Isabela Rasmussen Portfolio 2024 by Isabela Rasmussen

ISABELA RASMUSSEN

WHAT’S INSIDE

URBAN OASIS

SCULPTURE GARDEN

WORKPLACE

CIAR 4400 - Fall 2024

Studio 4

Professor Matthew Stone

Designed for a marketing firm in Chicago’s Fulton Market District, this office provides a bright and warm space to work. The space revolves around the concept of layering planes, creating a flexible work environment and adding a sense of dynamism.

The office features a light-filled interior garden that spans between the two levels of the space. The garden flows through a mezzanine level, creating a meandering path to help workers find pause in their day.

Pops of color are strewn throughout the space in the form of a perforated metal. The levity and transparency of the mesh contrasts with the brick and concrete walls and floor, which are used to connect the office to the industrial neighborhood surrounding it. Oak accents bring in a connection to nature and help to pull the garden’s vitality further into the space.

Revit, Adobe Suite

Reception and Client Display

Parti Diagram

Conceptual Model

Concept Sketches

Axonometric Diagram

Block Diagram 6th Floor 7th Floor

6th Floor Plan

Section 1

7th Floor Plan

Section 2

Detail

COMMUNITY STUDIO

Interior Architecture Studio

DIS Copenhagen - Spring 2024

Professor Tina Midtgaard

What can you do with what you already have?

This project is located in Copenhagen’s Osterbro neighborhood. Once an abandoned train depot, this building now houses a cafe, public ceramics studio, as well as private studios and residences for two artists. The project pays homage to the site’s industrial past, while adding a playful and colorful touch to the space.

The building remains loyal to the original structure through preservation of its major features, such as its arches and trusses. The walls and floors are aligned to these trusses, creating a rhythm that carries visitors throughout the space. The cafe’s facade was inspired by the original large doors; the grandeur of the old doors was preserved and made functional by a set of folding glass panels.

Revit, Adobe Suite

Exterior and Cafe

This studio revolves around transformable spaces. Each barrier serves multiple purposes, drawing people in at one moment and creating a private refuge at the next. The diversity of door and wall types creates a dynamic space that plays with light and material in unique ways. The spaces themselves are also multifunctional; the stairs in the cafe can work both functionally as well as a place to sit, and the alleyway next to the building doubles as a gathering and potential retail space. The wall next to these stairs also doubles as a shelf; books and items for sale can be displayed there, allowing for people to interact with products, while also creating a semitransparent barrier between the cafe and the private studios.

Section 1

Section 2

2nd Floor Plan

The materials used also work to define space. A large swath of brick carries its way from the alleyway into the cafe and factory, pulling visitors in from the street and helping to define the border between public and semi-public once in the building. On the first floor, a similar transition can be found between the private studios and artist residences. To create a division between work and personal life, a small patio was built between the two areas. Each of these zones has a unique floor material---concrete, brick, and wood---to further emphasize this transition.

Section 3

Doors are the primary way spaces are organized. On the exterior, archtop pivot doors extend into the alleyway. This creates nooks for seating and retail, as well as an invitation to passersby. On the other side of the building, large folding doors create a grand entrance to the cafe. The panels are open and light, creating a welcoming and spacious environment. Within the studios and residences, sliding doors move in and out to open up or close down rooms. In the residences, their adaptability allows for the entire aparment to be exposed to the outdoors in warmer months. The panels used in the studios are made of bamboo slats, allowing for ventilation while encouraging interaction with the other artists.

Above: Exploded axon

Left: Floor plans showing how doors affect movement and occupancy

Above: diagram and public process sketches

ARTIST LIVE-WORK

CIAR 3300 - Fall 2023

Studio 3

Dr. Alex Donahue

Designed for Swiss artist David Renggli, this New York home and studio is full of color and whimsy. Like Renggli’s work, the space plays with the concepts of transparency and layering. Throughout the apartment, mesh screens slide and layer to create interesting visual moments, as well as functional divisions between different spaces.

Revit, Adobe Suite

Apartment Foyer

Inspiration

Couch or Cushion

Art Books Supports

Mesh Screen

Paint

Wood Frame

Paint

Canvas

Preparing Mesh

Rest, Research

1st Floor

Axonometrics

2nd and Mezzanine Floors

Space Plans

1st Floor

2nd and Mezzanine Floors

Living Room

Section 2 - Looking Southwest

2nd Floor Plan

Above: Process Sketches

Left: Bedroom, Kitchen, and Studio

URBAN OASIS

CIAR 2225 - Spring 2023

Graphic Communication

Professor Andrea Dietz

An initial 2D grid analysis informed 3D cutouts and impressions in a clay block, which was then translated into a conceptual architectural composition. The resulting urban oasis overflows with flowers and trees, providing a playful yet calm refuge from the busyness of the city around it.

Original Grid Analysis

Layered Grid Analysis

section B

section A

Clay Model

SCULPTURE GARDEN

CIAR 4400 - Fall 2024

Studio 4

Professor Matthew Stone

This project introduced a new pavillion to the Smithsonian National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden. We sought to integrate architectural and landscape forms by carving exhibit space into manmade mounds. Light slots illuminate the interior spaces. When viewed from above, the pattern of skylights is repeated in the slashes of integrated seating.

Group project with Elinor Nott and Ruth Tesfaslasse. Responsible for concept development, handdrawn sketches, physical model, digital model, and renderings.

Rhino, Enscape, Adobe Suite

View from Interior

The design blends seamlessly into the park while still enforcing its own presence. Essential elements of the garden’s design are maintained, such as the direct views to the West Building of the NGA, Hirshhorn Museum, and National Archives. An inner circle, demarcated by metal strip in the gravel and a string of reeds in the ponds, pays homage to the footprint of the original fountain. Benches throughout the park are made of the same material as both NGA buildings: Tennessee Pink Marble.