Macri_Sophia_2024 Portfolio

Architecture Portfolio Sophia Macri

Sophia Macri

PROFILE

I am an incoming fourth year student in a 5-year Bachelor’s architecture program. I am looking for a practical and immersive in the field that will expand my skillset and help me prepare for licensure. I am currently minoring in historic preservation and am interested in exploring the field of construction management to recognize and manage on-site challenges in a proactive manner. I will also be studying abroad in Rome during the Fall 2024 semester so that I have a better understanding of historic buildings and systems and apply my knowledge into my historic preservation minor.

SKILLS

• Perseverance and problem to create iterations that refine the final product

• Taking initiative to create a better collaborative environment

• Multitasking communication and critical thinking

• Hand drafting in both design projects and personal projects

• Utilizing workshop tools to create models and topogrphy

• Microsoft Excel and Word

• 3D printing

• Programs

Adobe Suite (Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop)

Rhino Enscape AutoCAD

Revit

Lumion

Sketchup

EDUCATION

Thomas Jefferson University 2026 East Falls, PA

Enrolled in 5-year B-Arch Program

Design 1-6

Visualization 1-3

Tech 1-4

Member of AIAS Club

Member of Historic Preservation Club

Historic Preservation Minor

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

Year 1

• Hand Drafting

• Visual Hierarchy

• Understanding Building Materials

Year 2

• Identifying Needs of a Community

• Utilizing Precedents to Better Understand Building Techniques

• Understanding Components of Buildings Year 3

• Understanding Building Systems and Coordinating Them

• Understanding the Client and Attuning to Their Needs

• Understanding Load Dynamics and How They Impact Building Design

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

Anchor Point Architecture

Audubon, NJ

Lee Di Prinzio

Frank Criniti

Caring for Friends To Combat Food Insecurity

After being divided into groups (with Ashley Anderson, Dylan Jones, and Mikhaila Wagner) and having a thorough understanding of the site and NPO researched, students designed a building that would become the new headquarters for the NPO. The NPO for this project was, Caring for Friends, a food donation and distribution organization located in Northeast Philadelphia. This project focused on the senior population, housing them, and providing food for them.

HOUSING OCCUPATION

& Loneliness

ASSISTED

LIVING FACILITIES AND THEIR RATINGS

More than one third (33.6%=63,931) of Southeastern Pennsylvania adults (65+=190,271) live alone

POSSIBILITIES FOR NEW FACILITY

•Housing for Seniors (independent living & assisted living)

•Many common spaces for interaction between seniors (and volunteers)

•Food storage warehouse w/ delivery vehicle access

•Large kitchen space

•Spaces for volunteers/employees

NOISE INTENSITY

These diagrams were made in collaboration to understand the site, its context, and how our clients and users interact with the site.

PROGRAM MATRIX

FINAL FORM

1/50TH MODEL

This building was sectored off into three sections, housing, dining, and distribution so that public circulation would not affect the private housing, which is intended to support those who are suffering from food insecurity. The dining section of the building is the most important zone as it is the most important aspect of Caring for Friends. Its importance is emphasized by the roofs that drape down towards it and the materiality that stretches into the other portions of the buildings.

BUSTLETON AVE.

BENSONST.

HOFFNAGLEST.

BUSTLETON

BENSONST.

HOFFNAGLEST.

PARKING LOT PERSPECTIVE

DISTRIBUTION

DINING

CABE Cabin Competition 02

Students were asked to select an existing small rural cabin from a supplied list. After the selection process, they must model the cabin digitally. The intention of this project was to learn visualization by presenting the cabin’s interaction between the space, environment, site, and inhabitation. The competition was school-wide and had a two-round selection process by a jury, in which this project passed both rounds.

03

House of Peace

Breaking the Boundary into the Soul

This project is meant to create a non-denominational space that will hold Nakashima’s Peace Table. This proposal will be intending to create a space where the occupants will be able to heal their mind, body, and soul/spirit. Occupants will begin their journey, the interior being a quicker pace, while the exterior is more of a gradual and slow pace. In order to achieve this goal of healing the mind, body, and soul/spirit, occupants may join in activities like yoga, reading, and reciting to assist them to heal their mind and body. This will then continue their journey into the soul/spirit oriented sanctuary containing the peace table and meditation areas.

CONSIDERATIONS

PROGRAM & ENTRY DIAGRAMS

MULTIPLE ENTRYWAYS & DOWNWARD PROCESSION

The design process started with weeks of bubble diagrams to understand the programs and spatial needs of the programs. Later on these diagrams were divided into “considerations” and “utilizations.” The conciderations had the overarching concept of using multiple entrances into the central sanctuary but was not an applicable idea as there was no end goal within the journey of the occupants.

The utilizations intended on creating a “pinch” within the central area that allows for easier circulation and implies the direction the occupant should be walking towards, the area containing the peace table. The utilizations also intended on creating different durations of their journey that was determined by the interior or exterior journey that allows the occupant to choose the pace of their journey to resoultion.

UTILIZATIONS

BREAKING/CROSSING BOUNDARY OF MIND TO ENTER SOUL

BUBBLE DIAGRAM TO FORM IN PLANCIRCULATION, LIGHT, & LANDSCAPE DIAGRAMS DIVISION OF ZONES IN SECTION

LIGHT ENTERING CENTRAL SPACE

INTERIOR LIBRARY SPACE

INTERIOR YOGA STUDIO

SECTIONS

SANCTUARY SPACE W/ PEACE TABLE

DETAIL SECTION

Building System Coordination & Intergration 04

Using CAD, students were tasked to integrate the building systems they learned throughout the semester. These building systems included solar shading, water supply and drainage, fire suppression, lighting, HVAC, and wall & roof R-values. All three floors are designed for separate tenants; the first floor is a coffee shop, the second floor is an office, and the third floor is a residential space. Taking each of these programs into consideration, the coordination between each building system was designed for each floor while also connecting vertically to ensure simple and easy to maintain system.

Aging in Place

A Rowhouse Design

Students were asked to select a client and an empty plot located on the site model. The site model was created by former second year students and was passed down to the next upcoming classes. The site model is based off of an existing city in Philadelphia. It is a model of the Athletic Recreation Center and the neighboring houses located in Sharswood.

VIGNETTE OF CHOSEN PLOT

JEFFERSON STREET

ATHLETIC RECREATION CENTER

MASTER STREET

COMMUNITY GARDEN

The plot that was chosen was not located on the site model, however, the purpose of its location was its proximity to both the garden and the Athletic Recreation Center. The intention of this placement was to fulfill a proper connection to the community in which the owner of the building could interact with the community and vice versa.

PROPERTY LINES OF BOTH PLOTS

DIVISION LINE OF SEPARATE PLOTS

NEIGHBORING BUILDINGS STAIR ACCESSIBILITY RESIDENTIAL ACCESS

As community is important to the client, the house was designed to unite both family and community but also function as separate residential and communal spaces. To create this unity whilst also maintaining privacy for the client, separate entrances for the residential and communal spaces were created. This building was not only designed for the client that would be currently residing in it, but it is also intended to be passed down through generations as a foundation of the community and a representation of the client herself.

The client for this project plays an important role in the community of Sharswood as the founder of the Block Captain Assosiation of Philadelphia. The client runs a summer camp and a food program for underprivilaged children. Aside from her community duties, she enjoys spending time with her family by hosting family holidays. The connection to family and community is integral to the design. To create this connection, there is an open kitchen to the dinning room located on the first floor where the client can cook and provide for the community and/or family sitting in the dining room or outside in the backyard with food. In the basement, there is storage for canned goods and a playroom for her visiting grandkids or the children she cares for during the summer camp. On the roof there are plant beds in which the community or the client herself can grow food that would be used in the kitchen just below them.

2ND FLOOR

WALKWAY PERSPECTIVE WITH NEARBY BUILDING

WALKWAY PERSPECTIVE WITH SITE INTEGRATION

FRONT/PUBLIC ENTRANCE

TOP VIEW WITH KEY

BACK/PRIVATE ENTRANCE