Fionna Schoener 2022 Design Portfolio

THE PORTFOLIO OF FIONNA SCHOENER

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER

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FIONNA SCHOENER ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER Education Pennsylvania State University- Class of 2021 Bachelor of Architecture Architectural History Minor Severna Park High School- Class of 2016

Professional Experience

Revit Rhino Autocad

Ballinger- Architectural Designer I, June 2021- current OTJ Architects- Architecture Intern, Summer 2018, 2019

Adobe InDesign

Awards

Adobe Illustrator

Premio Piranesi Design Competition- Team Leader of the 1st place award recipients.The team recieved scholarships for a graduate program.

Rock Ethics Award Nominee- Nominated by faculty for the Rock Ethics award for involvement in the Sankofa Village community project- 2021.

Nancy Aber Goshow and F. Eric Goshow Sustainable Building Design Award Candidate- for outstanding building design. 2021

Hand Drawing

Volunteer Experience and Community Involvement

Contact Information

AIAS Member- Board Member for AIAS for Sankofa- Raised $5,000 for a community garden project in Pittsburgh P.A. Panelist for the Student Sustainability Talk 3.0, A Permaculture Perspective- An IE Univeristy (Madrid) student initiative, hosting students from Penn State University, Auburn University, and University of Oregon.

Pennsylvania State Club Equestrian Team- Member Fall, 2018- Spring, 2021 Winter Relief Youth Leader- Winter Relief provides shelter, meals and assistance for people experiencing homelessness. Involvement was organized through Woods Presbyterian Church 2013-2016.

Woods Work Committee Member- Woods Work is a Youth Led Mission Trip that partners with Habitat for Humanity and provides an opportunity for high school students to build homes.

The Committee plans and organizes the trip throughout the year for 100+ youth and adults.

Attendee- 2013-2016 Committee Member 2015-2016

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Skills

Adobe Photoshop

Model Making

Email: Fionnaschoener@gmail.com Phone: 443-995-3359 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ fionna-schoener/

Table of Contents

Resume............................................................................................................................2 DesignPhilly, Design Charrette Installation Ballinger, Junior Design Team......................................................................................5-7 Vertical Urbanism, Cleveland Development Fifth Year, Interdisciplinary Studio, Group Design......................................................9-15 Sankofa Village Community Garden in Pittsburgh Fourth Year, Studio Project........................................................................................17-23 Childhood Education Center in North Philadelphia Third Year, Studio Project..........................................................................................25-31 Premio Piranesi Competition Fourth Year, Two Week Competition in Rome, Italy..................................................33-37

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DesignPhilly, Installation for Brickworks

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DesignPhiladelphia, Installation for Brickworks Project Description: DesignPhiladelphia (DesignPhilly) is an annual design charrette in Philadelphia. This festival provides a hub for installations and exhibits of high quality products. In 2021, Brickworks, a brick manufacturer, asked Ballinger to design an exibit to showcase their products while highlighting the sustainable features of the material and it’s importance in Philadelphia culture.

Design Team: Junior level designers were asked to work on this project with the guidance of two senior architects. This project was primarily unpaid volunteer hours.

Design: Our team chose a module based design to represent the city of Phildelphia at a scale that event guests could interact with intimately. Each module showcased a different Brickworks product and a variety of coursing options as well as greenery. Plaques and information around the instalation highlighted the sustainable aspects of brick as a building material. Constructability was of particular concern for this design. The masons were provided 2 days to complete this design.

Personal Design sketches (right) Early design sketches showing the intent for event guests to interact with the instalation and get familar with the products as well as how greenery may be used in the space.

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Completed design located at the Cherry Street Pier in Philadelphia.

Photography credit: Kees2life

Plan

South Elevation (1), West Elevation (2)

Photography credit: Kees2life 7

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Vertical Urbanism, Cleveland Development

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Vertical Urbanism, Cleveland Development Studio Description: This interdisciplinary Architecture and Landscape Architecture design studio analyzes urban density as a key factor for a sustainable future. The interdisciplinary group project was tasked with mixed use large scale development in Cleveland. The group chose to focus on providing usable green space to the local community.

Site Description and Project Objective: The development site is located on 2 blocks of Cleveland property just south of Playhouse square and adjacent to Erie Street Cemetery to the West and The Wolstein Center to the East.

The program included a Hotel, Apartment Complex, Office space, Parking, Performing Arts High School, Retail space, a performance area and other smaller program items. This team focused on creating usable green spaces for the public.

Master Planning Conceptual Diagram: The series of diagrams below show how program was initially placed with the primary goal of creating usable green space.

Considerations are noted below each image

Tower placed on North end to keep shadows off site.

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Program heavy loaded on North and East sides to open up plaza in center of Site.

Existing site, Cleveland, Pennsylvania

Developed Site Plan

Enclosed program is balanced with usable green space (outdoor performance space) NW corner is lifted for visual connection with Playhouse Square.

Plaza space forges connection with Erie Cemetery public green space.

Programatic Perspective

Breaks in building correlate with heights of surrounding buildings in the area.

Diagram shows how grean spaces were considered functioning throughout the site.

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Perspective from Cemetery, West of Site

Overall Site Perspective

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Performance Space Perspective

Street Perspective, 18th St.

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Residential Unit Design Variety of Unit Types: Residential unit design was a special focus of this design. The apartment tower serves a wide range of Cleveland residents.

The units vary in size and layout to serve students of the nearby Cleveland State University, families, wealthy residents in luxury units and more.

Designing for the Pandemic After the experience of the pandemic, the importance of well designed living spaces are accutely felt. The residential tower is mass timber construction- which was selected for its environmental impact and effect on tenant health. Every apartment has a minimum of a ten x four foot balcony and large operable windows in every bedroom and living space.

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The apartment tower is broken up into three sections, separated by levels of usable green space. The plan below shows the top section of the tower, highlighted above.

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Floor Plan, Level 40

Sectional Perspective 14

Interior Perspective- Residential Unit

Studio Apartment: (Shown on page 10- A) 4’ x 10’ balcony Full Kitchen Master Bathroom Living space King size bed space Storage Closet

Standard Three Bedroom Apartment: (Shown on page 10- B) The Standard Three Bedroom apartment has the basic elements of the studio, two full bathrooms, one attached to the master bedroom and a dining area. It is designed to serve a family or university students.

Luxury Three Bedroom Apartment: (Shown on page 10- C) The Luxury Three Bedroom apartment includes all elements of the Standard Three Bedroom apartment with the addition of a secondary living space, a larger dining area, more storage, larger restrooms, and a 6’ by 10’ apartment instead of 4’ x 10’.

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Sankofa Village Community Garden, Pittsburgh, PA

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Sankofa Community Center and Gardens, Pittsburgh, PA Site Description and Project Objective: The Community Center and Gardens project is located in an impoverished community in Pittsburgh facing gentrification. This community does not hace local grocery stores or access to fresh foods. The community center and garden is designed to bring together commuity members and lift up the community without pushing out members through gentrification. It also takes into account energy saving and green design techniques that influence the form and materiality of the design.

“Monkey Wrench”- Single block variation- Patty Ann Williams, 1955

Quilting of the Community: This design was inspired by quilting, specifically Gees Bend Quilts. An African American female quilting group based in Alabama with roots back to slavery. The pattern of quilting inspired the multidirectional axis and overlapping spacial relationships of the building and site. The axis and consequential module is based on the existing pattern of the community and the optimal relationship with the sun for daylighting purposes.

Site Plan (Oriented North) 18

Perspective 1- Approach to entry.

Perspective 2- Exterior view of rainwater collection pond and Libray/Green House.

Perspective 3- View from garden beds in South East corner.

Perspective 4- South East corner view showing Maker Space, exterior work space and garden beds.

Site Perspectives

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Solar panels

Pitched roof designed to mirror residential homes on surrounding sight.

Timber construction

Building program includes classrooms, maker space, administration, library, green houses, multi purpose space, cafeteria and more.

Landscape design used to organize space and incorporate building into quilt-like design.

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Plumbing located in basement.

Water Collection, HVAC, and Plumbing Rain water is collected from the pitched rooves, directed through storm drains- hidden behind timber columns, into a pipe leading to the rainwater collection pond. The rainwater collection pind contains koi and lillies- natural water filtration.

The air intake for HVAC, furnace, and water heater connect to the outside through vertical chase.

The wet wall contains the water pipes and return for the kitched and shop needs in the Maker Space.

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Sun Path- Windows face south for optimal daylighting Highlighted BuildingsPitched rooves of community center imitate the rooves of the surrounding residences.

Commercial buildings east and west of the building influenced the height transition of the community center due to the change in zoning on either side.

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North Philadelphia Childhood Education Center

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North Philadelphia Childhood Education Center Site Description and Project Objective: The Childhood Education Center serves an impoverished community bordering Temple University. The site is relatively flat and the adjacent street has heavy traffic. There are significant safety concerns in the area.

Safety and Play: This design highlights the importance of movement and outdoor play for children while acknowledging the safety concerns associated with the site. The building includes protected outdoor play spaces as well as a full circuit of grass area to walk, run, and play. Additionally, there is an open play area with large windows and skylights to allow an area for play and movement with an outdoor feel when weather does not permit outdoor play.

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Plans: Between the classrooms you can see the open play space for indoor use. The teal green space shows the circuit for walking, running, and play. The light green spaces show areas for outdoor play and organized activity.

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Digital Model: Exterior and Interior Perspectives

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Physical Model Photos

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Digital Model: Sectional Perspective

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Premio Piranesi Competition

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Premio Piranesi Competition: Park and Spa at Hadrian’s Villa Site Description and Project Objective: The Premio Piranesi competition was a group design competition lasting two weeks at the start of our semester abroad in Rome. It proposed a park and a spa to compliment Hadrian’s Villa and stimulate tourism. I was the group leader on a team of six students. My focus was primarily on designs for the park and large scale planning.

Experiencing the Villa: After visiting Hadrian’s Villa, my team members and I were inspired. However, we noticed that while there are many opportunities to view features of the villa, visitors could benefit from an immersive experience for all of the senses.

Many of the designs in the park aim to create a similar physical experience for visitors in our park and spa, as they might have experinced at Hadrian’s Villa when it was active.

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Broad View Plan of Park with Access to the Spa

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Detail Plans Public Park: The main park requires ticketing, however outside of that there is a small park to server the local community and attract visitors to the park and spa. The park includes terraces for planting and vegitation, gardens, a jogging/walking loop, jungle gyms and other program selected to serve the community.

Northeast Region: The northeast region includes a pond for small peddle boats with an island, as well as a “floating garden”, rendered on the following page. The island with the encompassing pond mimics the experience Hadrian might have had on his personal island at the villa, with a surrounding moat. The island will give a user a similar feeling of privacy and escape. The floating garden is inspired by the dining areas at Hadrian’s Villa. These dining areas, now dry, were once surrounded by water for its cooling properties, as well as for privacy.

Central Processional Region: The central processional region includes a processional walkway- rendered on the following page. It is inspired by the long walkways at Hadrian’s Villa. The processional’s use of stone arches emulates the materials and the primary forms of Hadrian’s Villa. The private walkway, also in this region, has adjacent flowing water and vegitation. Water is an important element in Hadrian’s Villa and likewise is a consistent feature of the park and spa.

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Floating Garden, rendered by team member

Processional Walkway, rendered by team memeber

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