Portfolio 2023-2024 Julia Skoczen

ACADEMIC PORTFOLIO 2023 JULIA SKOCZEN

JULIA SKOCZEN Bachelor of Architecture Student (773) 540 9655 juliaskoczen8@gmail.com Franklin Park, Illinois

ABOUT ME

I am a highly organized and detail-oriented 3rd year design student aspiring to develop my professional presence in architecture. My past experiences in customer service roles encouraged me

to become a warm employee with a knack for picking up new skills. In my courses, I am passionate

about passive design strategies, low architecture, and environmental psychology. Outside of school, my hobbies include drawing, reading, and dancing!

EDUCATION

Iowa State University

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3.92 GPA

Bachelor of Architecture

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Member of American Institute of Architecture Students Iowa

Ames, IA

August 2021 - May 2026

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Awarded Dean’s List for the past 5 semesters.

Thoughtfully engaged in Building Science and Technology,

Environmental and Human Studies, Architectural History, and Studio courses.

East Leyden High School Franklin Park, IL

August 2017 - May 2021

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4.3 GPA

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70+ hours of community service.

RELEVANT DESIGN

Glessner House Museum

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Organized a scavenger hunt in the South Loop through site

EXPERIENCE

Intern

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Utilized Adobe CC programs to design a map for the scaven-

Chicago, Illinois

May 2021 - August 2021

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analysis, research, and creative writing. ger hunt.

Managed communications with my team through emails and Zoom calls.

SKILLS Software

Languages

Strengths

Misc.

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Revit 2023

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Rhino 7

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Autocad 2023 Enscape

Illustrator

Photoshop

Climate Studio

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English Polish

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Confident public speaker

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Organization

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Customer service

Attention to detail

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Lasercutting 3D Printing

01. PRAIRIE HAVEN REST STOP 03 - 20

02. TANIEC ZBOJNICKI RITUAL SPACE 20 - 28

03. COLORWAVE 28 - 40

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PRAIRIE HAVEN REST STOP

FALL 2023 Instructor: Anna Aversing Collaborator: Layne Klose Software: Revit 2023, AutoCAD 2023, Rhino 7, Enscape, Adobe CC

This project is an electric vehicle rest stop located in an endangered prairie remnant just off I-35 South. The project aims to consider environmental site design, social patterns, cultural and community needs, and the future of transpor tation. Our approach was inspired by the utilitarian architecture of Iowa, and we developed a rest stop that was inherently Midwestern in form and program. Other concepts– such as the histor y of gas stations, roadside culture, and iconographic architecture– played an integral role in our design thinking.

Through site analysis, sketches, research, and interactions, we feel that our final design represents a series of themes that characterize the site— modesty, connectivity, pause, and safety.

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Story City

Ames

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SAMPLE OF SITE ANALYSIS

Primary Zoning

Land Use

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Agriculture

GBC (Greenbelt Conservation)

Ag-Dwelling

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

Residential

ZONING ANALYSIS

Commercial

PL ANT COLLECTION AND IDENTIFICATION

Legend: ISU Property

I-35

Biking Trail

Greenbelt Conservation

Secondary Roads

Accessible Walking Trail

100-Year Floodplane

Tertiary Roads

Walking Trail

Water

INFASTRUCTURE AND NATURAL FEATURES

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ITERATIVE SKETCHES

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SITE PL AN

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MASSING DIAGRAM

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PL AN

SECTION 11

3/4” Translucent Concrete Slab

Undercut Anchor

Z-Channel

Mounting Screw

10.5” x 11” Southern Pine Column

CONCRETE PANEL DETAIL SECTION

5/8” Weathering Steel Panels 3.5” XPS Rigid Insulation 5/8” Plywood Sheathing Waterproofing Membrane

Vapor Retarder 6.5” x 15.125” Southern Pine Girder Nominal 2x4 Stud

2.5” x 5” Southern Pine Purlin Aluminum Mullion 10.5” x 11” Southern Pine Column

ROOF CRICKET DETAIL SECTION

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NORTH ELEVATION

SOUTH ELEVATION

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ROOF

GL A ZED ELEMENTS

WEATHERING STEEL AGES ELEGANTLY OVER TIME WHILE ALLUDING TO DECREPIT BARN STRUCTURES IN IOWA.

WALLS

TRANSLUCENT CONCRETE INCREASES VISIBILIT Y AND INTERACTS DYNAMICALLY WITH INTERIOR LIGHTING AT NIGHT.

STRUCTURE

BUILDING FOOTPRINT

SOUTHERN PINE CLT CREATES A WARM ATMOSPHERE THAT REFLECTS THE BEAUT Y OF THE PRAIRIE L ANDSCAPE.

EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC

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TANIEC ZBOJNICKI RITUAL SPACE

SPRING 2023 Instructor: Leila Ammar Software: Rhino 7, Enscape Grasshopper, Adobe CC

Tasked with creating a space that captured the essence of a ritual, I looked to my Polish heritage and designed a structure that represented the Taniec Zbojnicki– a traditional Highlander folk dance from the Goral Mountains in Poland.

The dance functions to honor Polish Goral culture and histor y, bond with the community, and worship the landscape. Originally performed in the mountains or someone’s home, the dance follows ver y symmetrical circular

Taniec Zbójnicki Ritual Design

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and semicircular movements, marked by periods of intense action or rest; I reflected the kinetic aspects of the dance in the space’s form and program in a setting where it traditionally wouldn’t occur. I guided my design

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thinking by synthesizing a Midwestern site with a distinctly different Eastern European practice.

Ritual Context Step 1: Community dresses in traditional clothing

Step 2: Community enters the dancing space

Step 3: Viewers take their place in a circle on the outskirts

Step 4: The ritual dance begins at the call of the harnas.

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Step 5: Dancers move counterclockwise as viewers stomp, clap, and whistle.

Step 6: Dancers move into a semicircle to rest briefly as viewers stomp, clap, and whistle.

Action

Rest

Step 7: When the song ends, dancers leave the center space while singing a new, brief song.

Step 8: A new group of dancers enter the space and the ritual repeats.

Until song ends

Moves during this period include: Energetic walk

Two-step while raising ciupaga

Dramatic leaps

Singing and whistling

Stomping Squatting figures Clacking ciupagas

Harnas Zboj (dancer) Viewer

Site Context

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INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE

EX TERIOR PERSPECTIVE 22

Stomping

Moves during Squatting figures this period include: Energetic walk Clacking ciupagas

Two-step while raising ciupaga

Harnas

Dramatic leaps

Singing and whistling

Zboj (dancer)

Stomping

Site Context

Viewer

Squatting figures

Clacking ciupagas

Harnas Zboj (dancer)

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Viewer

Site Context

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SITE AXONOMETRICS

Site Section and Axonometrics

1/16” = 1’

Plan and Sections

SITE SECTION

Site Section and Axonometrics

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SECTION

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1” Fascia Soffit Nominal 2 x 6 Wood Rafter

Exterior Wood Finish 3/4” Plywood Sheathing

Exterior Wood Finish

3/4” Plywood Sheathing

Nominal 2 x 6 Wood Stud

1/2” Expansion Joint

Nominal 2 x 6 Wood Stud 4” Concrete Foundation

Wood Deck Finish

3/4” Plywood Sheathing

DETAIL SECTION

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COLORWAVE

FALL 2022 Instructor: Nicholas Senske Software: Rhino 7, Grasshopper, Adobe CC

Located on an empty lot in historic Downtown Ames, IA , Color wave is a theoretical carbon fiber structure designed in ultra-saturated color. The form is inspired by retro graphic design trends and tensile structure precedents to create a dynamic and visually-stimulating space.

This project was an exercise in parametric design and graphical representation of conceptual spaces. I used Grasshopper scripts to sample and color each element of the structure. Flip through to see the process of how I designed this inter vention through a series of abstract collages, resulting in a energetic field condition.

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STEP 1

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STEP 2

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1. Sample Colors and Isometric Curves

2. Cage-Edit Rectangular Surface

3. Drape

4. Create Mesh

5. Project Lines onto Draped Surface

6. Copy Lines & Layer Sampled Colors

STEP 3

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FINAL DESIGN

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PL ANS

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(773) 540 9655 juliaskoczen8@gmail.com