First Year Architecture Portfolio

JESSICA CHANG

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY FALL 2020 - SPRING 2021

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1. ART INCUBATOR 2. SECTION ANALYSIS 3. SEAMS 4. CUBE ON CUBE 5. OBJECT TAXONOMIES 6. GEOMETRIC LOGIC 7. FIGURES & NETWORKS 8. TOWER 9. STRUCTURAL MATRICES 10. ANALYTICAL DRAWING 11. ANALYTICAL COMPOSITION 12. PRIMORDIAL PAVILLION 13. VOTING PAVILLION

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ART INCUBATOR

EXCERCISE 7

ARC 108

INDIVIDUAL The design of my building springs from the experiences that one would have in an art incubator. I envisioned an open plan that allowed people to move around and experience the different programs in the building. My approach to this design was very experimental since the beginning with different forms, as seen in my physical model.

In a sense I approached the design in a similar way my artistic and creative process develops, which is very organic and free flowing. With that as my starting point the design developed accordingly based on the necessity for it to then become an actual building with a program. The walls in the art galleries seen in plan were inspired by one of my precedents of study, the Bagsveard Church by Jørn Utzon. The play of light and form in the interior of the church inspired my interior space. Although I wanted to have openness the tectonic horizontal floor plates creates a much needed regularity throughout.

The sequence of my building is mainly public in the middle and private at the top and bottom, seen in the middle diagram. One of the thresholds can be seen in the rendering on the far right, when one comes up from the ramp to the first gallery floor. There is a certain lead up to actually seeing the art which i tried to create with the addition of the ramp. The facade were iteration of my physical model, as I adapted the curves to the control the interior spaces.

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Private Terrace Public

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OFFICE

OFFICE

TERRACE

GALLERY RESTROOM

RESTROOM

RECEPTION

STUDIO

LOBBY

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SECTION ANALYSIS

EXCERCISE 5.1B ARC 108

GROUP/INDIVIDUAL PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Jessica Chang Bagsveard Church, Jorn Utzon

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SEAMS

EXCERCISE 5.2C ARC 108

GROUP/INDIVIDUAL PROJECT DESCRIPTION

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CUBE ON CUBE

EXCERCISE 1.1b STUDIO 107

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OBJECT TAXONOMIES

EXCERCISE 2A ARC 182

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GEOMETRIC LOGIC

EXCERCISE 2B ARC 182

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FIGURES & NETWORKS

EXCERCISE 1B ARC 182

INDIVIDUAL Representing voids and threshold, change of materials and adjoining geometric volumes.

ARC 182: Representation II - Kerner

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1B: Figures & Networks Jessica Chang | Section 2

Drawing #1

EXCERCISE 1.2A

TOWER ARC 107

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Primordial Pavillion

EXCERCISE 4

ARC 107

INDIVIDUAL I explored space through carving irregular stereotomic volumes into a regular volume that corresponds to an established circulation. I identify stereotomics as the primary spatial definition doing so by stereotomically caving into a solid volume.

Throughout my pavillion, hierarchy is established vertically through different heights of carving within and without the pavillion, seen in section A. Based on my analysis of the Vanna Venturi House located in philadelphia, pennsylvania by Robert Venturi, I chose to incorporate irregularity and the contradicting relationships found between the exterior and interior of the house. In my pavillion, the regular circular exterior is implied by dominant stereotomic volumes, seen in the birds eye perspectives. While the interior is defined by irregular carved forms bounded by the exterior seen in section B and my axon. The form is established by three intercepting linear moves that corresponds to the main circulation of the pavillion.

Through these linear moves adjacent spatial relationships are created within the interior, better seen in eye-level perspective 4. After establishing the circulation, I chose to incorporate curvilinear elements to suggest fluidity once inside the pavillion, contrasting with the rigid regularity of the exterior, this can be seen in eye-level perspectives 1 and 2. The chosen materiality is used vertically to emphasize the carvings and unify the movements throughout the structure. The program of the pavillion includes voting areas, restrooms and offices.

However, during the time that it is not used as a voting facility it has multiple purposes and serves as an open space for people in the community.

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STRUCTURAL MATRICES

EXCERCISE 3C ARC 182

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ANALYTICAL DRAWING

EXCERCISE 2C ARC 182

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ANALYTICAL COMPOSITION

STUDIO 181

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FAÇADE

EXCERCISE 6

STUDIO/COURSE#

GROUP/INDIVIDUAL The precedent for this project was SESC Pompeia in São Paulo Brazil by Lina Bo Bardi. As I analyzed and studied the facade of the building I was intrigued with the organization of the openings on the facade. As seen on my diagram at the bottom all the punctures/openings on the facade are not organized in a standard grid. In contrast, as many of you know the very iconic organic shapes punctured on the building’s facade were organized in a very standard gridding. This analysis was the starting point to my design. Although I wanted to incorporate the organic shapes to my design the outcomes did not appeal to me, so i decided to translate those qualities in another way. as the organic shapes were organized linearly and grid-like, I designed an addative staircase on the facade that was also organized in a grid shown on the diagram below. This contrasted with the subtractive elements of the facade as they overlap and interact with each other.

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JESSICA CHANG jmchang@syr.edu

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY FALL 2020 - SPRING 2021