Natalie Miller Architecture Portfolio
Merging Urban Tributaries
Located in Downtown Los Angeles, this proposed project aims to be an art center and library for the local community to gather and learn.
Urban Tributaries
A master plan located in Downtown Los Angeles that focuses on social interaction, urban agriculture, and water movement and collection.
Carved Out
Carved Out is an intentional community that encourages the interaction between neighbors and enriches the residents’ lives.
The In-Between
The project’s objective is to explore the in-between area in a building as active circulation space.
Small Inhabited Spaces
Horizontal Home and Inhabited Library Stairs
Digital Art Work
Digital media and Art work
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About Me
Education:
Tulane University
Major: Architecture (B. Arch 5 Year)
Anticipated Date of Graduation: May 2025
GPA: 3.965
Honors and Awards:
Dean’s List: Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022
Skills:
Rhino, V-ray, Grasshopper, QGIS, Revit, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
Internships:
Summer 2022 – Somdal Associates Architecture, Shreveport, Louisiana (Summer Student Intern)
Contact Info:
Natalie Miller
Phone: (318) 754-7922
Email: natnatmiller14@gmail.com
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Merging Urban Tributaries
Fall 2022 | 3rd Year Urban Studio | Professor: Ruben Garcia-Rubio
Located in Downtown Los Angeles, this proposed project aims to be an art center and library for the local community to gather and learn. Two urban tributaries, agricultural and social, merge in the building creating a central vortex space.
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Atrium View
Agricultural Entrance
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Ground Floor Plan
Section Perspective
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Urban Tributaries
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Urban Tributaries
Fall 2022 | 3rd Year Urban Studio | Professor: Ruben Garcia-Rubio Team: Natalie Miller, Naomi Smith and Joey Tomshe
In the master plan, an existing ecological corridor is extended through the site, connecting existing green spaces. The corridor becomes a tributary of the LA River, and a central spine where smaller tributaries can branch off throughout the site. The first set of tributaries are agricultural, which provide various scales of agricultural production. Stormwater and gray water can move through these streets toward the ecological spine, leading to the river. The second set of tributaries are programmed for social connection.
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Agricultural
Corridor Agricultural Street Social Street
Ecological Corridor
Tributaries Social Tributaries Ecological
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Masterplan with Catalyst Building
Model Photo
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Carved Out AnnunciationSt
ArabellaSt
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TchoupitoulasSt
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Carved Out
Spring 2022 | 2nd Year Housing Studio | Professor: Jesús Utrillas
Carved Out is an intentional community proposed in Uptown New Orleans. The project celebrates the variation of daily life and provides multiple collective and public areas for these activities. These interior and exterior spaces vary in program. The elevated walkway creates a lively atmosphere where residents can interact and gather.
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Plan B N B' B A A' Arabella St Annunciation St
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Market Lounge Studio Library
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Floor
Joseph
Tchoupitoulas St
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Carved Out
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Elevated Walkway View Carved View Diagram Joseph 1st Floor Cores Ground Floor Ground Floor Public Outdoor Area Horizontal Circulation Walkway bedroom bedroom bedroom bedroom Ground Floor 2nd Floor 3rd Floor 3rd Floor 4th Floor Joseph Communal Vertical Cores Dining Room Study Room Laundry Room Cafe Gym Meeting Room Frankie & Johnny's Workshop Joseph Library Removed Courtyards Connected 4 Horizontal Original Horizontal Communal Vertical Cores Public 2 bedroom 1st Floor Communal Vertical Cores Ground Floor Arabella Horizontal Circulation Walkway Ground Floor 2nd Floor 4th Floor bedroom bedroom bedroom bedroom Joseph St 3rd Floor Joseph Joseph Communal Vertical Cores 4 bedroom Walkway Dining Room Study Room Laundry Room Cafe Gym Meeting Room Frankie & Johnny's Workshop Arabella St Joseph Library Removed Courtyards Lounge Connected Horizontal Original Horizontal House Communal Vertical Cores 2 bedroom Joseph Ground Floor Public Outdoor Area Public Private Horizontal Circulation Walkway bedroom Joseph Walkway Game Room Dining Room Study Room Laundry Room Theater Gym Meeting Room Studio Frankie & Johnny's Workshop Market Joseph Stacked Different Variations Library Introduced Variation Removed Courtyards Added Vertical Cores Lounge Houses Original Horizontal Kitchen Public 3 bedroom
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Model Photo
The In-between
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The In-between
Fall 2021 | 2nd Year Studio | Professor: Nimet Anwar
Jefferson Island is full of rich history and conditions above and below the surface. The project’s objective is to explore the in-between area and the circulation and logic of the room and pillars in the salt mine. The floor plan was inspired by the salt mine floor plan, which is symmetrical for the speed and efficiency of the workers. However, three methods (cluster, shift, and unify) were used to disrupt this system, so visitors would have to take their time to experience the project thoroughly.
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Plan
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Entrance View
Exhibition View
In-between View
Exterior View
Small Inhabited Spaces
Spring 2022 | 2nd Year Housing Studio | Professor: Jesús Utrillas
Horizontal Home
The concept of this proposed small horizontal house is differentiating between day vs night. The house was designed for a 5 person family with a dog. The program is placed in an L-shape surrounding an outdoor courtyard. The courtyard is an intersection between the day or night programs because both can flow into it.
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Plan Section 32'-6" [9.91m] 15'-10" [4.83m] 10'-4" [3.15m] 3'-0" [0.91m] 8'-0" [2.44m] 9'-0" [2.74m] 10'-0" [3.05m]
Inhabited Library Stairs
This proposal is for inhabited library stairs with a porous shell for storing books. People can relax, read, and study in an intimate space.
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Digital Art Work
Summer 2021 | 1st year studio | Professor: Monisha Nasa
Fall 2021 | Digital Media | Professors: Carrie Norman + Omar Ali
Fall 2022 | Advanced Digital Media | Professors: Emmanuel Osorno + Charles Jones
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Cross-Shaped Plan with Four Unequal Wings
Vice Drawings
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Digital Art Work
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Rendered Map of Martinique
Low Poly Snowglobe
Impasto Abstract Planets
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Plaza Tower
Contact Info: Email: natnatmiller14@gmail.com (318) 754-7922 Phone:
