Designing Activism- Victoria Monroe Work Sample

DESIGNING ACTIVISM

VICTORIA MONROE

VTMON ROE 22@GMAI L . C OM

( 215) 990- 1163

de·sign /dəˈzīn/ verb

decide upon the look and functioning of (a building, garment, or other object), by making a detailed drawing of it.

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DESIGNING ACTIVISM Statement

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ac·ti·vism /ˈaktəˌvizəm/ noun

the policy or action of using vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change

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DESIGNING ACTIVISM Statement

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Design is designing upon the look of an object by making a detailed drawing of it.

Activism is the action of using campaigning to bring about social change.

What happens when these concepts mesh? It becomes a design ethic we should have, must, and will use.

Between arm rests on benches preventing homeless people to sleep comfortably, developers tearing down cultural hubs for luxury apartments, and schools that have had the same leak for decades, we have always used structures to disenfranchise entire populations for centuries covertly.

It is time to end the cycle.

These words are not intended to shame designers.

Instead, they highlight the uphill battle these designers face: creating with inclusion, equity, diversity, justice, consciousness, flexibility, and heart in a world that is not accepting of those ideals.

I will be a design activist with resilience and passion to the best of my abilities.

This is Designing Activism.

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Name of Project: Nettie Napier Butterfly Daycare Duration of Project: 6 Months Time of the Project: 2nd-Year Studio Competition: The Barbara G. Laurie Student Design Competition Medium: AutoCAD, Rhino, Twinmotion, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

Information This project was a part of the National Organization for Minority Architects' Barbara G. Laurie Student Design Competition in Nashville, Tennessee. For part of the submission, I was tasked to design a daycare and aftercare center for children in Nashville who were forced to go out of their homes for a better education. Two key elements in this project include the Napier Financial Bank Dramatic Play and the Red Cross Clinic Dramatic Play, emphasizing multicultural finacial literacy and clinic experience.

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DAYCARE DRAMATIC PLAY- FINANCIAL LITERACY

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Name of Project: LEVELS Music Café Duration of Project: 1 Semester Time of the Project: 2nd-Year Studio Medium: AutoCAD, Rhino, Twinmotion, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

Information This project was an interior rennovation for 228 E College Ave in State College. Tasks for the project included having a consistent concept and vocabulary, making the space equitable and accesible for all, and overcoming design challenges like sloping sites and interior stairwells to residential complexes. Two key elements is the concept that music will forever bring people together, a 4x4 volumetric module, and unique and flexible seating spaces.

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INTERIOR/EXTERIOR RELATIONSHIP DIAGRAMCONTINUING TILE + OUTDOOR SEATING MIRRORING “LEVELS”

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Name of Project: NCMA Democratic Bathing at Beekman PL Duration of Project: 1 Semester Time of the Project: 2nd-Year Studio Medium: AutoCAD, Rhino, Twinmotion, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

Information This project was for the National Concrete Masonry Association competition at Penn State, located in Manhattan, NY on Beekman PL. Tasks for this project included creating a custom CMU Block and incorporating it into the bathhouse. Responding to the demographics of the neighborhood, the main elements of this project are bringing everyone from diverse backgrounds while still creating a confortable, unique place for those who live there.

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Name of Project: Ian Smith Design Group LLC Diagrams Duration of Project: 2 Months Time of the Project: Summer Internship 2023 Medium: AutoCAD, Rhino, Adobe Illustrator

Information The tasks were to portray different schematic concepts through different and compelling means. All of these projects are built, in construction, or in schematic review.

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Name of Project: Station 44 Duration of Project: 1 Semester Time of the Project: 3rd-Year Studio Medium: AutoCAD, Rhino, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Twinmotion

Information This project was Station 44 located in the Hill District of Pittsburgh. Tasks for this project included creating a fire station that amplified the rich culture of the communituy and serve as an effective emergency service station. My overall goal was to explore means of preserving the history of a neighborhood while modernizing it simutaneously.

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