Claire Banducci | Portfolio

portfolio

claire banducci | university of virginia school of architecture

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AN URBAN THEATER FOR RICHMOND

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Fall 2021 | LevenBetts

THE DELL T

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Spring 2021 | Ma

a reconsideration of the public library typology for the 21st century that lifts library spaces to the second level, revealing open civic space at the ground. The facade becomes a theater for human activity, inviting passersby to participate.

a new collective c University of Virg mitigator of peop vates the site’s flo its experiential qu explores the inter tional and recreat

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Spring 2020 | Averbeck

THE FRACT

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Spring 2020 | Ave

a collective housing project in the downtown core of Richmond, VA that interlocks the public and domestic realms, urbanity and green space, and the built environment with public space.

a single-level resi rogates domestic separation throug ation of fracturing realms are divide typologies.

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TERRACE

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GROUNDS FOR EXPERIMENTATION

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Fall 2020 | Menefee

commons at the ginia that serves as a ple and water and actiood plain condition for ualities. This project rsections of educational programing.

a lighting and electrician trade school in New York’s Lower East Side that intersects public and educational programming and centers around a series of testing grounds that both create different lighting conditions and encourage the manipulation of light.

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TURE HOUSE

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ARTIST ATELIER

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Fall 2019 | Beaman

idence that interc programmatic gh the formal operg. Public and private ed by a series of wall

a space of programmatic duality situated in an infill site on Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall. A transformative art gallery doubles as a temporary residence for the artist and the dualities of the simple and intricate and intimate and collective are at play.

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claire l. banducci email: clb8bd@virginia.edu phone: 703.626.5812 instagram: @clband.arch

EDUCATION

Charlottesville, VA

Aug 2018 - Present

Fairfax, VA

Aug 2014 - May 2018

WORK

Charlottesville, VA

Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

Washington, DC January 2021

Reston, VA

Sept 2016 - Jul 2020

ACTIVITIES

University of Virginia

Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Pre-Professional 3.91 Cumulative GPA

Paul VI Catholic High School Graduated with Highest Honors

Design Develop LLC, Intern

Worked on the design and development of a ground floor addition to a historic home in Charlottesville for a couple who wanted to age in place. Communicated with the clients, developed schematic drawings in SketchUp and Layout, and developed a permit set for construction. Also modeled and produced drawings for other residential and commercial projects in the Charlottesville and Richmond areas.

HYL Architecture, Extern

Performed research on the offices of large technology companies and gathered information to inform the design of an office space in Washington DC’s Penn Quarter. Participated in and developed storyboards in Indesign for design meetings for a new modern entryway to an existing office building.

Banner’s Hallmark, Sales Associate

Assisted customers and promoted memorable shopping experiences resulting in increased customer retention and loyalty as well as increased sales. Also worked the register, opened and closed the store, priced and shelved items, and created appealing displays.

Charlottesville, VA

School of Architecture Student Council, Peer Representative

Charlottesville, VA

UVA Lawn Selection Committee, Member

Charlottesville, VA

SARC-SIBS, Peer Mentor Program

Charlottesville, VA

Best Buddies, Peer Mentor Program

May 2021-present

Jan 2022 - Feb 2022

Jul 2019 - 2020

Aug 2018 - 2020

Representative for the class of 2022 on School of Architecture Student Council. Planned events for student support and bonding and was a member of the design team and participated in creating flyers and social media posts to promote events.

Vetted and evaluated student applications for residence on the University of Virginia’s prestigious Lawn. Students were considered based on both academic and extracurricular achievement as well as meaningful engagement with these activities.

Volunteered in a program that focused on mentoring incoming first year students in the School of Architecture. Focused on aiding in their transition from high school to university and answering any questions they had about architecture education.

Associate member of UVA’s chapter of the Best Buddies Club. Attends events to form connections and friendships with intellectually disabled students and adults in the Charlottesville community.

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TEACHING

HONORS

SKILLS

Charlottesville, VA

Fall 2021

Fall 2020

ARCH 1020 Lessons in Making, Teaching Assistant

Led a group of 11 first year architecture students in their first architecture class of university that focused on understanding the fundamentals of architecture and design. Through seven exercises, students practiced model making, hand drawing, collage techniques, design thinking, and process. I prepared and delivered lessons on space making and experiencing architecture, led in-class working sessions, critiqued and graded student projects, and aided in curating and developing a final exhibition for the course.

Intermediate Honors

2019 - Present

Selected Studio Works (Spring ‘19, Fall ‘19, Spring ‘20, Spring ‘21)

2018 - Present

Dean’s List (Fall ‘18, Spring ‘19, Fall ‘19, Fall ‘21)

Digital

Analog

Rhino (Including V-Ray + Grasshopper) SketchUp + Layout Adobe Creative Suite (Including Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, + Premiere) Bluebeam Revu Lumion Microsoft Office + MacOS

Model Making (Including 3D printing, casting, soldering, laser cutting + woodworking) Hand Drawing (Including drafting + sketching)

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ARCH 4010 Free Library : Free Structure | Fall 2021 | critics: David Leven + Stella Betts

an urban theater for richmond

Tasked with rethinking the typology of the public library for the 21st century, the Free Library : Free Structure studio interrogated the Main Branch of the Richmond Public Library. An Urban Theater for Richmond preserves the existing circulation cores of the library and lifts the library space to create a new civic space on the ground level. This is a critique of the existing library as it consists of massive floor plates with little substance and no interpersonal interaction. The current area of the library is broken down into more human-scaled spaces that traverse the site and are easily cross-ventillated.

The second-level library space inscribes the city block in a new way, creating four courtyards and a new theater space to enliven the library program.

Primary design challenges were to get more visitors into the space and to make the library building more approachable.

The idea of the urban theater highlights the notion of “seeing and being seen”.

The facade becomes a theater for human activity, inviting viewers to participate. We are all actors flowing through the city watching different plays.

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section perspective looking northwest

Fall 2021 | An Urban Theater for Richmond

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final model photos

Fall 2021 | An Urban Theater for Richmond

interior perspective of library corridor

perspective of ground level civic space

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interior perspective of corridor

interior perspective of lobby

PLAN LEVEL 01

interior perspective of circulation desk

exterior perspective of ground level civic space

PLAN BASEMENT Fall 2021 | An Urban Theater for Richmond

PLAN LEVEL 02

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section perspective looking southwest

Fall 2021 | An Urban Theater for Richmond

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ARCH 3020 The New Collective Commons | Spring 2021 | critic: Katie MacDonald

the terrace The Terrace is a new student center at the University of Virginia and is a culmination of programmatic overlap that negotiates the Dell’s steep grade change and activates the site’s flood plain condition by mitigating the movement of people and water. At a rigorous university like UVA, mental and physical wellness tend to take a backseat to academics, arguably due to a shortage of space for these activities to coexist. The collective commons seeks to address this by creating a space where wellness and academics can flow back and forth and both the body and the mind are nourished.

The project is operating in a flood plain that is vulnerable to a changing climate and potential major storm events in the near future.

At the ground level, the existing stream is rerouted to create a series of dynamic floorplates that are currently a landscaped study space but can be flooded in the future.

A field condition of arches that draws its origin from an infrastructural element seen subtly throughout UVA is created, framing space with the ability to imply volumes for rooms.

The manipulation of the arches creates spatial differentiation and hierarchy. Spaces for the nourishment of the body are heavier and are carved from the hillside while spaces for the mind are placed lightly atop of arches in the flood zone.

Overall, the project manifests as a series of opposites: body and mind, heavy and light, dark and bright, interior and exterior, active and inactive; that all flow together in one unit.

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section perspective looking west

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Spring 2021 | The Aqueduct

depth of flooding (in feet)

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1-2

depth of flooding (in feet)

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Dell Site

1 year projected flood risk: 5%

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1-2

depth of flooding (in feet)

2-3

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3+

15 years projected flood risk: 5%

Dell Site

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0.5 - 1

1-2

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Dell Site

30 years projected flood risk: 5%

serial sections looking west

Spring 2021 | The Aqueduct

site plan

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insulated tempered glass mullion fastener termination bar sheet-metal counterflashing

green roofs

concrete curb

planting medium

root barrier drainage layer

filter fabric rigid insulation waterproof membrane insulation moisture barrier

concrete

CRITICAL DETAIL A finished wood flooring

w 12 x 26 wide

concrete floor slab corrugated steel decking insulation

moisture barrier leveling concrete

steel arches en

gravel

drainage pipe reinforced concrete footing

CRITICAL DETAIL B

planting medium

standoff pin

root barrier

glass railing

drainage layer filter fabric rigid insulation waterproof membrane

insulation

moisture barrier

concrete

mullion

storefront glass

finished concrete ceiling panels

CRITICAL DETAIL C

bench

for reflection of southern light

green roof

BUILDING AXONOMETRIC

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concrete slab load transfer bracket

W 12 x 26

mechanical space suspended concrete ceiling panels

reinforcement

concrete retaining wall

B drainage reinforced concrete footing

Spring 2021 | The Aqueduct

WALL SECT scale: 3/8” = 1’

concrete slab w/ exposed form ties

e flange beams

steel reinforcing mesh

ncased in concrete

TION

W 12 x 26 wide flange beams horizontal members; bolted to steel arch

composite steel arch

AXONOMETRIC scale: 3/16” = 1’

C glass railing standoff pins concrete curb mullion

11’

.5” storefront glass

concrete + steel arch

concrete railing (shown see-through)

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ELEVATION scale: 3/8” = 1’

ARCH 3010 Vertical Mobility | Fall 2020 | critic: Charles Menefee

grounds for experimentation LOWER EAST SIDE COMMUNITY LIGHTING SCHOOL —

ex·per·i·men·ta·tion [noun] the action or process of trying out new ideas, methods, or activities

lab·o·ra·to·ry [noun] a space equipped for experiments, research, or educating

Grounds for Experimentation is an electrician trade school in the Lower East Side of New York City with a focus on lighting and lighting design. The project is an intersection of public and educational programming that centers around a series of laboratories or testing grounds that both create different lighting conditions and allow for and encourage the manipulation of light.

A series of laboratory spaces or testing grounds defined by the lighting conditions of the site as well as voids for both horizontal and vertical circulation are placed throughout the project. These spaces allow observance of the interactions between people and light as well as how light defines interactions between people.

New York City is a testing ground itself for light and experience and has endless opportunities for experimentation. Designing a school for this particular trade spurs opportunity for people of all education and income levels to gain skills that can be applied in a vast number of ways in the community. The school creates connections between the surrounding community and professional fields ranging from home improvement and design to stage or production lighting.

Grounds for Experimentation proposes engagement with the surrounding community through a publicly accessible central atrium that acts as an exchange space between students and the community and also functions to circulate light and sound.

In this way, every space of the project serves as a laboratory. Public programmed spaces throughout the project serve as testing grounds for communal interaction and private spaces for the trade school are laboratories with the goal of education and increase of knowledge and skill. Even the childcare center can be seen as a testing ground for human development.

The spaces created with careful attention to light and void highlight the importance of experimentation and create a flexible space for the people of the Lower East Side to gain valuable knowledge and skills.

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section perspective A

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section perspective B

Fall 2020 | Grounds for Experimentation

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study models gravity + light(ness)

Fall 2020 | Grounds for Experimentation

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floor plans

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st.

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beth eliza

site plan the Bowery, New York City

Fall 2020 | Grounds for Experimentation

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Bow

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interior perspective of experimental lighting laboratory

exterior perspective of Bowery Street entrance

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Fall 2020 | Grounds for Experimentation

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interior perspective of collective atrium

ARCH 2020 Elements of Housing | Spring 2020 | critic: Anthony Averbeck

the interlock The Interlock is a collective housing project in the downtown core of Richmond, VA that seeks to address the lack of green space and public recreational space in the city. The idea of the interlock is explored at multiple scales. The project interlocks the public and domestic realms, urbanity and green space, and the built environment with public space.

The housing complex is a hybrid between the bar and tower housing typologies.

The bar is defined by two courtyards and the towers are placed to create the interlocking morphology. The serpentine houses public programs on the first floor followed by two floors of residential units and the towers are composed of office spaces on the bottom levels and co-living units that cantilever over the serpentine. The serpentine itself creates a new elevated ground that is open to the public and gives back needed green space to the city.

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site

mass

courtyards

towers

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floor plan level 02 + 03

Spring 2020 | The Interlock

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transverse section looking southeast

Spring 2020 | The Interlock

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perspective of elevated civic park

aerial perspective of rear courtyard + towers

Spring 2020 | The Interlock

studio unit plan

1-bedroom unit plan A

2-bedroom unit plan

1-bedroom unit plan B

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longitudinal section looking southwest

Spring 2020 | The Interlock

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ARCH 2020 Elements of Housing | Spring 2020 | critic: Anthony Averbeck

the fracture house

The Fracture House is a single-level residence defined by a partition that separates the intimate, semi-collective, and collective spaces. The separate programs of the dwelling are divided by a series of wall typologies, some being physical walls and some being implied based on skylights or windows. The sleeping area, bathroom, and private office are separated from the kitchen, dining, and living area by a winter garden that provides privacy for the occupants as well as interior green space.

cross section looking west

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plan

concrete core

greenhouse wall

skylight + implied continuation

wall typology diagram Spring 2020 | The Interlock

skylight

exterior transparent surfaces

winter garden enclosure

solid surfaces

service core kitchen winter garden entry living space

exploded axonometric

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ARCH 2010 Responsive Space | Fall 2019 | critic: Michael Beaman

artist atelier Artist Atelier is a space of programmatic duality. Situated in an infill site on Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall, a transformative art gallery doubles as a temporary residence for the artist. The geometry of the building highlights the dualities of the simple and the intricate and the intimate and the collective. The accessible space in the center of the building is a complex geometry of stacked rectilinear and cuboid forms that forms both a display space for the artwork as well as an inhabitable space for the artist. The placement of these forms is dictated by the living space required for the inhabitant. All of the rooms and features can be folded or hidden away into the walls in order to create a public space for the display of artwork. The intricate rectilinear forms create masses and voids to place sculptures on or in for display. Artist Atelier is enclosed by a glass and concrete box that creates a simple frame to contrast the complex object within.

urban context | Charlottesville, VA

BEDROOM

STUDIO SPACE

PUBLIC BATHROOM

PRIVATE BATHROOM

KITCHEN / DINING

program diagram

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cross section looking south

isometric in context

Fall 2019 | Responsive Space

residential configuration

art gallery configuration

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e: clb8bd@virginia.edu instagram: @clband.arch