selected works - Natacha Schnider

SELECTED WORKS Natacha Schnider Undergraduate Portfolio

NATACHASCHNIDER

(+45) 91 80 18 00 Rosenvængets Hovedvej 20, 1. th. 2100 København Ø

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schnidernatacha@gmail.com - nschnide@calpoly.edu www.natachaschnider.com

EDUCATION (2014 - 2015)

2012 - (2016)

2008 - 2011

DIS - Danish Institute For Study Abroad _COPENHAGEN, DENMARK MAJOR_

ARCHITECTURE

CONCENTRATION_

LIGHTING, DANISH DESIGN

California Polytechnic State University _SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA B.ARCH EXPECTED_

JUNE 2016

MAJOR_

ARCHITECTURE

CONCENTRATION_

DIGITAL FABRICATION

MATURITY DIPLOMA_

JULY 2011

MAJOR_

BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS

Gymnase de Nyon _NYON, SWITZERLAND

EXPERIENCE 2015 - PRESENT (february - present)

2013. SUMMER (june - july)

2013. SUMMER (june - september)

2013 - PRESENT (september - present)

HONORS 2014.

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Architectural Intern - MATTERS

_COPENHAGEN, DENMARK

Generation of physical and digital models for projects in various stages of development. Support of project teams with graphics, layouts and visualization.

Research Assistant - Carmen Trudell

_SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA

Research, design and prototype of passive air-filtering bricks with the end goal to make fabrication kits widely available in third world countries with poor air quality. Undertook tests in the wind tunnel, provided renderings and diagrams and full scale fabrication. Joint Inventor - “AirBrick” U.S. Patent pending.

Architectural Intern - RAAR Architecture

_GROVER BEACH, CALIFORNIA

Contributed to a material study and research on rammed earth construction - PDCI Grant. Designed an addition to a children’s museum. Provided modeling, drawing and rendering services and was in contact with the client. Produced 1:1 prototypes and testing.

Technician - Cal Poly Digital Fabrication Lab

_SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA

Maintenance/overseeing the CNC mill, the 3D printers, the Digitizer and the laser cutters. Assist students and faculty with fabrication projects, use of software and other related issues.

Participant - third year “Best of Show” First place - “Poly Learn By Doing Commons” Cal Poly design competition Dean’s List honor student - select quarters Recipient - CMACN Concrete Masonry scholarship

SKILLS Digital Modeling

RHINOCEROS. GRASSHOPPER. RHINO-CAM. VRAY. AUTOCAD. SKETCHUP. FORM-Z.

Editing/Layout

PHOTOSHOP. INDESIGN. ILLUSTRATOR. MICROSOFT OFFICE.

Physical Modeling

LASER CUTTING. 3D PRINTING. 3-AXIS CNC MILLING. HAND CRAFT MODELING. PLASTER, PLASTICS, RESIN CASTING. WOOD AND METAL WORKING. WELDING.

Languages

ENGLISH (FLUENT). FRENCH (FLUENT). GERMAN (CONVERSATIONAL). DANISH (BEGINNER).

REFERENCES Upon request

Winter/spring 2014 - Cal Poly

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New Orleans New Public Library

in conjunction with Chip Hubert

A driving force in the continual reconstruction of New Orleans, REBOUND seeks to enliven the city’s people by reinterpreting the common vision of the library. This ultimate public amenity is defined by equal parts knowledge and community, emphasizing our human desire to share our pursuits both virtually and physically in an increasingly disconnected world. Within, reading and browsing opportunities vary in scope from traditional to virtual. Above, reading spaces are characterized by a light and open atmosphere allowed by the clear span, emphasizing the expansive view of the river flowing steadily below. Meanwhile, virtual browsing bays populate the lower level of the building and serve as the main interface between library goers and the AS/RS (Automated Storage and Retrieval System). Emphasizing digital technology, this approach seeks to enable users of all ages and interests while connecting the public as part of a larger civic body of shared knowledge.

activating the waterfront

transportation hub

public amenity

traditional & new media

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1/8”=1’-0” section model

N is up

1/32”=1’-0” structural model

1/ Browsing

2/ Circulation

3/ AS/RS

4/ Bookshelf book retrieval sequence

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1/32” = 1’-0”

East - West section 1/32” = 1’-0”

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Selected for its beauty and strength, steel lends efficiency and economy to the overall scheme in the form of composite trusses. Exposure of the structural elements reveals the rigor of the cantilevered form while paying homage to the steel yards that once dominated this stretch of riverfront.

A formal language of deconstruction applied to the cladding scheme for views and accessibility relies on a system of steel tensile elements, revealing the structure further. By developing the landscape into a sculptural plinth and access point for everyone while serving as a bridge crossing the site’s existing train lines, REBOUND activates the riverfront.

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Winter 2013 - Cal Poly

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9800-CLOUD

in conjunction with Max Warman and Matt Catrow

Exploring the gap between textiles and digital fabrication, 9800-cloud utilizes the idea of the soft joint, turning a field of rigid plywood components into a quilt. A grasshopper script was generated to define a grid of 9800 triangles which were then deformed using attractor points to scew the cell sizes and scale the secondary apertures within the cells. The flat pattern is altered and offset for the layered materials (wood - chipboard - felt) to take advantage of their structural and visual qualities, and is then broken up into 18�x32� sheets to be laser cut. This sheet based method of assembly decreased build time and allows for rapid serial gluing. This combination, flexible but sturdy, allows the flat piece to be suspended from the ceiling and fall comfortably into a number of attractively curvatious three-dimensional forms.

CHIPBOARD _CUT SHEETS

interactivity

hanger connection

apertures and cell patterning

plywood cutsheets

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Summer 2013 - Cal Poly

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AIRBRICK

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in conjunction with Carmen Trudell, Assistant Professor

A novel system that appropriates common cyclonic technology into a passive wall component, Airbrick is an invention that aids in air purification for buildings and architectural structures.

By integrating this passive air-filtering system into the architecture, we eliminate the need for a secondary system that occupies space and requires expertise to install and maintain.

Therefor, this building component can be utilized almost anywhere regardless of infrastructure or wealth. Testing of the bricks has shown that such a wall can successfully eliminate dust, pollen, car exhaust particulates and other harmful particles from the air, providing people with better interior air quality. This brick was designed with the end goal to make fabrication kits widely available in third world countries with poor air quality. Patent pending.

four module set PARTICLES FROM CYCLONE ABOVE PARTICLES FROM

FILTERED AIR

FILTERED AIR

CYCLONE ABOVE

CYCLONE CYCLONE

WASTE PARTICLES

OUTSIDE AIR

WASTE PARTICLES

CLEANED AIR FROM CYCLONE BELOW

OUTSIDE AIR

CLEANED AIR FROM CYCLONE BELOW

coupler diagram

COUPLER AXON_ 1:1

COUPLER AXON_ 1:1

internal air flow

1/ REBAR + GROUT Cavities to accommodate rebar and grout giving the wall structural integrity.

2/ GRATE PROTECTION

KCIRB

A protective grate prevents insects and other debris from blocking the couplers air intake.

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3/ DUST COLLECTION

fabrication process

Particles are collected in a channel at the base of the wall, which is to be emptied every few months.

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Fall 2014 - Danish Institute for Study Abroad

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RECLAIMING THE RAMBLA [volition] : the power to make your own choices or decisions.

By setting up a grid of connection points for people to build upon, a permanent infrastructure is established to accommodate temporary scaffolding that will eventually frame social interaction.

Ephemeral in nature, the framework allows for transient activities to take place such as markets, playgrounds, performance spaces or simply places to be. This inflection in the path draws attention, diverts people, and through intrigue brings life back to “the Ă˜restad ramblaâ€?. This array of vertical piles serves as furnishing, as skin and as an urban grove - bringing color, life and volume back to the site. Modular in nature, the project can move and change with the surrounding social and urban fabric, thus becoming a diagram showcasing the change in population, interests and time.

PHASE 1.

set up a field of connection points in the ground, following a 2x4m grid

PHASE 2.

provide a kit of parts containing piles and horizontal platforms

PHASE 3.

allow the community to get involved, design and build

PHASE 4.

over time, a reinforced sense of community is generated by a series of flexible programmatic spaces

I should plant some tomatoes

vertical community garden

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1/ seating 2/ bike share system + parking 3/ audiovisual projection

#038 - SUSTENANCE

#102 - ENTERTAINMENT

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4/ look-out post 5/ local farmers market 6/ vertical community garden

7/ tensile play mat 8/ climbing wall 9/ jungle gym sample modules

“the rambla” - Ørestad

Spring 2013 - Cal Poly

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SANTA MONICA AQUARIUM The proximity to the bluff and the adjacent pier provides an almost 360 degree view of this unique site, situated right on the beach. This datum, combined with the flat nature of the area informed the design of the Santa Monica Aquarium into a sculptural element that flows in and out of the landscape. A series of ramps meander through the exhibits, providing a fluid circulation for people to experience the underwater world. Pre-cast concrete panels contain perforations of varying diameter and placement, dictated by the amount of daylight required by each of the different tanks. The resulting architectural skin is an expression of the exhibits within. A long, sloping plaza connects the beach to the lower level of the aquarium, providing the people of Santa Monica a place to gather, play and meet people as well as hold events.

Site integration FORM

The form of the building is evocative of waves crashing over the shore. The shell-like skin protects the spaces below and swoops into the landscape in a fluid motion. Both sides of the building thus flow into the surrounding sand, integrating the building with it’s surroundings.

FORM The form of the building is evocative of waves crashing over the shore. The shell-like skin protects the spaces below and swoops into the landscape in a fluid motion. Both sides of the building thus flow into the surrounding sand, integrating the building with it’s surroundings.

The skin of the building forms an over-lapping condition that creates an opening facing the pier. Once visitors have made it to the top floor, they are rewarded with a projecting view of the whole of Santa Monica pier, a major landmark for the area. A viewing platform offers an opportunity to rest and people watch.

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Site manipulation PLAZA

A depression in the landscape accommodates a long, shallow ramp that connects the beach to the lower level of the building, where a restaurant is located. This incline opens up the front of the building, enabling all floors to have a view of the ocean while keeping the overall height of the building to a modest two stories above ground as to not over-shadow the pier. This public space is versatile and can be used for many events such as concerts, assemblies or movie projections.

Views to the pier

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The skin of the building forms an over-lapping condition that creates an opening facing the pier. Once visitors have made it to the top floor, they are rewarded with a projecting view of the whole of Santa Monica pier, a major landmark for the area. A viewing platform offers an opportunity to rest and people watch.

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Views to the coast COAST

The building is U-shaped in order to maximize views of the ocean. Visitors circulate along meandering ramps that places them in-between the coast and the tanks. This condition enables visitors to relate the exhibits back to their natural habitat.

aperture size in relation to program

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PERFORATIONS - The different programs all have varying requirements in terms of light intensity. This is expressed architecturally in the skin of the building. The parametric nature of the perforations enabled the spaces within to dictate the diameter and placement of each opening.

Varying from 2’ to 2� in diameter, the perforations regulate how much light is filtered into the spaces below. Areas such as the auditorium or the deep sea exhibit require almost complete darkness whereas the touch pools, viewing platform and restaurant allow for more daylight.

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Fall 2014 - Danish Institute for Study Abroad

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BYPARKEN CHILDREN’S CULTURE PAVILION The proposed underground pavilion is a place to withdraw and escape the surrounding visual noise created by the glossy buildings, all competing with each other for attention. The concept of “embedded culture” is primarily a reaction to the site; a very cold, artificial environment that is distracting and exhausting.

Taking the typology of one of the existing mounds and inverting it to create a depression in the park, the pavilion is then inserted into the ground, bridging the created void. The pavilion is viewed as an escape from the area, a retreat. It becomes a place to ponder, contemplate and learn about other cultures through their different takes on children’s illustrations; as it is all too easy to loose touch with art and culture amidst the menial tasks and routines of the every-day.

SECTION A

East - West section

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Just another walk in the park...

The nature of the site - encircled with urban residential high-rise buildings - commends attention to the compositional placement of the new pavilion within the park. A network of eyes monitoring the park almost 360° requires a pleasing aerial view of the project embedded into its place. An “El Lissitzky-esk� approach was taken here, treating the park like a canvas already filled with harsh linearity (paths) and scattered circular forms (mounds). The pavilion, utilizing the existing language and typology, thus inserts itself into the overall composition.

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PLAY ROOM - A field of extruded, kid-sized nooks provide different sensory stimulations to be explored by meandering around and through them. Children can escape, explore, interact and create in a world scaled to the tiny human.

reading room

TREE PAVILION - A water-catchment scheme is set into place at the bottom of the pit allowing for water to be reused in the building, creating a closed loop both sustainable and economically appealing.

main entrance

tree pavilion - winter

14 The pavilion, treated as an extension of the paths in the park, is experienced along continuous swooping ramps.

This architectural promenade culminates in the center of the void; one of the arms projecting out and over the trees planted below.

This serene and poetic space allows you to be amongst a planted grove, removed from the hyper-activities of the park above. A covered deck allows users to sit and read amongst the trees in all weather. The adjacent space is open and flexible to accommodate any eventual needs such as parties, fund-raisers, lectures, etc. Heavy white curtains allow control of the lighting and its directionality.

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