2024 Architecture Portfolio

P O R T F O L I O. Natalie Becue 2024

Syracuse University School of Architec ture Class of 2027 n a b e c u e @ s y r. e d u | 2 0 3 - 9 1 2 - 9 5 5 4 2

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A House Is a Garden for Living In A 60-unit social cooperative housing complex combatting speculative

housing

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food

insecurity

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Syracuse,

N e w Yo r k .

P ro fe s s o r : O m a r A l i , Fa l l 2 0 2 4

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U n L u g a r P a r a To d o s A c o m m u n i t y c e n t e r, e d u c a t i o n a l a n d v o c a t i o n a l t r a i n i n g h u b, a n d p u b l i c s p a c e fo r a t - r i s k yo u t h i n M ex i c o C i t y.

Professor: Ayesha Ghosh, Spring 2024

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S h i m o k i t a z a w a Fa s h i o n S c h o o l A

small

educational

University

Fa s h i o n

and

Design

event

space

students

for

studying

Syracuse abroad

in

t h e S h i m o k i t a z a w a n e i g h b o r h o o d o f To k y o .

Professor: Ayesha Ghosh, Spring 2024

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A House Is a Garden for Living In A

60-unit

social

cooperative

housing

complex

combatting

speculative

h o u s i n g a n d f o o d i n s e c u r i t y i n S y r a c u s e , N e w Yo r k .

P ro fe s s o r : O m a r A l i , Fa l l 2 0 2 4 This project speculates on a system outside of the free market that provides housing and opportunities for horticulture and accessible produce within the food desert of downtown Syracuse. The housing is characterized by interior single-loaded circulation paths that redefine the typical hallway as gardening spaces. The structure is capped by an operable greenhouse ro o f s y s t e m t h a t s t i t c h e s t h e t w o h o u s i n g m a s s e s t o g e t h e r. T h e d o u b l e - h e i g h t g ro u n d f l o o r containing nutritional support programming creates a gradient from public to provide through its permeability with the site, which provides community gardens and public green space to an area that is otherwise densely urban. The project unites housing and horticulture to foster c o m m u n i t y w e l l n e s s t h ro u g h re s i d e n t s ’ s t e w a r d s h i p o f t h e b u i l d i n g ’s s i t e a n d i n t e r i o r.

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U n L u g a r P a r a To d o s A c o m m u n i t y c e n t e r, e d u c a t i o n a l a n d v o c a t i o n a l t r a i n i n g h u b , a n d p u b l i c s p a c e fo r a t - r i s k yo u t h i n M ex i c o C i t y.

Professor: Ayesha Ghosh, Spring 2024 “Un

L u g a r P a r a To d o s ” i n v e s t i g a t e s

the

structural

potential

of inverted

arches

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programmatic and circulatory implications of their repetition and modulation. This structure specifically explores the relationship between the inverted arches and the roof condition, resulting in a terraced roof system activated through connected circulation and programmatic e l e m e n t s s u c h a s t h e p u b l i c t h e a t e r, g a r d e n s , a n d o u t d o o r c l a s s ro o m . T h e b u i l d i n g i s p r i m a r i l y made of rammed earth, a traditional Mexican building material that compliments the organic greenery in the project and aids in passive heating and cooling. Light and air enter the building through expansive glass facades that create conversation with the surrounding city and contrast the weight of the rammed earth.

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Shimokitazawa Fashion School A s m a l l e d u c a t i o n a l a n d e ve n t s p a c e fo r S y ra c u s e U n i ve r s i t y Fa s h i o n D e s i g n s t u d e n t s s t u d y i n g a b r o a d i n t h e S h i m o k i t a z a w a n e i g h b o r h o o d o f To k y o .

Professor: Ayesha Ghosh, Spring 2024 This 2-week design exercise centers on the use of inverted arches as the building’s primary s t r u c t u r a l s y s t e m , w h i c h w a s f u r t h e r p u r s u e d i n “ U n L u g a r P a r a To d o s .” T h e s t r u c t u r e ’ s t e c t o n i c s allow for uninterrupted open spaces ideal for large events, such as fashion shows, and are accentuated by the building’s stacked and slanted massing. The primary system is expressed and celebrated on the front facade, in which the arch punctures the gridded glass facade that frames it. The building features a floating linear stair against the front facade that leads from the lobby to the event space on the second floor and to the educational studio spaces above, thus forming a strong connection between floors, promoting light filtration, and allowing circulation to become monumental.

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