Architecture 301 Portfolio Julia Skoczen

JULIA SKOCZEN ARCHITECTURE 301 PORTFOLIO

In ARCH301, students investigated the role of landscape as a constructed artifact. Projects included a case study, an inhabitable billboard proposal, site analysis, and a rest-stop proposal on a historic prairie. Through these exercises, I better understand how topography, circulation, ecology, and settlement influence architecture.

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CASE STUDY 03 - 08

INHABITABLE BILLBOARD 09 - 16

SITE ANALYSIS 17 - 24

PRAIRIE HAVEN REST STOP 24 - 37

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EXPERIMENTAL HOUSE CASE STUDY In collaboration with Piper Wendling

This case study was on the Experimental House by Alvar Aalto, completed in 1952-1953 following the loss of Aalto’s first wife and renowned architect Aino Aalto. Situated on the coast of Muuratsalo Lake in Finland, the house was strategically integrated into the site with climactic conditions, circulation via boat, and local culture in mind. We found the home’s initial procession by water, atrium construction, and experimental qualities in material and structure to be key elements of the home– setting this construction apart from Aalto’s other works.

This small-scale residential construction gave Aalto the freedom to play with the site through material, plan, section, and massing as he navigated through this period of loss.

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Jyväskylä Defense Corp Building 1926-1929

Experimental House 1934-1936

Baker House Do 1947-1949

Vyborg Municipal Library 1927-1935

Villa Mairea 1938-1939

Teacher’s Unive 1953-1957

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Cross of Plains Church 1958-1960

Rovaniemi Library 1965-1968

Stephanuskirche 1968

Alvar Aalto Museum 1973

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INHABITABLE BILLBOARD Tasked with creating a character that lives in and makes a living off a billboard, I embraced the campiness of the project and designed a dining pop-up shop where customers can sample the burgers of fictional, world-renowned chef Guy Boucher. I researched the American billboard’s history, regulations, and structure and how it can be adapted to create an occupable space. I considered the site when putting the billboard to maximize visibility from the road while minimizing auditory pollution.

This project was also an exercise in graphic design, as I created custom logos and advertisements that took inspiration from food trucks, kitschy art, and American consumerism.

I-35 Inhabitable Billboard Experience Julia Skoczen

Exterior Planes

Zoning Interior Planes

Plan

3/16” = 1’-0”

Mobility

Structural Assembly

Natural Features

Completed Assembly

Climate

Building Footprint

Site Plan

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Section

3/16” = 1’-0” 1/64” = 1’-0”

Exploded Axonometric Analysis

1/300” = 1’-0” 3/32” = 1’-0”

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Plan

Section

3/16” = 1’-0”

3/16” = 1’-0”

Exploded Axonometric

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Elevations 3/16” = 1’-0” 13

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Interior Experience

Advertisement Experimentation

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Interior Experience

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Additional Plant Identification

SITE ANALYSIS

Maple

Our main project was situated near an existing rest stop on I-35. Through photography, sketching, collecting samples, research, and visits to the site, we began to understand the character and historical importance of the site. Key observations from the site include its function as a prairie restoration, the abundance of bike trails near the site that could be connected, the dynamic topography of what is otherwise considered a flat landscape, and how vehicles are parked on site. We started considering how our design can use or adjust these factors.

Here is a sample of our most interesting observations.

Shumard Oak Lamb’s Ear

Black Maple

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Little Bluestem, Big Bluestem, Indiangrass, or Sideoats Grama

Honey Locust Seed Pods

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Zoning

Primary Zoning

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GBC (Greenbelt Conservation)

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Info not readily available, likely some cross between conservation/agriculture

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Land Use

Agriculture Ag-Dwelling Residential Commercial

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Site Analysis Tree Catalog

Eastern Red Cedar

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Scientific Name: Juniperus Virginiana Average Height: 30’-35’ Average Diameter: 1’-2’ Native Location: Eastern US, Canada Fruit: Cone Family: Cupressaceae

Red Maple

Scientific Name: Acer Rubrum Average Height: 60’-90’ Average Diameter: 18”-30” Native Location: Eastern/Central US Fruit: Samaras Family: Sapindaceae

Hackberry

Scientific Name: Celtis Occidentalis Average Height: 40’-60’ Large Diameter: 2’ Native Location: Eastern US Fruit: Hackberries Family: Cannabaceae

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Siberian Elm

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Scientific Name: Ulmus Pumila Average Height: 30’-60’ Large Diameter: 3’ Native Location: Asia Fruit: Samara Family: Ulmaceae Ecological Threat: Envasive

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Scientific Name: Quercus Laevis Average Height: 20’-50’ Largest Diameter: 5’ Native Location: Europe Fruit: Acorn Family: Fagaceae Damage: Bacterial, Xylella fastidiosa

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Eastern Red Cedar

Scientific Name: Juniperus Virginiana Average Height: 30’-35’ Average Diameter: 1’-2’ Native Location: Eastern US, Canada Fruit: Cone Family: Cupressaceae

Pin Oak

Scientific Name: Quercus Palustris Average Height: 70’-90’ Average Diameter: 2’-3’ Native Location: New England Fruit: Acorn Family: Fagales

Shumard Oak

Scientific Name: Quercus Shmardii Average Height: 50’-60’ Average Diameter: 24”-39” Native Location: Atlantic Coastal US Fruit: Acorn Family: Fagaceae

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Black Locust

Scientific Name: Robinia Pseudoacacia Average Height: 70’-80’ Largest Diameter: 47” Native Location: North-Eastern US Fruit: Beans Family: Legumes

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Turkey Oak

Winged Elm

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Scientific Name: Ulmus Alata Average Height: 45’-70’ LargestDiameter: 1’-2’ Native Location: South-East Us Fruit: Samara Family: Ulmaceae

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PRAIRIE HAVEN REST STOP In collaboration with Layne Klose Our project is an electric vehicle rest stop to with the goal to get people outside to experience and learn about the prairie. Aside from what was observed through site visits, three guiding principles inspired the initial iteration of our project.

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Low forms of Iowan architecture– Specifically that of the barn and how they age into decrepit structures. Studying profiles, material use, and aging.

Architecture as iconography– How architects take symbols and construct them into “ducks” to advertise themselves.

Gas stations– How they are efficient or not. How they adapt visually to reflect the communities around them, or oftentimes not. How they represent their brand.

From that, we pulled themes that felt applicable to the site, surrounding communities, and project briefs and applied them visually and programmatically in our design thinking.

These themes are midwestern modesty, connectivity, pause, and safety.

Some of the design moves that emerged from these themes include:

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Adjusting the canopy of gas stations and integrating it with the main building to create a flow from the inside and outside.

Creating an outdoor space for picnic tables and bike docks, which would function as our performance space. Encourage people to take a pause.

A framed view of the prairie to emphasize its horizontal qualities.

The barnhouse motif represented in form and with exposed structure.

Ambient lighting qualities achieved through north-facing windows, overhangs, and transparent materials like fiberoptic concrete.

Macro and Micro Site Plan

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Legend: ISU Property

I-35

Biking Trail

Greenbelt Conservation

Secondary Roads

Accessible Walking Trail

100-Year Floodplane

Tertiary Roads

Walking Trail

Water

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Plan

1’ - 0” = 3/32”

Plan

1’ - 0” = 3/32”

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Structural Grid

1’ - 0” = 3/32”

Massing

Diagrams

Southern Elevation

1’ - 0” = 1/32”

1’ - 0” = 3/32”

1’ - 0” = 3/32”

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1’ - 0” = 3/32”

Exploded Screen Axonometric

Exploded Screen Axonometric

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THANK YOU!

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