Scranton, PA
(570) 447-5654
mgodell@m.marywood.edu
MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY
September 2014 - May 2019
I am a self motivated and ambitious student with a 5-year B.Arch degree from Marywood University. I enjoy the critical thinking that designing requires and I am continuously looking for ways to apply my design thinking to every step of my projects. I personally think that I am well rounded in both the technical and conceptual sides of architecture, however I also believe that you are never done learning. I would really enjoy any opportunity to continue gaining experience with-in the field of architecture.
The architecture department focuses on students being able to follow through with their design from conception to potential constructibility wile considering all scales of use from human to city integration. Partner work and collaboration is focused on to make sure students can easily be incorporated into an office environment. Relevant classwork includes: structures, environmental systems, LEED, professional practice, art and craft of building, and design build.
Design Studio 10 : Museum Thesis
Russel Roberts & Miguel Salve
Design Studio 09 : AIA COTE Top Ten for Students Competition
Russel Roberts & Miguel Salve
Design Studio 08 : Urban Death Studio
Gabriel Fuentes & Jayasharee Shamanna
Design Studio 07 : Almost City: Micro Urbanization
Gabriel Fuentes & Jayasharee Shamanna
Design Studio 06 : Design Build
Carl Handman
Design Studio 05 : Housing
Patrick Martin
Design Studio 04 : Fishing Retreat/Landscape
James Eckler
Design Studio 03 : Introduction to Urban Scale
Margaret McManus
Photoshop
Illustrator
Indesign
3D Rendering
AutoCAD
Rhino
American Institute of Architecture Students
Vice President 2017-19
Member since 2015
Northeastern QUAD Conference
Mosaic QUAD - Toronto,Canada 2017
REACH QUAD - New York City, New York 2018
Reflex QUAD - Boston, Massachusetts 2019
First Annual Specifier’s Showcase Event
Coordinated and hosted Event consisted of various interior and exterior finish reps.
Local Northeast PA Chapter
Monthly AIA cabinet meetings
Meet to inform local AIA of AIAS activities
Propose requests for additional funding for AIAS events
Annual Northeastern AIA Dinner
Glenmaura Country Club, Scranton, PA - November 2017
Glenmaura Country Club, Scranton, PA - November 2018
Montage Mountain Lodge, Scranton, PA - November 2019
Jersey Shore, New Jersey Chapter
Annual AIA Awards Dinner
Invited by Brian Penschow, AIA (Chapter President)
Breakers on the Ocean, Spring Lake, NJ - June 2018
The theme of this year’s AIA COTE Top Ten for Students competition was Innovation 2030. The program challenged us to submit projects that use a thoroughly integrated approach to architecture, natural systems, and technology to provide architectural solutions that protect and enhance the environment. A set of ten measures were given to provide a framework for considerations during the design process. The competition will then recognize ten exceptional studio projects that seamlessly integrate adaptive, resilient, and strategies for moving towards carbon-neutral operation within their broader design concepts.
SITE
OBJECTIVE PARTNER
Dennings Point, Beacon, New York
Design an aquaponics facility to aid in replenishing and researching the Hudson River’s depleating ecology
Emily Fischetti
SP/RO/UT
Sustainable Production Research Outreach
CONSTRUCTED WETLAND MADE UP OF THREE TIERS (1) EARTHBED (2) MARSH (3) OPEN WATER
EXTERIOR WALL CONSTRUCTION
TANK FLOW & FILTRATION OPERABLE HORIZONTAL GLASS PANELS TO ALLOW FOR VENTILATION OF EXCESS HEAT GAIN
OPERABLE VERTICAL GLASS PANELS TO ALLOW FOR VENTILATION OF EXCESS HEAT GAIN
OPERABLE GLASS LOUVER SYSTEM WITH PV FILM BETWEEN GLAZING TO ALLOW FOR OPTIMAL SOLAR ENERGY GAIN
After numerous site studies, it was clear one of the largest environmental issues facing this specific area is the ecology of the Hudson River. After being polluted by PCB particles from upriver factories, both fish and vegetation populations have greatly declined in health. There are current efforts to dredge the river bed in order to eliminate the bulk of PCBs from the riverbed, however there are not as many efforts to re-build these already damaged ecosystems. The Denning’s Point site is located directly alongside the Hudson River, which immediately drew our program into aiding in this rehabilitation. Through the use of aquaponics, SP.RO.UT. is able to grow and release both fish and native vegetation back into the river ecosystem, while also providing educational opportunities for the surrounding schools and community.
PROGRAM RELATION AND PLACEMENT FACADE MANIPULATION: PROGRAM OPTIMIZATION ROOF PROFILE MANIPULATION: PASSIVE DESIGN STRATEGIES
THERMAL STRATEGIES: WINTER
The facility consists of additional research lab spaces which both local k-12 students and university students are able to utilize in order to conduct studies relating to the Hudson River ecosystem. In addition to students, professional researchers are provided private labs to conduct official studies. This allows students to understand and experience real-time rehabilitation efforts occurring within SP/RO/UT.
Through the use of passive design strategies, the greenhouse is able to provide additional heating and cooling, reducing the amount of energy needed to sustain the buidling.
THERMAL STRATEGIES: SUMMER
FOCUS
Understand how daylighting strategies influenced the design and construction for the memorial. Explore how these strategies were implemented within the project. Analyze Peter Zumthor’s intent behind these strategies and look deeper into his overall architectural style.
Norway
Emily Fischetti, Niah Wilcox, Christen Frankhauser, Kevin Boyle, Hunter Verrastro
Peter Zumthor’s Steilneset Memorial was created as a museum to commemorate a series of witch trials that took place in Norway. The structure is made out of a combination of wood and steel with a canvas shell enclosing the 400’ long gallery. The interior of this canvas cocoon is only lit by 90 windows which are randomly distributed along the corridor, representing the arbitrary death of these innocent people. In order to retain this dim interior environment, at night each window has a single light bulb hanging within to replace the small amount of light previously entering. During the day, The structure itself is meant to exist for only a short time, and so in order to disturb as little land possible, Zumthor designed this tensile framing system to support the gallery space.
FOCUS
Explore the idea of death through different levels of privacy. Mixing the private program of a crematorium with a public research center allowed for many different levels of public and private space to be organized and experienced. In order to begin dividing program up, it was necessary to first determine your own personal stance of death and the degree of private/public spaces that would be needed.
SITE
OBJECTIVE New York City
Design a 30,000 SF crematorium and research center
The scientific study (physical & psychological) of death and the practices associated with it, including the study of the needs of the terminally ill and their families.
The building form was centred around the concept of thanatology. A central glass datum housing most of the research programs intersects two separate forms. One housing the crematorium, anatomy labs, and funeral spaces; the other housing public memorial spaces and a research library. This intersection allows researchers to view different parts of the crematorium process without interrupting those partaking in the process. The form began to explore voyeuristic architecture through the use of overlapping spaces, which is able to provide masked vantage points as a sort of oneway mirror for the researchers to conduct unbiased psychological studies.
FOCUS
Understand small scale product design through the use of digital fabrication. The assignment presents the challenge of creating a surface, that acts fluid such as a fabric would, from the rigid 3D print PLA material.
OBJECTIVE
Design and produce a 3D printed “fabric”
Christen Frankhauser
cm pinched pasta shell cm shell
pinched fin top view loose connection
cm
adjusted pinched fin bottom view
To design this fabric a singular surface was manipulated in Maya to create two different pieces. Using the idea of a receiving and connecting piece, we came up with a three point system, which allowed for the fabric like flexibility when repeated to create a surface. The fin connection pieces prohibit the fabric from being completely flaccid as a regular piece of cotton fabric would be. When bent and played with, the fabric has a quality of tension at these points and retains a curve determined by the angle of the connection fins.
PROMOTE WALK-ABILITY
Raising circulation to the rooftops of building creates a safer pathway for pedestrians touring the area while still providing rooftop access to street level programs.
FOCUS
The township of Tobyhanna commissioned proposals to re-develop the main street of their town in an attempt to promote tourism in the Pocono reigion. They requested that the design center around what they have coined as the “Pennsylvania Experience”, through the implementation of a variety of themed programs. These programs consisted of a PA Beir Garden, PA Wine Library, PA Wiskey Rebellion, PA Farmers Market, and the PA Butcher’s Block.
SITE
OBJECTIVE
PARTNERS
Blakeslee, PA
Re-develop the existing rural town to become more urban
David Truitt, Kelsey Deem, Missy Paulus
The existing main street through Blakeslee was unpopulated and barren, with no safe area for pedestrians to circulate. This lack of pedestrian circulation space was problematic because the main street is a state route with high volumes of traffic. With this in mind, I decided to raise circulation to the rooftops of a more dense plan for downtown businesses. Along this raised path the PA Experience programs would be able to interact on the street level as well as the rooftop.
PA BIER GARDEN (5,000 sq. ft.)
PA BUTCHERS BLOCK (7,500 sq. ft.)
PA WISKEY REBELLION (3,750 sq. ft.)
PA WINE LIBRARY (3,750 sq. ft.)
RESIDENTIAL (2,500 sq. ft.)
PUBLIC GALLERY (5,000sq. ft.)
My parcel of land was the connection from a proposed transportation (Kelsey Deem), community center (David Truitt), and an outdoor public space (Missy Paulus). In order to create the idea of a more urban area, I chose to create dense city blocks that would be
FOCUS SITE OBJECTIVE
Fulfil a school-wide need for additional library space, while also adding program to a currently unused hallway. In doing so, gaining large group, interior design, and construction experience. Throughout the semester project reviews were held with the original architect of the space, Hemlar Camayad, providing additional insight for the space.
Marywood University School of Architecture
Create additional workspace and library space for students within the architecture building
Collaboration of entire studio
After interviewing most of the student body, it was determined that students wanted additional work space and pin-up space. Our school currently has multiple homasote pin-up panels, however those are not eco friendly and require being changed every two years. Because of this, the studio decided that magnetic pin-up spaces would be the best option. In addition to this panels are paired with different sized work tables allowing for various group sizes to use the space.
wall. In order to get the full design to build process, construction document were also created for the shelving units
To gain construction experience by completing a previous class’s design build project. In addition be introduced to the entire design to construction process with a small public seating assignment.
Archibald, PA
Complete construction on previously designed trail head and design additional public seating
Emily Fischetti, Anthony Matsell, Mike Rosado, Jules Silverburg,
The association which commissioned this trail head specified wanting to have small concerts during events. Because of this the seating was designed to be heavy, to deter from theft, and also mobile, so it could be rearranged as needed. The project was constructed using pressure treated plywood which rested on concrete footings.
South Facing
This bench takes advantage of views down the trail and picnic area. It provides a semi-private area for two to three people to sit, out of the path of cirulation.
It will be shaded most of the afternoon, furthering the semi-private condition.
(6’x18”)
Central Benches
The larger of the two benches is centered on the deck, creating a very public condition.
The smaller bench is set closer to the ramp access, however this seems out of place, as it is not the main bench you would expect to encourter after the main acess point.
(6’x18’’)
(4’x18’’)
North Facing Bench
This bench takes advantage of a secondary semi-private seating area. It allows for a one way view condition where the occupant can see people approaching before being seen.
(6’x18”)
Housing can be regarded as the building block of our communities, the rudiment of our cities, and the shelter of our everyday lives. It is possible that housing was the very first building type and it is certainly the most common. Housing can be understood as both a noun (an object, a thing, a place) and a verb (an action, a process, an event). Housing can be seen as both an agent of development, progress, and change, as well as the result, register, and effect of those very same factors.
SITE OBJECTIVE Emily Fischetti
Old Hotel Sterling site in Wilkes-Barre, PA
Design a mixed-use apartment building on a 30,000 SF site
PARTNER
SITE ANALYSIS
Studying the demographics of the Wilkes-Barre area, we were able to find that the site would be best utilized if there a community aspect was incorporated on the commercial level.
Final Iteration (top two)
Second Iteration (bottom right), First Iteration (bottom left)
The form of the building was erected from analyzing walking paths that were already apparent on the empty lot. Seeing that the lot was already used as a cut-through access point to other buildings, we decided to provide landscaped pathways. Not only does this affect the exterior site, it also allowed us to incorporate large atrium spaces within the building. All circulation for the interior hugs these atrium spaces, allowing for a community environment inside the building to develop.
The first floor consists of a commercial level consisting of a freelance community workspace, restaurant/brewery, and bakery space. These programs were chosen after analyzing the demographics in the downtown region of Wilkes-Barre, which showed to be lacking local businesses and community space. In addition to the commercial programs, a large outdoor area was implemented to provide the housing residents a semi-private outdoor space.
Residential apartments are located on the floors above the commercial spaces. For this particular building six different variations of room types accommodates for varying occupancy. The two smaller buildings would preferably house young adult couples and local college students, whereas the larger building would be reserved more-so for families. To aid in trying to bolster community, each floor also has communal lounge spaces for the residents to share.
