OSTRAGER.PORTFOLIO2023

ALEXA OSTRAGER

LOW-RISE HIGH DENSITY

12 TONE + TEXTURE

15 YOUGHIOGHENY RIVERSIDE RETREAT

SYSTEMS

DESIGN TECHNIQUE ASSIGNED IN STUDIO 3 WHERE STUDENTS DEVELOP INTRICATE SYSTEMS OF INTERSECTING PLANES AND LINES OF VARIOUS SIZES WITH BASSWOOD. WITHIN THE PROGRAM AND SYSTEM CREATED, STUDENTS DEVELOP ARCHITECTURE TO FIT THE PROGRAM SPACE CONSTRUCTED PRIOR. ENCLOSING AREAS AND CREATING SPACES.

LOW-RISE HIGH DENSITY 02

HOUSING UNITS DESIGNED SUSTAINABLY FOR REFUGEES AND UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH STUDENTS. TO LEARN ABOUT LOWRISE HIGH DENSITY SUSTAINABLE HOUSING I ANALYZED AND MODELED LONDON’S “DONNYBROOK QUARTERS” AND DESIGNED WAYS THAT THE RESIDENCE COULD BE MORE SUSTAINABLE.

TONE + TEXTURE

STILL LIFE IMAGE WITH LIGHT AND ATLEAST 4 OBJECTS THAT HAVE DISTINCT TEXTURE. ONE HAD TO BE TRANSPARENT, ONE REFLECTIVE AND ONE A CLOTH OBJECT. TO RENDER THE OBJECTS AND SPACE

FULLY: MAKE A HIGHLY DETAILED DRAWING, INCLUDE ALL OBJECT HIGHLIGHTS, MID-TONES, SHADOWS, CAST SHADOWS, AND REFLECTIONS. LAST, TO CROP THE DRAWING SO THAT THE OBJECTS ARE LARGE AND THE SOME OF YOUR STILL LIFE BLEEDS OFF THE EDGE OF YOUR PAGE. PLAN AND CONSIDER THE FULL COMPOSITION ON THE PAGE BEFORE DRAWING, AND FILL THE ENTIRE PAGE WITH VALUE.

YOUGHIOGHENY RIVERSIDE RETREAT

BASED ON PETER ZUMTHOR’S ATMOSPHERES READING FOUNDATION STUDIO AT PITT LEARNED WHAT MAKES AN AERA PUBLIC OR PRIVATE. THE ELEMENTS OF ATMOSPHERE ARE PROXIMITY, LIGHT, SCALE, FORM/OPENNESS, MOVEMENT/ACCESSIBILITY. THE ASSIGNMENT CHALLENGED US TO TAKE TWO BOXES AND DECONSTRUCT THEM USING THESE 5 ELEMENTS. WHEN DECONSTRUCTING THESE BOXES WE WERE REQUIRED TO THING OF THESE OBJECTS WITHOUT AN ORIENTATION. THIS WAS ESPECIALLY CHALLENGING WHEN WE WERE NEXT INSTRUCTED TO MAKE PAVILLIONS OUT OF THESES STRUCTURES