bohlin and respective house staff.

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Wrightian Studies

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Simple mortise joints and personalized design were explored through mallet studies. These tools acted as extensions of the hand and were meant to adjust to multiple grips, blows, and the hand as one swings the mallet.

The proposed ceiling-column condition of the tea house offsets the square footprint of the house, featuring a rotated structure upon a secondary, rectilinear cladding. The joinery of this structure utilizes simple forms interlocking to create more complex, visually interesting forms. This was the impetus for the rest of the structure, as it appears to spring from these initial forms.

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Joinery

Westcott Studio | Professor John Reynolds | Fall 2015

In an initiative to encourage community engagement and remodel the grounds of the Westcott House, architect Peter Bohlin designed a new visitor center and community garden on site. Based on Bohlin’s interventions, Miami University students were asked to design a 12’x12’ tea house, meant to house educational discussion, reflection, and occupation by the public, for consideration of placement on site.

Using rotated geometry and weaving elements, an effortless strength is demonstrated through airy and articulated elements. The entrance and main circulatory axis is diagonal to the Westcott House; one is subconsciuosly led in the direction of Wright’s work.

Individual Tea House

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The final tea house is capped by an inverted butterfly roof with exposed trusses. Springing from the trusses are roated roof beams and columns, reminiscent of the rotated geometry of my original design. Another borrowed example from my design was the wrapping of the floor and ceiling joinery. a stud wall separate from the roof and floor structure appears to float in between, acting as the cladding.

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Group Tea House

An emphasis was placed on a lightness and celebration of structure, joinery, tactility and user interaction, simplicity of form, and the separation and explotiation of cladding and structure. Key site features are highlighted through fenestration that also slides to open up the space to the elements.

Westcott Studio | Professor John Reynolds | Fall 2015 Group Members: Elizabeth Clark | Nicholas Carlson | Brooke Adams

Group Tea House

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The grounds of Fallingwater act as a sculpture garden. Staff at Fallingwater turned to Miami University to create an off-season sculpture cover that is a work of art itself. In 2009, the redwood carcas of this cover was fabricated. From here, our team was to complete the cover, making it water-tight, weather-proof, and cohesive as a piece. focus areas included: a roof covering, protection of the overlapped edges, a covering for the exposed corner, and a scupper. All elements should act as a system for removing rain water from the cover and into the reflecting pool below.

Using bent copper, our group tackled the resolution of the exposed corner condition. We created a “water stair� detail that wraps around the gap and slows down the journey of the water before it reaches the scupper. The corner becomes both functional and aesthetically appealing.

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Voulkos Sculpture Cover

Rain water lands on the inverted-pitch roof, slanted toward the revealed corner and water stair. This empties onto the scupper and into the reflecting pool.

Simultaneously, water that lands on the exposed edges will travel along the interior and into the pool as well.

Fallingwater Studio | Professor John Reynolds | Summer 2013 Group Members: Elizabeth Clark | Paige Schmeling | Joseph Malekela

Voulkos Sculpture Cover

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[Location] Heron Quays, London, England

[Problem]

London-based creative design agency, Square Circle Media, is seeking a new headquarters along the bank of the Thames River.

This building should house rented space, a central lobby, studio space with breakout and conference rooms, offices, client consultation space, and auxiliary staff spaces such as a break room. The client also requests inspired architectural intervention that visually and functionally separates the building from the staunch office buildings typical of the financial district of Heron Quays. All requirements and design interventions should aid to an overall neutral or positive environmental impact.

[Solution]

The location of Heron Quays makes it especially susceptible to considerable winds and rainfall. The form of the building is molded by the natural tendency of the winds on the site to harbor wind collection as a form of additional energy. The large fins make up a secondary roofing structure that also facilitates rain harvesting and recycling.

London Studio | Professors J E Elliott, Sam Toland | Summer 2015 Group Members: Elizabeth Clark | Lynn Belhumeur Leung

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Energy-Efficient by Design

Energy-Efficient by Design

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This design features a functional and creative Square Circle Media space distinctive from the financial district, reduces the sense of hierarchy between Square Circle and the other companies that will be renting space, provides outdoor spaces to create a better rapport with pedestrians, and utilizes the “wind tunnel� as a vehicle of circulation and wind harvest.

A vertical-axis wind turbine can be inverted to create a turbine that follows the direction of the bridges that penetrate the wind tunnel.

Bridges will be enclosed with views to the surrounding turbines. On average, these bridges will provide enough energy to power the entire ground floor.

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Energy-Efficient by Design

Energy-Efficient by Design

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Among my strongest abilities are drawing, painting, and hand-rendering. Media used include acrylic paint, charcoal, colored pencil, graphite, marker, and ink.

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Auxiliary Works

works]

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elizabeth [betsey] clark 440 708 8689 | 927 WEST MORGAN STREET #158 RALEIGH, NC 27603 | esclark3@ncsu.edu | issuu.com/betseyclark