PORTFOLIO
Rapunzel Reimagined
Architecture Studio 6 (ARCH 4016)
Fall 2024
Instructor: Daniel Baerlecken
Collaborator: Catherine Wallis
Reimagining a well-loved sculpture to absorb noise, define space, and reduce glare.
This studio project centered around remodeling Georgia Tech’s Architecture West atrium space to re-introduce a café and revamp the space to accommodate study spaces, reviews, and celebrations. With this in mind, we reimagined the well-loved Rapunzel sculpture that cascades down the atrium by flipping the concept on its side. We cover the fins in felt, which has a noise reduction coefficient of 0.8 out of 1, to prevent the spread of noise up through the building. The fins ebb and flow in correspondence with the location of lighting which is integrated within the coffers or the fins
themselves, and they dip low to cover the HVAC units that hang from the ceiling. Outside, acrylic fins protect the interior space from harsh light, resulting in a 15.6% decrease in disturbing glare. An angled bench cascades from the ceiling, tapering from a depth one can lounge back at to one perfect for sitting upright. By making the architecture building more fun, playful, and lively, we represent the designers within it and change the perception of a dreary and heavy experience when one enters the school.
Aircraft Cable C-Clip and Cable Gripper Assembly
Self-Tapping Screw
Baffle
The Stack
Architecture Studio 5 (ARCH 3017)
Spring 2024
Instructor: Katherine Wright
Collaborator: Palak Sharma
The streets in DC have been flipped on their sides. Breezy, sunlit corridors and visual connectivity create neighborhoods on each level.
Based in DC to serve Howard University, this affordable student housing project explores movement, light, air, and community. Out-of-doors corridors, flanked by staggered units and united by organic atrium spaces create a sense of being on the sidewalk in DC. Meandering past the townhomes, a ligh breeze kissing one’s face, one can get a sense of peace within a busy and busseling town. Why should this experience be shared only among professionals? Ampitheaters tucked below the foundation, rooftop pools, and multiple makerspaces provide amenities for various majors at Howard. Kitchen windows above the sink--which have
previously been a luxury for homeowners--create a visual connection between each unit. Gone are the days of secluding oneself in their room and not knowing their neighborhood. In fact, in “The Stack,” each floor acts as its own street or neighborhood, with front porches to prove it. Creating a simple, undulating facade pattern allows for residents to decorate and make each space their own, and balconies visually connect each neighborhood to another. “The Stack,” by me and Palak Sharma, is an inspiringly playful take on student housing and communities within the college atmosphere.
North Facing Elevation
East Facing Elevation
Icelandic Beer Spa
Architecture Studio 4 (ARCH 3016)
Fall 2023
Instructor: Christian Coles
A conversation between different forms, materials, and the wind that changes over time.
This project was inspired by a competition for designing an Icelandic beer spa in the Mývatn region. It provides a better brewery space for a family beer distillery as well as a cafe and bar, treatment rooms, showers, and individual as well as group beer baths. The design is based off of precedent research about how there have been many conversations about contrasting ideas about culture and architecture in Iceland. It is also inspired by wind patterns on the site and how these could allude to a sense of erosion. This split is characterized in design by having contrasting programatic elements, material use, and literally with the forms separating. They are brought
together through the musical quality of wind chimes that harvest the wind and create melodicolic pitch changes. These pitch changes create a different experience of the taste of beer, with higher pitches creating a sweeter taste and lower creating a more robust tate. The use of copper on one mass of the building patinas over time, mirroring the apperance of the northern lights, as the site sits in one of the best places to view this phenomena. The other side is concrete, which wheathers over time. This physical and metaphorical erosion further imitates the experience of a high contrast conversation happening in Iceland.
Sel-Hotel Myvatn & Bistro Sel & Pizza Steady
Elevation D 1:100
Elevation E
Cultural Condenser
Architecture Studio 3 (ARCH 2017)
Spring 2023
Instructor: Marisabel Marratt
Architecture as living artwork. A tectonic juxtoposition between poche and lightness.
This semester-long project began by exploring collage compositions for different ways architecture can make us feel, such as places for mirroring and reflection and places for anonymity. It then progressed to re-imagining those spaces for a cultural condenser for Sweet Auburn. The project is a community center
which combines aspects from surrounding libraries, churches, and community centers. It focuses on having a playful work and experience space with large painted mural curtains that blur the line between “building” and pavilion.
churches/temples
libraries
Figuration and Decoration
Architecture Studio 2 (ARCH 2016)
Fall 2022
Instructor: Hayri Dortdivanlioglu
Collaborator: Savera Patel
Wholistic crashing of program, environment, and ornementation.
This semester-long partner project explores the unity of structure and Celtic Knotwork ornamentation. It does not mimic the traditional program-to-design of architectural work, and instead worked backwards by focusing on analysis and design for the first half of the semester and then fitted the program within this design.
The House of the People for Sustainable Living provides sustainable education and application for people in Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro. It focuses on the idea that experiences bring education, and using the maker spaces and gardening spaces will then teach sustainable living techniques while also protecting and respecting the environment.
Doris Farms
Architecture Studio 1 (ARCH 1017)
Spring 2022
Instructor: Danielle Willkens
Architectre as a means of encouraging outdoor exploration.
This project explored the physical, cultural, and experiential legacy of the agricultural heritage of the Black Belt. It taught an understanding of place and how landscapes can shape the environment--both natural and built. It included a nature retreat which celebrated African-American food and culture, from farm to table. It focused on the design of two cottages, one double-
occupancy cottage and one single-occupancy cottage that focused on creating a sense of wonder for the outdoors through the use of funnel-like light holes that slowly reveal more of what the outdoors could hold and are covered in colorful vines that the occupant can see from the interior. Twin-wall and concrete combine to juxtapose light and heavy--air and earth.
