Hannah Connolly

CAP FIRST YEAR Por tfolio Hannah Connolly

LETTER OF INTENT I have always been fascinated by how architecture can shape the way people live and feel. I love how spaces can bring people together, create emotions, and tell stories. From how light enters a room to how a well-designed building feels welcoming, I've seen the power of great design. This is why I want to study architecture and turn my passion into a career.

My design philosophy is simple. I believe buildings should be useful, meaningful, and kind to the environment. I want to create spaces that people enjoy and that also help the world. I am especially interested in sustainable design because it can solve problems while protecting the planet. I admire how natural materials, smart designs, and local traditions can come together to make something both beautiful and responsible.

With a degree in architecture, my goal is to design spaces that help people and communities. I want to work on projects like affordable housing and community centers that bring people together and make a difference. I also want to explore how to mix old and new ideas, using technology to respect and celebrate cultural traditions.

This program excites me because it will help me grow my skills, challenge my ideas, and connect me with others who share my love of design. Architecture has the power to change lives, and I want to be part of that change by creating spaces that improve the way we live.

Thank you for considering me for your program.

Hannah Connolly

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Cap 101 -Unit 1 Excersize A - Design & Ordering Principles -Unit 2 Excersize B - Song Diagrams -Unit 2 Excersize B - 3D Design - Sand Waves -Unit 2 Excersize C - Screening Materiality + Translucency -Unit 2 Excersize D - 3D Design - Study Model -Unit 2 Excersize D - 3D Design - Trash Monster

Cap 161 -Workshop 2/ Tone and Texture -Workshop 3/ Diagramming -Workshop 4/ Field sketching -Workshop 8 Paraline Drawing -Auto Biographical Poster

Cap 102 -Project 2 Excersize B - Maps -Project 3 Excersize A - Movement -Project 3 Excersize B - Movement -Project 4 Excersize B - Memorial Model -Project 4 Excersize B - Memorial - Study Model

-Additional Work -Writing sample Connolly 3

Centralized

Radial

Clustered

Grid

Datum

Rhythm Connolly 4

DESIGN & ORDERING PRINCIPLES Unit 1 Excer size A Fall 2025 Section 8 Paul Puzzello

This project was the outcome

T h e s i n g l e i m a ge s t h a t w e re u s e d

o f m e r g i n g a l l o f t h e s i n gl e o r-

f o r t h e p i e c e a re l i s t e d a t t h e

d e r i n g i m a ge s f r o m t h e o r d e r i n g

bottom and some of the varia-

systems and making a new piece

t i o n s u s i n g t h e s m a l l e r s q u a re s

out of it.

a re s h o w n a t t h e t o p.

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3D DESIGN- SONG DIAGRAMS

This

project

was

the

re s u l t

of

listening

to

t h re e s o n g s f r o m

dif-

f e re n t m u s i c g e n re s a n d diagraming what we list e n e d t o. I c h o s e r o c k , funk and jazz.

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3D DESIGN- SAND WAVES

F r o m t h e s o n g d i a g r a m s, I p i c ke d t h e j a z z d i a g r a m a n d c re a t e d a m o d e l f r o m i t c a l l e d s a n d w a v e s. I n m y o w n t i m e I c re a t e d a m o d e l f o r r o c k a s w e l l h e n c e the odd ball drawing at the bottom left.

U n i t 2 E x c e rc i s e B Fall 2024 Section 8 Paul Puzzello Connolly 7

SCREENING MATERIALITY + TRANSLUCENY

U n i t 2 E x c e rc i z e C Fall 2024 Section 8 Paul Puzzello Connolly 8

SCREENING MATERIALITY + TRANSLUCENY

T h i s p r o j e c t re l a t e s t o E x c e r s i z e B w h e re w e h a d t o c re a t e a m o d e l re l a t i n g t o t h e p a s t m o d e l s t h a t w e re d e r i v e d f r o m t h e s o n g d i a g r a m s. I n t h i s c a s e w e h a d to incorporate light.

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3D FINAL DESIGN - STUDY MODEL

F o r t h i s s t u d y m o d e l I c re a t e d a n 8 x 8 x 8 a n d I u s e d s e v e r a l m e d i a s t o c o m p l e t e i t .

T h e g o a l w a s t o c re a t e a p i e c e t h a t w o u l d re f l e c t s e v e r y t h i n g t h e f re s h m e n c a p 1 0 1 students have lear ned.

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3D FINAL DESIGN - STUDY MODEL

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3D FINAL DESIGN - TRASH MONSTER

F o r t h i s f i n a l 1 2 x 1 2 x 1 2 m o d e l I h a d t o t r a n s l a t e m y e x e rc i s e C l i g h t p a n e l w i t h additional depth, light consideration, and volume. This was based of projects that h a v e o c c u re d ov e r t h e s e m e s t e r.

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3D FINAL DESIGN - TRASH MONSTER

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TONE & TEXTURE

I n t h i s d r a w i n g, t h e c l a s s o f 1 6 1 w a s w o r k i n g o n t o n e a n d t e x t u re .

We w e re l e a r n i n g a b o u t t h e d i f f e re n t w a y s t o u s e a p e n c i l f o r s h a d i n g. I n t h i s c a s e w e h a d t o re c re a t e a p i e c e o f t h e “ S t a r r y Night” using one of

the shad-

i n g t o o l s. T h e t o o l s I u s e d w e re c r o s s - h a t c h i n g a n d s t i p p l i n g.

STIPPLING

Wo r k s h o p 2 : To n e a n d Te x t u re Fall 2024 CROSS-HATCHING

Section 8 Paul Puzzello Connolly 14

DIAGRAMMING

Wo r k s h o p 3 : D i a g r a m m i n g Fall 2024 Section 8 Paul Puzzello Connolly 15

FIELD SKETCHING

Wo r k s h o p 4 : F i e l d S ke t c h i n g Fall 2024 Section 8 Paul Puzzello Connolly 16

PA R A L I N E D R A W I N G S

Wo r k s h o p 8 : P a r a l i n e D r a w i n g s Fall 2024 Section 8 Paul Puzzello Connolly 17

AUTOBIOGRAPHAL POSTER

A u t o b i o g r a p h i c a l Po s t e r Fall 2024 Section 8 Paul Puzzello Connolly 18

MAPPING

For this project my section had a site pic ked out for us and with this site we were to induvidually pick a spot and had to crea te a site anal ysis based on w here we pic ked.

This project was aiming to teach us how to understand the concept of site anaylis and how it is needed.

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MAPPING Excercise A

Top:

This project was the outcome of merging all of the single ordering images from the ordering systems and making a new piece out of it.

This project is related to the induviual site analysis. In our groups we had to learn how to work together and do an i n ve t o r y m a p. I h a d t o l e a r n h ow t o m a r k s t re e t s a n d c o l o r code the different areas.

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MOVEMENT

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MOVEMENT

For this project we had to use

a

video

of

someone

moving and create several drawings of the movement.

This is shown in the

pre-

vious slide. When finished we had to use it to create a model and make drawings o f t h e m o v e m e n t s t u d y.

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MEMORIAL MODEL

Centralized

Clustered

For this final project I used my theme “The Great Depression”. With this topic I pic ked the memorial ne xt to Nor th Dining and used tha t for my memorial site. Then I had to create a site model with a large ver sion of the miniture models and make one a t large porpor tion.

F i n a l l y, I c r e a t e d d r a w i n g s .

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MEMORIAL MODEL

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MEMORIAL - STUDY MODELS

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ADDITIONAL WORK

Diagram of Chosen Landscape Fall 2024 Land scape Ta y l o r M e t z Connolly 26

ADDITIONAL WORK

D r a w i n g o f O u t s i d e S t u d e b a ke r Fall 2024 Land scape Ta y l o r M e t z Connolly 27

WRITING SAMPLE A m e r i c a n l a n d s c a p e a rc h i t e c t F re d r i c k L a w O l m s t e a d m a d e a m a r k i n A m e r i c a n h i s t o r y, a n d h i s n a m e h a s b e e n re spected as the father of American LA ever since. He des i g n e d c i t y p a r k s, u n i v e r s i t y c a m p u s e s, o p e n u r b a n s p a c e s, t r a f fi c p a t t e r n s, s u b d i v i s i o n s, a n d p r i v a t e e s t a t e s. H e w a s a p h e n o m e n a l l a n d s c a p e a rc h i t e c t b e c a u s e o f h i s h i s t o r y a n d w h a t h e h a s b e e n t h r o u g h . B e f o re b e c o m i n g a n L A , h e h a d n o f o r m e r t r a i n i n g bu t h i s p a s t e x p e r i e n c e s s u c h a s b e i n g a f a r m e r, e n g i n e e r, w r i t e r, a n d s a n i t a r y c o m m i s s i o n e r a m p l i f i e d h i s c re a t i v i t y.

T h e m o s t s i g n i fi c a n t p a r t o f C e n t r a l P a r k ’s c re a t i o n i s t h e s t o r y t h a t l e d t o i t s c o n s t r u c t i o n , w h o bu i l t i t , a n d i t s p u r p o s e . B e f o re i t w a s C e n t r a l P a r k i t w a s a l a r ge p i e c e o f l a n d t h a t s m e l l e d a n d l o o ke d u n i n v i t i n g. E v e n t u a l l y, a s N e w Yo r k e x p a n d e d , a b i g p u bl i c p a r k w a s n e e d e d . S o a competition was announced to determine the layout of the p a r k . S o o n e r o r l a t e r, O l m s t e a d a n d h i s p a r t n e r Va u x w o n .

T h e i r l a y o u t w a s c a l l e d t h e G re e n s w a r d p l a n . L a t e r o n , construction star ted and it consisted of many beautiful t h i n g s. T h e m a i n go a l o f C e n t r a l P a r k w a s t o c re a t e a s e n s e o f “ d e m o c r a c y ” . T h e go a l w a s t o b r i n g e v e r y o n e t o ge t h e r, re g a r d l e s s o f s o c i a l c l a s s o r w h a t t h e y l o o ke d l i ke . I t p r o m o t e d s o c i a l i n t e g r a t i o n . A s a re s u l t , m a n y p e o p l e c a m e t o g e t h e r, h e n c e w h y i t w a s s o s u c c e s s f u l .

Wr i t i n g S a m p l e Olmstead Paper Fall 2024 Land scape Ta y l o r M e t z Connolly 28

F re d e r i c k L a w O l m s t e d ’s u p b r i n g i n g a n d p e r s p e c t i v e s w e re s i g n i fi c a n t l y s h a p e d by h i s f a t h e r, i n f l u e n c i n g h i s e t h i c s, t h e o r i e s, d e s i g n p r i n c i p l e s, a n d h i s c o m m i t m e n t t o d e s i g n i n g p l a c e s t h a t w e re a c c e s s i bl e t o e v e r y o n e , i r re s p e c t i v e of their background. According to Olmstead, he wanted t o b u i l d s p a c e s t h a t w e re a v a i l a bl e t o a l l p e o p l e , re g a r d l e s s o f w h o t h e y w e re . H e a l s o e m p h a s i z e d t h e u s e o f t h e n a t u r a l e n v i r o n m e n t i t s e l f t o c re a t e b e a u t i f u l a n d s e re n e s p a c e s. O l m s t e a d w a s i n t e re s t e d i n c u r v i l i n e a r p a t h s, o p e n m e a d o w s, a n d v a r i e d t o p o g r a p h y t o m i m i c n a t u r a l s e t t i n g s.

His designs also allowed for long-term maintenance. In t h i s w a y, f u t u re ge n e r a t i o n s w i l l b e a bl e t o e n j o y h i s p a r k s.

O l m s t e a d s d e s i g n s w e re t o s t a y t r u e t o t h e c h a r a c t e r o f t h e e n v i r o n m e n t a n d i t s s u r r o u n d i n g.

T h e re w a s a t i m e i n m y l i f e w h e n I v i s i t e d C e n t r a l P a r k .

M o s t o f m y f a m i l y o n m y f a t h e r ’s s i d e l i v e / o r a re f r o m N e w Yo r k . S o, m y p a re n t s t o o k m e t h e re t o e x p e r i e n c e i t f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e o n s p r i n g b re a k . W h e n I v i s i t e d C e n t r a l P a r k , I re m e m b e r t h a t i t re f l e c t e d s o m e o f O l m s t e a d ’s e t h i c s, d e s i g n p r i n c i p l e s, a n d t h e o r i e s.

I t h a d b e a u t y, a n d m a n y p e o p l e

w e re v i e w i n g t h e a re a w h i c h m e a n t i t b r o u g h t c o m m u n i t y.

It had long-term maintenance and I know this because of the histor y behind Central Park. Throughout my life, my p a re n t s w e re a l w a y s b i g o n s e e i n g a r t , p a r k s, a n d m u s e u m s. E v e r y p l a c e I h a v e v i s i t e d h a s s h o w c a s e d O l m s t e a d ’s t h e o r i e s a n d p r i n c i p l e s. T h e re h a s n o t b e e n a p l a c e t h a t I h a v e b e e n t o b e s i d e s re s t a u r a n t s o r i n s i d e o u t i n g s t h a t h a v e n ’ t re f l e c t e d O l m s t e a d ’s t h e o r i e s a n d p r i n c i p l e s.

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