Passyunk Gateway Spring

2021

Professor: Simon Tickell

The Passyunk Gateway Apartments center around the idea of a stitch. The Building Stitches the East and West halves of the Master Plan together, as well as an empty gap along Passyunk Avenue. The Core & Shell Type building contains retail and restaurant spaces on the ground level, as well as 63 Apartment Units above. The facade of the building celebrates its location in an Italian American Neighborhood via its adoption of Italianate Architectural elements. Lastly, the Facade is broken up into bays which both reflect the structural grid, and help break up the large building into smaller units at the scale of the surrounding neighborhood.

Ground Level

Upper Level

Section/ Elevation

Rowhouse

Fall 2018

Professor: Jacklynn Niemiec

The Rowhouse project is designed for an empty lot on Christian Street in Southwest Philadelphia. The Final Building reflects the surrounding neighborhood not only in terms of scale and materiality, but also by being a loose playful, and original interpretation of the surrounding styles. The interior of the building is centered around 2 atrium like spaces: an entry and family gathering space, as well as a 2 storey dining room at the bottom of a skylight (which the stairwell wraps around).

Interior Vignette

Exterior Vignette