Design 4 Portfolio

KAYLA VITABILE

BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE

Ivano D’Angella

Design 4 ARCH 214

SPRING 2024

1 2

A MEMORIAL

DEATH OF PLAY TO THE JUXTAPOSITION, ASCENSION, & THRESHOLD

3

4

FIRMITAS: BEACON / BECKON MATERIAL, MAKING, MEANING, MOMENT

5 MATERIAL, LIGHT, SHADOW, & DETAIL

CONTENTS

THE MEMORIAL 1

INSPIRED BY THE THEME, MEMORIAL TO THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PLAY, I CHOSE TO BRING TO LIFE THE ICONIC CHILDHOOD BOARD GAME OF CHUTES AND LADDERS. MY GOAL WAS TO TRANSPORT ADULTS AND VARIOUS GENERATIONS TO A TIME WHEN BOUNDLESS IMAGINATION REIGNED SUPREME. THIS PROJECT SERVES AS A VIBRANT SPACE WHERE INDIVIDUALS CAN REENACT THE CAREFREE DAYS OF THEIR YOUTH AND REVIVE THE SPIRIT OF PLAY. PICTURE A SPACE THAT MIRRORS THE DELIGHTFUL CHAOS OF THE ACTUAL BOARD GAME; SLIGHTLY DISORIENTING AT FIRST GLANCE WHERE CHUTES AND LADDERS INTERSECT IN UNEXPECTED WAYS. THE CHUTES THEMSELVES TRANSCENDING BOTH SUBTERRANEAN LEVELS AND THE SKY, CREATING AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE THAT ECHOES THE PLAYFUL UNPREDICTABILITY OF THE BELOVED GAME.

INTERTWINED

DISORIENTING

SUBTERRANEAN

INITIAL SKETCH

JUXTAPOSITION... 2

THIS ARBORETUM STANDS AS A TESTAMENT TO GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVITY, SHOWCASING A RICH VARIETY OF FLORA FROM EACH OF THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM THE GENTLE EROSION OF WATER, ITS DESIGN FEATURES SMOOTH SURFACES THAT TAKE VISITORS ON AN ARDUOUS JOURNEY OF VARYING SLOPES AND SENSUAL EXPERIENCES. A PROFOUND COMMITMENT TO PRESERVING NATURE'S DELICATE BALANCE IS EVIDENT AND INTENTIONAL WITHIN THE DESIGN, ALLOWING FOR OBSERVATION OF THE GARDEN WHILE EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF RESPECTING AND PROTECTING OUR NATURAL WORLD.

COMBINED DIAGRAMS IN A SECTION

NEVER-ENDING

EROSION

SENSUAL

DIRECTIONAL

EXIT VS ENTRANCE

JUXTAPOSITION COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF RETAINING WALL MORE ENCLOSING ENCLOSED SEPARATED ELEVATED

HIDDEN

FIRMITAS

THE ILLUMINATION TOWER ANALYZES LIGHT BY DECONSTRUCTING IT INTO FOUR MAIN CATEGORIES, CONTRAST, INFILTRATION, COLOR, AND REFLECTION, EACH ANALYZED SEPARATELY AS YOU ASCEND THROUGH THE TOWER. THE TOWER FOCUSES ON HIERARCHY THROUGH THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT IN THE SPACE, EXPANSION OF THE SPACES, THE ROTATION/OVERLAP OF EACH CUBE, AND INTEGRATION INTO THE LAND.

ASCENSION USING LADDERS

HIERARCHY OF LIGHT

STRUCTURAL SYSTEM: CENTRAL AXIS W/ BRANCHES

TYPE OF LIGHT EXPERIENCE

3

REFLECTION COLOR INFILTRATION CONTRAST

SITE PLAN 0 32 16’ 4 8 OPEN TO BELOW 1ST FLOOR PLAN 2ND FLOOR PLAN OPEN TO BELOW 3RD FLOOR PLAN 0’ 4’ 2’ 1’ OPEN TO BELOW 4TH FLOOR PLAN 0’ 4’ 2’ 1’ 0’ 4’ 2’ 1’ 0’ 4’ 2’ 1’ 0 10 8 4 SITE SECTION C 0 10 8 4’ SITE SECTION A

THE 4 M’S

N THE EVOLUTION OF EMOTIONS, ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES IMBUE A SENSE OF CALM AS VISITORS ARE DIRECTED THROUGH A GARDEN AND MET AT A SPACE THAT EMBODIES A SUBTLE AMBIANCE OF LONGING. ONCE VENTURING THROUGH, VISITORS WILL THEN ENCOUNTER A WINDING PATH DESIGNED TO SPARK CURIOSITY AND WONDER, ENCOURAGING EXPLORATION. EVENTUALLY THEY ARE MET AT THE SANCTUARY, A SERIES OF PROJECTING PETALS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE A SENSE OF TRANQUILITY, AND TO PROVIDE A SETTING FOR REFLECTION AND COMMUNAL INTERACTION.

INITIAL ENTRANCE DESIGN

WONDER CIRCULATION

4

SKETCH BATHROOM SKETCH INITIAL PLAN DIAGRAM

LOBBY

NORTH EAST ELEVATION

0 16’ 8 4 32 SITE PLAN 0 8’ 4 2’ 12’ SITE SECTION: SANCTUARY CONCRETE WOOD GINKGO LEAF SHAPE OF PETAL

0 4 12 2 8'

SHIST GRASS SITE SECTION: LONGING 0 16 8 4 32

WISSAHICKON

5 MATERIAL, LIGHT...

FOR THIS PROJECT, IT BUILD SON THE DESIGN AND DECISIONS MADE IN THE PREVIOUS PROJECT IN A MORE DETAILED STUDY. THE GOAL WAS TO DEVELOP A MORE DETAILED SECTION OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AREA OF THE DESIGN AND EXPLORE ITS BUILDING ENVELOPE AT A LARGER SCALE.