Isabel Sierra Portfolio 2024

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Selected Work 2024

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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.

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C-Clamp Date Site Location Colaboration

: Spring 2024 : Frenchboro, ME : Matt Hall (Mattworks)

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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.

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Stitching Seneca Falls

Professor Date Site Location Colaboration

: Terrance Goode : Spring 2022 : Seneca Falls, NY : Tyler James

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.

WALLS Structural CMU walls and nonstructural slatted walls

FLOORS Ventilated hollow core planks

MECHANICAL Forced air system

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WALLS Structural CMU walls and nonstructural slatted walls

FLOORS Ventilated hollow core planks

MECHANICAL Forced air system

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North Elevation

South Elevation

East Elevation

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Long Section A

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Short Section A

Short Section B

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16. Solid concrete filler block 17. Neoprene bearing strip 18. Bond beam 19. Precast fiber cement panels 20. Aluminum panel track 21. Air space for electrical 22. Plaster 23. Reinforced concrete block 24. Horizontal reinforcement 25. Grout 26. Vertical reinforcement bar 27. Weather resistant barrier 28. Rigid insulation 29. Air space for ventilation 30. Textured precast concrete panel 31. Cast-in-place concrete wall

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5. Double pane glazing 6. Aluminum frame 7. Precast concrete sill

SKYLIGHT

8. Drain channel 9. Aluminum beams 10. Aluminum square tube 11. Insulated glass

FLOOR

12. Ipe wood flooring 13. Plywood subfloor 14. Concrete topping 15. Ventilated hollow core planks 16. Ipe wood ceiling louvers

WALL

17. Solid concrete filler block 18. Neoprene bearing strip 19. Bond beam 20. Horizontal reinforcement 21. Textured precast concrete panel 22. Air space for electrical 23. Aluminum panel track 24. Plaster 25. Grout 26. Reinforced concrete block 27. Vertical reinforcement bar 28. Weather resistant barrier 29. Rigid insulation 30. Air space for ventilation 31. Precast fiber cement panels

FOUNDATION

32. Finished concrete topping 33. Rigid insulation 34. Strip footing

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Gallery Perspective

Fall Street Entrance

Atrium Perspective

Gallery Perspective

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Everson Ribbon Cafe

Rietveld Schröder House Re-presented

Palazzo Chiericati Painting

Stereoscopy

Chicago Back of the Yards Masterplan Lodge at Brill Island

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London Learning Community

House for a Rockclimber

Glass House

Kimball Light

Chapel

Smart Pods for Vacant Lots

With more on the horizon.