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MOLLY O’CONNOR

2020-2023 portfolio

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GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER

This design is for an arts, architecture, and technology building for Glendale Community College. I believe that accessibility to all materials and class is one of the most important things about a college or school in general.

One of the ways the building addresses the site is the openings throughout the building. There are four total, three on the first floor, one on the second. The concept behind this was to have people trickle into the building depending on what class they needed to go to. All facing south, they accommodate students who will mainly be coming from the south side of campus. This angled opening is seen again as the roof. These sawtooth skylights face true north, so a soft light enters the different studio rooms. These angled roofs almost mimic the nature of the surrounding topography and slopes.

The program for this building consists of studio rooms for the arts, architecture, engineering, and technology students. In addition, it has its supplemental workshop rooms such as a woodshop or metal shop, as well as seminar rooms for lecture style classes.

This comes out to be a formal, non hierarchical building, as seen from the outside patterning reflecting onto the inside. However, the subtle shifts and spaces created in the inbetween space make the mostly formal building a warm, inviting environment.

Figure 1: Model Photo of Arts and Technology Building

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2023 Coalition for Adequate School Housing Student Design 2nd Place Award Winner

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Figure 2a, 2b, 2c: Ground Floor Plan, Second Floor Plan, Third Floor Plan

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Figure 3a, 3b: Section A, Section

Figure 4: Perspective Render 7

REINVENTING LIVE/WORK: HOXTON HOTEL PRESERVATION

Figure 5: Axonometric Render

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Group Project with Naz Ismael, Gabriella Murguia, and Molly O’Connor

This design is for a live work apartment proposal. With three floors of retail, three floors of offces,andtherestrestbeingapartmenttliveworkunits.

With a live work unit, one can have a loft style apartment that completely separates the living and working areas of an apartment, without having to leave the building. In addition to the live work lofts are one bedroom apartment units.

The bottom three floors are arranged in a modular fashion, in which organic blocks sit on top of eachother, creating terraces and balconies in unusual ways. This curvature from the retail floors continue on to the apartment units, which create lounge areas and spaces for the residents.

In terms of connection with the Hoxton, the alley which was once in between the Hoxton and the site has transformed into a pathway for residents, as well as increased outdoor seating.

Figure 6a, 6b: Section A, Section B 9

FLOOR PLANS = 1”

2ND LEVEL 3RD DAYCARE JUICE BAR CAFE GYM RESTAURANT RESTAURANT CAFE LOBBY LOBBY COFFEE BAR CLOTHING STORE UP DN UP DN PLAYGROUND Figure 7: Ground Floor Plan 10

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15/21 Floor

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8a, 8b, 8c, 8d, 8e, 8f, 8g, 8h, 8i:

3rd Floor Plan,

Floor Plan,

Floor Plan, 8-12 Floor Plan,

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Floor Plan, 19/25 Floor Plan, 18/24 Floor

MULTI USE HOUSING UNITS: HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA

This housing unit is designed for adults and young adults starting and in the middle of their careers. It has 15 Studios and 18 One Bedrooms, as well as 8 Two Bedrooms and 4 Townhouses. The two bedrooms and townhouses are to be used by roommates, not particularly famlilies. On the first floor is a cafe, restaurant, gym, as well as retail space. The layout is one ring on the first residential floor, and then a larger stacked tower on the south side contaning the majority of the units. This layout allows for a large courtyard on the first floor, a roof garden, and an interior atrium with communal spaces, where one can walk over to the large windows overlooking the view. The facade is made of thin horizontal stripes of wood.

Figure 9: Perspective Rendering 12

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Figure 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d: Section A, Section B, Elevation A, Elevation

B A 5’ 10’ 25’ 2ND FLOOR 1/8” = 1’

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Figure 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e: Ground Floor Plan, Underground Floor Plan,

Floor Plan, 3rd Floor Plan, 4th Floor

WOODEN FLUTED PANELS VERTICAL SUPPORTS TYVEK 1/2” PLYWOOD METAL RAILING GLASS WOOD PLANKS INSULATION WATERPROOFING 2X6” JOIST FLOOR FINISH BATT INSULATION 2X12” JOISTS 2X6” TOP PLATE 4X12” BEAM PROTECTION BOARD RIGID INSULATION WEATHER RESISTIVE BARRIER PLATFORMS

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Figure 12: Axonometric Construction Diagram

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