2024 Portfolio

Ren Henniger Portfolio of selected work

ARCH 703 DESIGN 3: Urban Qualities and Materilaities fall 2023

Our project seeks to reintegrate the residents within the NYCHA Farragut Houses back into the quickly-evolving urban fabric of DUMBO. Within our BUILDING prograM we integrated a STEM based AR/VR learning space to aid local residents in improving technology literacy and providing job training, as well as creating a draw into the space to reengage the community. We began our exploration of the area using contextual mapping and grid theory to pull existing geometries from the area to integrate into our massinG, showing us the “left over” and forgotten spaces that exist between these towers and developed these spaces to be areas for social gathering and communiy engagement, drawing all residents together regardless of age or family status.

section 1 Prof. Landon Brown Partner: Venessa Cardiel

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STEM WORKSHOPS MAKER SPACES RESOURCES INTERNAL COURTYARDS OUTDOOR COURTYARDS SOCIALIZING SOCIALIZING LEISURE NATURE RESCREATIONAL SPACES INTERGENERATIONAL SPACES SENSORY LANDSCAPE PLAY TRAILS COMMUNITY INTERGENERATIONAL LEARNING COLLABORATIONS COMMUNITY LOCAL CLUBS CREATIVITY ART SPACE SOCIALIZING SUSTAINIBILITY SHARED SEMI PRIVATE WORKSPACE SHARED SEMI PRIVATE WORKSPACE EVENTS GREEN SPACES ECO PRACTICES NATURAL ELEMENTS WALKING GATHERING AREAS ACTIVITY GROUPS TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATIONS INDIVIDUAL XR MIXED REALITY TECHNOLOGIES DIGITAL GALLERY R E S I I A L U S E R S R E S I I A L U S E R S S N G S S N G L E S S I N G L E S P A N T S S N G L E S P A N T S P A N T S P A N T S G O L D E N A GE G O L D E N A G E O U H U T H INCLUSION PRIVATE SEMI PRIVATE/PUBLIC section 2

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ARCH 602 DESIGN 2: Interiorities and Context

Spring 2023

Prof. Erich Schoenenberger

THROUGH DEVELOPING A COLLAGE OF VARIOUS POCHE AND LINETYPES FROM EXISTING PLANS, A NEW COMPOSITION WAS CREATED UTILIZING THE SAME GRAPHIC LANGUAGE.

THIS WAS DEVELOPED AND DISTILLED INTO A PROPOSED DESIGN FOR A MIDDLE SCHOOL IN RED HOOK. THROUGH SITE ANALYSIS AND FORMAL EXPLORATION, A SCHEMATIC DESIGN AND LAYOUT WAS CREATED IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE MASSING CREATED WOULD WORK AS A FUNCTIONAL SCHOOL FOR 200 STUDENTS.

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ARCH 611 ARCHITECTURAL MEDIUMS I:

Modeling and Drawing

Spring 2023

Prof. Ben Martinson

A COMPOSITION WAS CREATED THROUGH EXPLORING TECHNICAL AND PATENT DRAWINGS AND RECONFIGURING ELEMENTS TO CREATE NEW AND INTERESTING ARCHITECTURAL ASSETS THAT WERE THEN INTEGRATED INTO THE EXISTING ARCHITECTURE OF HIGGINS HALL.

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ARCH 602 DESIGN 1: Materials and Methods

Spring 2023

Prof. Viola Ago

THIS PROJECTS PROPOSES AN ADDITION TO aN EXISTING HOME ON GOVERNOR’S ISLAND, NY TO CREATE AN ARTIST RESIDENCY AND GALLERY. THROUGH A FORMAL EXPLORATION OF RECYCLED TAKEOUT BOXES, A DISTICT FORM WAS CREATED THAT BOTH AIDS IN CIRCULATION AND CREATes A NEW INTERIOR SPACE, IMMERSING MUSEUMGOERS INTO THE ART THEY WILL BE VIEWING.

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basement plan floor 1 plan floor 2 plan floor 3 plan

ARCH 611 ARCHITECTURAL MEDIUMS I: Modeling and Drawing

Fall 2022

Prof. Luz Wallace

THIS PROJECT CENTERED ON THE CONCEPT OF “FOUND” OBJECTS DURING A TRIP TO GOVERNOR’S ISLAND, NY. AFTER SELECTING A HOSE NOZZLe AND PIPE, DETAILED ASSEMBLY DRAWINGS WERE CREATED IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE COMPONENTS THAT MAKE UP THIS OBJECT AND HOW THEY COULD BE MANIPULATED AND CATALOGUED.

UNDERGRADUATE STUDIO 5

fall 2021

Profs. Jozef Petrak and Chris Guignon

In order to deepen understanding of construction documents and the fabrication and production process, this project sought to create an original design for a community center in Point Breeze, Pittsburgh, PA. Construction documents detailing assemblies and materialities were also created to show the construction of the project.

Through studying assembly and methods of construction, students were able to understand how construction methods play a role in the design and aesthetics of the structure. Thus, a series of detailed construction documents were created to better understand the structure and how it comes together.