CHRISTINA GRACE WALTON
Contact: cgwalton@stanford.edu
724-920-4970 Pittsburgh, PA
CHRISTINA WALTON
Architectural Design
Stanford University
The following collection narrates my personal journey from artistic exploration to a passion for architecture. From my initial experiments with painting to my immersion in technical drawing classes, I discovered a fascination for merging creativity with precision. Along the way, my commitment to meticulous attention to detail and patience in refining the finer aspects became guiding principles, allowing me to not only focus on the intricacies but also grasp the scope of the broader picture. As you navigate through these pages, you’ll witness how each project reflects this journey, from its humble beginnings to the culmination of architectural synthesis. It’s my sincere hope that this portfolio not only showcases my work but also narrates the story of my growth and the journey that has led me to this point.
GRAPHIC DESIGN + MODELING
TECHNICAL DRAWING
ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING
ARCHITECTURAL SYNTHESIS
FABRICATION
ITALIAN PAINTING METHODS
Table of Contents
GRAPHIC DESIGN + MODELING
Collection of Connected Works
Location: Stanford University
Studio: Graphic Skills + Presentation
Type: 3D, plaster, + carboard models
Professor: Tyler Noblin
Year: Winter 2024
ABSTRACT
Processes, Renders, and Models of five abstract compositions, exemplifying how much only a few commands can allow for drastic changes. Each builds off of the previous project, adapting and changing to new constraints.
TECHNICAL DRAWING
Cubic Compositions
Location: Stanford University
Studio: Accessing Architecture Through Drawing
Type: Hand drafting and modeling
Professor: John Barton
Year: Autumn 2022
ABSTRACT
Arrangement of nine cubes with only four sides, two variations, drafted and modeled
TECHNICAL DRAWING
Deconstructed - A Composition of Elements
Location: Stanford University
Studio: Accessing Architecture Through Drawing
Type: Hand drafting
Professor: John Barton
Year: Autumn 2022
ABSTRACT
Assemblage of ten required and two freeform elements
ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING
Sketches Around Stanford
Location: Stanford University
Studio: Accessing Architecture Through Drawing
Type: Free-hand drawing, on-site
Professor: John Barton
Year: Autumn 2022
ABSTRACT
Collection of pen and charcoal sketches around the Stanford University campus
ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING
Historic Building Analysis
Location: San Gemini Preservation Studies
Studio: Sketching + Analyzing Historic Buidlings
Type: Free-hand drawing, on-site
Professor: Max Cardillo
Year: Summer 2023
ABSTRACT
Researched and documented through on-site sketching ten elements of a historical building— San Giovanni Battista— in San Gemini, a small, historic town north of Rome.
ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING
Thornton Solace
Location: Stanford University
Studio: Accessing Architecture Through Drawing
Type: Hand drafting
Professor: John Barton
Year: Autumn 2022
ABSTRACT
A contemplation center designed for a land parcel on Stanford’s campus, situated between the Thornton Center and Terman fountain.
ARCHITECTURAL SYNTHESIS
Sustainability Center
Location: Stanford University
Studio: Advanced Building Modeling Workshop
Type: Full building design
Professor: Glenn Katz
Year: Winter 2024
ABSTRACT
This architectural project in Copenhagen, Denmark aims to create a vibrant hub for sustainability-related activities, showcasing exemplary sustainable building practices and technologies. The proposed five-story building will feature an atrium for natural ventilation and daylight, with southeast-facing windows maximizing sunlight to combat Copenhagen›s cold climate. The design emphasizes sustainability both in construction and exhibition, serving as an educational and inspiring model for green design.
Walton
Sun Analysis of Proposals
+ Plumbing
Single Stall Restroom
Multiple Stall Restroom
ARCHITECTURAL SYNTHESIS
Live Work Learn
Location: Stanford University
Studio: Architecture – Architectonics and Urbanism
Type: Digital and physical modeling
Professor: Amanda Bridges
Year: Autumn 2023
ABSTRACT
The Live/Work/Learn project is situated on a 50 sq. ft. plot at the corner of an existing parking lot off 20th and Alabama Street in San Francisco’s historic Mission District. This home, specially designed for a tempera painter incorporates an open teaching space (first floor), vibrant living space (second floor), and private working space (third-floor studio).
Client + Site Analysis
Modern- Italian Stucco + Terracotta Shingles
Traditional - Reinforced Re-used Rubble + Brick
North
1/8” model
1/4” model
ARCHITECTURAL SYNTHESIS
Dogpatch Branch Library
Location: Stanford University
Studio 3: Integrated Architecture and Engineering
Type: Architecture + Structure
Professor: Joshua Keller
Year: Autumn 2025
ABSTRACT
This 11,000 sq. ft. branch library proposal in San Francisco’s Dogpatch neighborhood was developed through an integrated design studio emphasizing architectural clarity, structural systems, and environmental performance. A cantilevered reading room defines the massing, supported by a steel frame and lateral bracing system designed to address dynamic loading, deflection, and material expansion. Passive strategies shape the building’s response to sun, wind, and microclimate, while zoning constraints and program adjacencies informed the circulation logic. The library combines flexible public volumes with smaller study spaces and a tech-forward maker zone—designed as a durable civic resource grounded in context.
DOGPATCH
DOGPATCH
ARCHITECTURAL MODEL
Scale – 1/8” = 1’0”
Portfolio | Christina Walton
FABRICATION
Miniature Models
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Studio: Independent Project
Type: Model Making
Professor: N/A
Year: 2023-2024
ABSTRACT
Carefully crafted miniature rooms and shops from raw materials including paper, wood, wire, beads, etc.
FABRICATION
Silversmithing
Location: Stanford University
Studio: Silver Pendant Project
Type: Silver jewelry
Professor: Sara Shaughnessy + Amanda Sather
Year: Spring 2023
ABSTRACT
Handcrafted silver pendant and earring set through 3D modeling, printing, investment casting, and finishing to bring them to a smooth shine.
FABRICATION Module Composition
Location: Stanford University
Studio: Fabrication in Architectural Design
Type: Hand shaped metal
Professor: Anna Boslough
Year: Winter 2023
ABSTRACT
A composition out of multiple identical modules, intended to inspire a unique arrangement of repeated elements that get lost in the greater composition, while building metalworking fabrication skills through repetition.
FABRICATION
Element - Baluster
Location: Stanford University
Studio: Fabrication in Architectural Design
Type: Hand carved baluster
Professor: Anna Boslough
Year: Winter 2023
ABSTRACT
A chosen architectural element—a baluster, chosen for its potential use of the wood lathe and hand carving— designed and built at 1:1 scale, intended to give attention to the finer details and explore how detailing can further convey the structural design ethos.
FABRICATION
What Bugs Us?
Location: Stanford University
Studio: Visual Thinking
Type: Product design
Professor: Patrick Penton
Year: Winter 2023
ABSTRACT
You know those tiny little things throughout the day where you wish were more convenient? As a reader, one of my biggest pet peeves is accidentally reading a spoiler because my eye flits to the end of a paragraph of the other page. This invention remedies this annoyance, with page blockers and line isolators that follow your eyes as they move down and across pages.
Christina Walton
ITALIAN PAINTING METHODS
Cinque Tecniche
Location: San Gemini Preservation Studies
Studio: Traditional Painting Methods
Type: Italian painting
Professor: Teresa Mascolo
Year: Summer 2023
ABSTRACT
Collection of five paintings created using traditional Italian painting methods and materials. In order of completion: sgraffito (bottom left), fresco, gilding, tempera, oil (right)
