Architecture Portfolio
Isabel Sierra
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Plum Island Home
Date : Spring 2024
Site Location : Plum Island, MA
Under Direction : Andrew Sidford Architects
This project involved a sophisticated addition to an existing beachfront home on Plum Island. The design features intricate structural connections between complex forms, demanding a high level of craftsmanship. The addition seamlessly integrates with the existing structure, enhancing the home’s functionality while maintaining its connection to the surrounding coastal environment. The construction set reflects meticulous attention to detail, addressing both the challenges of the site and the client’s desire for a harmonious expansion.
Date : Spring 2024
Site Location : Frenchboro, ME
Colaboration : Matt Hall (Mattworks)
One of the sociological issues hindering the wider adoption of smaller homes is the correlation between home size and social status. What if a Microhome had a presence that emphasized form and experience over square footage and the accumulation of possessions? How do you make a small space feel more expansive? Can 25 sq meters be as good as Thoreau’s cabin in the woods? Inverting the idea of the familiar cabin profile into plan form results in a plan more dynamic with longer sidewalls and knife edges that recede in the striking landscape of Maine. The form draws on coastal imagery of lighthouses, sawmills, paper plants and bridge abutments, making this tiny home feel monumental in stature.
Stitching Seneca Falls
Professor : Terrance Goode
Date : Spring 2022
Site Location : Seneca Falls, NY
Colaboration
Stitching Seneca Falls is a museum to display, protect, and create American Quilts. The design scheme was not only inspired by the construction of the layers of a quilt, but by the compositions of Annie Alber’s prints and textiles. The project is a series of interlocking twin walls in the east-west direction with galleries of space pushing through those walls in the north-south direction. Walking through the walls allows one to experience the layers of a building while viewing the layers of a quilt. The north facade presents flat patchwork concrete while the south facade is patterned with textured concrete, calling to mind the two sides of a quilt. From downtown Seneca, you can see the east facade, which is more transparent in contrast to the north and south sides. This allows people to get a hint of the quilts and experience before slipping off the sidewalk and through the walls.
South Elevation
North Elevation
Long Section A
Short Section A
Short Section B
Quilt Facade Diagram
Gallery Perspective
Atrium Perspective
Gallery Perspective
Fall Street Entrance
Rietveld Schröder House Re-presented
Everson Ribbon Cafe
Palazzo Chiericati Painting
Stereoscopy
Lodge at Brill Island
Chicago Back of the Yards Masterplan
With more on the horizon.
Chapel
Glass House
House for a Rockclimber
London Learning Community
Smart Pods for Vacant Lots
Kimball Light
