Brittany Siegert, AIA 2023 portfolio

bosa, 2021

in situ studio, built

project details:

2,980 sf single family house, Raleigh, NC

project description

Situated on a semiwooded suburban lot, the crisp white stucco exterior of this home gives way to dynamic interiors and an intimate relationship to exterior gathering spaces where natural wood siding meets the ground. A large light monitor washes a double height, plaster fireplace wall with northern light and provides dedicated niches for plants, photographs, and art. A wall made entirely of white oak millwork organizes the kitchen, dining, and bar areas, providing framed shelving for the clients large teapot collection and other special items they wished to display. An indoor climbing wall and an o ice with a large wall of bookshelves on the second floor is visible from the street.

torre picasso speculation, 2023

master’s design project taught by Juan Herreros and Pedro Pitarch with team Andres Melo, Gabriel Barba and Lucas Navarro

project details adaptation of Torre Picasso into a new housing typology

project description

In a one week design workshop, our team of four conceptualized a new housing typology as a response to the o ice building skyscraper typology which ceases to be necessary post-covid as many individuals choose to work remotely. Retaining parts of the original core and structure, and reusing the glazing for the housing units, our team proposed opening up the structure and spliting the housing into e ectively six di erent housing blocks suspended in the remaining structure. Interstitial spaces between the housing blocks become free spaces, so that the tower becomes a vertical cityscape including parks, plazas, public pools, and ultimately can be populated by the community, as any city would be, with restaurants, pharmacies, shops, and other city amenities.

original wall section

new wall section

original plan diagram

new plan diagram

housing units As a compliment to the tower’s new program, the individual housing units serve as long term “hotels” for digital nomads who may be traveling to new cities to work remotely for three to six months. The units provide luxurious spaces but only those spaces that are necessary for the individual/couple who chooses to work remotely. They include a bedroom for privacy, relaxation, lounging, and taking in media; and a workspace with a huge surface for working and minimial storage and kitchen space. Other housing necessities, especially social spaces, will be met by the shared spaces of the tower.

duke science + design, 2020

fifth year studio taught by Billy Askey, Pat Rand, and Dennis Stallings

project details 38,000

3/4” sheathing ram-set nailed to concrete deck wd ceiling hidden nailed to sheathing glulam beam glulam beam beyond glulam column beyond steel plate bolted to beam and inserted into column steel base plate ptd gypsum board rubber gasket

3/4” x 3/4” blocking for ptd reveal ptd finish plywood

powder coated corrugated steel perforated panel steel tube steel coping overlaps TPO membrane steel angle galvanized z-girt cold formed steel framing

sheathing vapor barrier powder coated flat steel sheet concealed clip and fastener

anderson house, 2022

in situ studio, unbuilt

the leading strand: force networks, 2018

TED Residency-backed multidisciplinalry initiative by Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, taught by Sara Queen + Karen Daniels

project details temporary exhibit piece for Cohort 2 of The Leading Strand, Raleigh, NC project description

The Leading Strand is a TED Residencybacked initiative founded by Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya dedicated to making scientific research accessible to the public. Cohort 2: Invisible Worlds focused on scientific research that is not easily visualized or understood, such as dark matter. This exhibit represented the ever-changing chain-like force networks created when force is applied to granular materials in an interactive, playful manner.

science Granular materials have a unique quality in that they act sometimes like solid material and sometimes like liquid material. When pressure is applied to granular material, an unpredictable chain of force is sent through the grains; such force networks that a ect earthquakes, landslides, avalanches, and erosion are currently not understood by scientists.

design The exhibit allowed users to simulate an unpredictable chain of force networks. Plywood rings fixed to the inner walls and ceiling of the structure represented grains of material. Contact with the elastic chords linking the rings together simulated a force being applied to the system; when disturbed, the attached ring lit up, causing a di erent chain of lights to glow each time. The chords, being woven between each other, caused not one but many force networks to appear at one time, representing the complexity of the scientific research.

1” = 1’ - 0” scale model 1/2 scale mock-up 1/2 scale lighting test 1/2 scale mock-up assembly assembly assembly demolition

peace street textiles, 2019

fifth year studio taught by Susan Cannon

project details

30,000 sf craft center, downtown Raleigh, NC

project description

Situated within a developing part of the city, next to the site of a large future park and across from a large new apartment complex, the center serves as a place for members of the community to gather, learn and explore. The program is dedicated to the craft of making textiles and educating the public on sustainable use of textiles. It includes five studios, each dedicated to a di erent part of the textilemaking process, as well as a public cafe and shop and a large activity studio that can adapt to fit the needs of di erent community events. Visual and physical connections between program elements allow visitors to understand the creative process and feel connected to the city.

foundational works + models, 2015 - 2018 Projects completed during first three years of coursework representing various explorations of material, modes of representation, and precedent. The skills and research demonstrated by these projects served as a foundation for the rest of my studies and my professional work.

2x pt wood blocking metal coping w drip membrane roofing wraps up + over parapet plywood sheathing metal stud rigid insulation composite concrete deck pour stop steal beam steel girder beyond vapor barrier cementitious panel girt system steel tube ceiling suspension system gypsum bd wood fin finish floor subfloor storefront window metal flashing w drip steel column beyond gravel concrete slab on grade sealant expansion joint concrete foundation wall rebar drain waterproofing filter fabric concrete footing column footing beyond

paper wearable

first year design studio taught by Sara Queen

cli side pavilion

first year studio taught by Sara Queen

RCR Crematorium Hofheide precedent model third year studio taught by Matthew Gri ith and Jake He ington

Tadao Ando Church on the Water precedent model third year studio taught by Matthew Gri ith and Jake He ington

concrete cast study model third year studio taught by Matthew Gri ith and Jake He ington

North Carolina Museum of Art model in situ studio, built

domestic fragments, 2023 master’s design project taught by Elli Mosayebi and Álvaro Martín Fidalgo with team Camila Cano, Isabel Monsalve, and Fredy Quispe

project details new housing typology for Belen, Peru

project description

In a one week design workshop, our team was given the challenge of addressing three central questions housing faces today: what is innovation in housing and what might it mean?, for whom are we building housing?, and what are the requirements of the contemporaray urban cultures of living? The goal was to represent our proposal using only three documents: a floor plan, a “miniature,” and a detail.

plan

We chose a specific location with a particular climate, and produced a new housing type responding to that climate and the culture of the existing community. New technologies were only introduced in key moments that would yield high positive impact to hygeine and constructability.

Belen experiences little thermal oscillation and is warm, humid, and mostly cloudy year round. Torrential rains cause flooding in the summer. There is no dry season, but rains decrease somewhat during the winter. Due to the yearly flooding, boats are used as the primary means of transportation as well as infrastructure, and additional built space is needed for recreation. The lower level of the project, accessed directly from the water, consists of collective living program including washing, bathing, cooking, and eating, along with a large open space to be approriated as needed by the community. The upper level contains only sleeping, storage, and balony spaces to be adapted by the users to be more or less private dependant on individual needs.

Homes in Belen are typically built together by the community from locally sourced materials. Primary structures are made from trunks of luma, quinilla, or tornillo, which are naturally water resistant. Secondary structures are made from plain sawn capirona, bolaina, or ishpingo. Thatch roofs are made from vegetable fibers and must be replaced somewhat often to preserve the houses. Using all of these existing systems we regularized a structure that would be east to build as a kit of parts.

As Belen is rainy for the majority of the year, receiving about 2800 millimeters of rainfall anually, we introduced a new water harvesting system to improve health in the community. Rainwater collected from the roof is circulated through the collective house by gravity and can be used for individual and commuity needs daily. Our 290sq m project collects up to 812.000 liters of water per year, serving approximately fifteen individuals.