Dear reader, To me, architecture is about empathy - once we learn to appreciate the space that we’re in, we learn to appreciate the people we’re with. I treat my portfolio like a diary. Don’t mind the excessive paragraphs and sharing of my feelings. Enjoy,
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001: AREA 10
Last Nuclear Bomb Memorial in Yucca Flat, NV.
002: ABODE
Biophilic Residential Skyscraper in Hong Kong
005: EVOLO 2021
003: HONEY
Dam Skyscraper Structure in Jakarta, Indonesia.
I Shrunk the Savannahians Story in Savannah, GA.
004: AGAP(A)E
006: ROOTED
Bungalow Spectorium in Chicago, IL.
Urban Chair Installation in Savannah, GA.
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Kayaking Center right outside Charleston, SC.
008: ARCHIVES
Past projects and material from all over the place
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AREA 10:
THE LAST NUCLEAR BOMB MEMORIAL
Type: Cultural, Commercial Date: Winter/Spring 2021 Softwares: Rhino, Grasshopper, Revit, Photoshop, Illustrator, V-Ray. Duration: 20 weeks
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SCAD Architecture Chair’s Senior Design Achievement Award Winner Published on Dezeen: https://www.dezeen.com/2021/06/11/12-architecture-design-projects-students-savannah-college-of-art-and-design-school-show/
YUCCA FLAT, NV USA
AREA 10: THE LAST NUCLEAR BOMB MEMORIAL
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ARCH. DESIGN STUDIO V & VI | WINTER & SPRING 2021
As part of the Nevada Testing Site, Yucca
Flat was the host for over 900 bombs both under and on-ground. At the end, the largest crater ever made by men can be found: Sedan Crater. Over 300 feet deep and with a 1,150 diameter, Sedan is the site for the Area 10 Interpretation + Research Center. Area 10 will inform people of nuclear war and the consequences of it on humanity and nature through learning spaces that use sensorial experiences, exhibitions, viewing points, and interactive landscaping. The goal is for the visitor to leave with a deeper understanding of history, awareness of the importance of peace, and a sense of growth from this dark past.
In honor of Janice C. Beatley - an American
botanist who spent most of her time researching in the Nevada Testing Site - the facility is also a center for the practice of Atomic Gardening and the study of plants that can grow from the radioactivity of the land.
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AREA 10: THE LAST NUCLEAR BOMB MEMORIAL
exhibition space
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ARCH. DESIGN STUDIO V & VI | WINTER & SPRING 2021
schematic diagrams
programmatic sketches
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AREA 10: THE LAST NUCLEAR BOMB MEMORIAL
path section
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ARCH. DESIGN STUDIO V & VI | WINTER & SPRING 2021
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AREA 10: THE LAST NUCLEAR BOMB MEMORIAL
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ABODE: A BIOPHILIC TOWER
Type: Residential Date: Fall 2020 Softwares: Rhino, Revit, Photoshop, Illustrator, V-Ray. Duration: 10 weeks
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HONG KONG CHINA
ABODE: BIOPHILIC TOWER context plan
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ARCH. DESIGN STUDIO IV | FALL 2020
abode KOWLOON BAY 22.3°N 114.2°E
The Abode Tower focuses on providing a place where families can raise their children in a nature-enriched environment. The project encourages the residents to utilize community spaces to engage more with the natural landscapes that both the building and Hong Kong provide. I believe biophilia is an essential consideration when it comes to the design process. Research has proven that people that are raised in more natural surroundings tend to develop better self-esteem, mood, and both mental and physical health. The goal is to create a playful environment where children will grow up around nature and learn to be aware of the larger environment. Gaining the extra advantage of improving theirs and the other’s mental health. The building consists of 75 units in 6 different conf igurations throughout 28 floors, where the overall design responds to interacting with the natural elements available such as the waterf ront, sun, and weather conditions.
roof plan
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ABODE: BIOPHILIC TOWER
Hong Kong has many diverse attributes that contribute to a very rich and knowledgeable daily life experience – but it still lacks a deeper connection to nature and a sense of escape from this chaotic environment. With so much activity happening around the site, the project creates a reprieve from the “busyness and overwhelmingness” of the city, where families can focus on a more natural and healthy quality of life.
polysemic collage of Honkg Kong
site analysis
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ARCH. DESIGN STUDIO IV | FALL 2020 It is not just applying to only human being’s benefit. Its essentiality in the Architecture field goes beyond to where in order to be able to take away from nature, we also need to give back to it – so, the design considerations should include strategies that are sustainable and not wasteful. Steel is the most sustainable material to be used for structure, being 98% recyclable. Since biophilia includes taking care of our natural resources and being more environmental friendly, the building’s structure consists mostly of steel. OPENING TO VIEWS + 7 DIFFERENT TOWERS
steel I beam steel column exposed concrete balcony floor glued laminated timber brackets pressure-treated wood
open web steel joist
VERTICAL CIRCULATION + ENTRANCES
decking
sustainable strategies
RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY SPACES + PUBLIC SPACES
HORIZONTAL CIRCULATION + PRIVATE BALCONIES
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ABODE: BIOPHILIC TOWER
EMPATHY
EXPLORATION
SOCIAL ACTION
EARLY CHILDHOOD (AGES 3-7)
MIDDLE GRADE SCHOOL (AGES 7-12)
ADOLESCENCE (AGES 12-17)
The main objective of environmental education in an early age should be the development of empathy between the child and the natural world. Studies show that the best way to do so is with animal interactions and planting. Younger children need to understand how nature is a living thing that needs to be taken care of.
Exploring the nearby world and learning their place in it should be the primary objective for their bonding with nature. Allowing space for them to exercise their curiosity, following streams and pathways, and creating imaginary worlds should be the main focus for this age group in terms of environmental education.
Teenagers feel the need to change the world, but it’s best that they start working in a local level first. Teaching the younger children, and creating a better community environment are the main goal for this age group. They are encouraged to interact more their surroundings in a more active and social way.
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ARCH. DESIGN STUDIO IV | FALL 2020
ground plan
process sketches
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ABODE: BIOPHILIC TOWER
There are 11 open pockets which include playgrounds, green roofs, gardening spaces, a dog park, and a soccer field. The spaces should be a playful invitation for both adults and children to learn from each other and learn how to interact with nature to create a better community environment. On the private aspect, each apartment is approximately 120 sqm with at least 20 sqm of balcony space, where residents can grow their own garden and gathering areas.
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HONEY, I SHRUNK THE SAVANNAHIANS
Type: Commercial Date: Spring 2020 Softwares: Rhino, Photoshop, V-Ray, Illustrator. Duration: 4 weeks
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SAVANNAH GEORGIA, USA
HONEY, I SHRUNK THE SAVANNAHIANS
TELLING A STORY In this class, we focused on the importance of telling a story in your drawings, our first project was to create a playful site analysis that told a narrative at the same time. The colors indicate the concentration of locals vs. tourists in the Savannah Squares.
HONEY, I SHRUNK THE SAVANNAHIANS! SECTION After a shrinking machine experiment goes wrong, Savannah is now inhabited by a society of humans of substantially smaller scale. Facing the challenge of building themselves a brandnew environment proportional to them, it ends up becoming a way to explore the quality of spaces in existing objects and to occupy the gaps on our everyday instruments.
When a young movie enthusiast finds a
broken 2709 Bell & Howell camera abandoned in an empty lot at Chippewa Square, he sees the opportunity to create the ultimate cinematic experience: making a movie theater that celebrates the multiple media, scales, and experiences that can be produced by the immersion that watching films can be. gatherings and movement of tourists vs locals
gatherings and movement of tourists vs locals at Chippewa Square
population growth in savannah
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savannah site analysis
HONEY, I SHRUNK THE SAVANNAHIANS
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AGAP(A)E: A BUNGALOW SPECTORIUM
Type: Residential Date: Fall 2019 Softwares: Rhino, Revit, Photoshop, Illustrator, LumiOn. Duration: 5 weeks
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CHICAGO ILLINOIS, USA
AGAPAE: BUNGALOW SPECTORIUM
a g a p[a]e a bungalow spectorium in Chicago, IL. Architectural Studio I was about human scale and behavior. Our final project was based off the 2019 Lyceum Competition, the brief was to make a bungalow for a milennial family on the south side of Chicago. Along with that, there was supposed to be the aspect of an Spectorium (a place to look and to be looked at).
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My research about gazing ended up touching on the topic of window prostitution, and how both parties benefit from looking and being looked at, considering that the prostitute is looking for clients, and the ones looking are being entertained. With that, my concept models were about putting a vitrine in the very front of the property, so that the family would be exposed to the ones passing by. At the time, I didn’t still know to whom specifically my project was for. However, I did want to create a narrative, because i believe it makes the project more compelling and purposeful.
ARCH. DESIGN STUDIO I | FALL 2019
HER BEDROOM
SPECTORIUM WORKSPACE
LIVING ROOM
CHILDREN’S BEDROOM
CHILDREN’S BATHROOM
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AGAPAE: BUNGALOW SPECTORIUM So I decided to make a house for a prostitute with two children. I created a character of a woman who struggled in the beginning of her life, but now she owns her profession and doesn’t see why it can’t be normalized. She has a cantilevered room in her house that it’s her workspace, she sees it as place to display herself, but also to be in control of who
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she wants to pick to be her next client. However, she keeps her private life from her work, and has a more cozy and tight part in the back where her children’s bedroom is in the basement, and they are pushed away from the action because she still struggles with whether her son and daughter should know what she does for a living.
ARCH. DESIGN STUDIO I | FALL 2019
Her space. Spectorium/ workspace. Observing space.
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EVOLO 2021:
IT’S A DAM SKYSCRAPER!
Type: Educational and cultural. Date: Winter 2021 Softwares: Rhino, Grasshopper, V-Ray, Illustrator, Photoshop. Duration: 10 weeks
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MIDDLETON SOUTH CAROLINA, USA
IT’S A DAM SKYSCRAPER!
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IT’S A DAM SKYSCRAPER!
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URBAN CHAIR COMPETITION: ROOTED
Type: Furniture Date: Summer 2020 Softwares: Rhino, Photoshop, Illustrator. Duration: 3 weeks
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SAVANNAH, GA. USA
URBAN CHAIR COMPETITION 2020
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ROOTED | SUMMER 2020
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MIDDLETON PLACE: E+C+K
Type: Educational and cultural. Date: Winter 2020 Softwares: Rhino, Revit, Photoshop, Illustrator, LumiOn. Duration: 10 weeks
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MIDDLETON SOUTH CAROLINA, USA
MIDDLETON PLACE: ENVIRONMENT, COMMUNITY, KAYAKING
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ARCH. DESIGN STUDIO II | WINTER 2020 Firstly, how to respect nature and the environment around us? Our site had a lot of trees, so i wanted to create something that didn’t intervened with them. And specially going back to Clark’s values, where he states that the human being should only intercept nature if it’s
absolutely necessary. That is why the placement is in the empty spaces in between the trees, and some of them are even used in the over to create an implicit gateway that establishes the connection of the man-made versus the environment around it.
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MIDDLETON PLACE: ENVIRONMENT, COMMUNITY, KAYAKING
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MIDDLETON PLACE: ENVIRONMENT, COMMUNITY, KAYAKING
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ARCHIVES
ARCHIVES
Architecture can take over a lot of my time, and of course I love it - but how Elizabeth Diller once told me she would go to the Opera to relax for a bit - I need to do something to breathe for a second as well. So, here are some of my past projects, but also some of my drawings that I do to de-compress.
Punctlistic sketch of a close-up of Michelangelo’s The Creation of Adam. Micron pen.
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2017 - 2020
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Sketch from Parque do Povo of Cesar Pelli’s SP Corporate Towers. (a.k.a my favorite buildings in Sao Paulo) Ball-point pen.
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REPERTORY FOR ORAL HISTORY Redfern, Australia
According to Aristotles, a good narrative consists of 3 parts: pity, fear, and catharsis. I decided to turn the whole experience of my building and circulation into a narrative, where the building becomes the main character.
PITY:
This is the part of the narrative that you would connect with the character, hear about their background, and get familiarized with the story.
FEAR:
What can be consider the climax of the story, the circulation gets more enclosed and, as you know the character, you now start to feel for them, as well as feeling more compressed.
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CATHARSIS:
The big release, you see the city, you feel free, just like the big finale of a narrative. There would be a small performance, and if not, just a place to hang out.
2017 - 2020 The aim of this project was to create a place that allowed non-written language communities to tell their stories. Apart from this, we had to fit our project into a little space with no sides very little opportunity to play with shape. But what you are left with, is a space in which you come in, and the sky is the limit. This project has wood tangents that puncture through the space and they take you exactly where you need to go, as you are not only listening to the narrative of the people, but you are also following the narrative of the building: pity, fear, and catharsis.
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This is probably one of my favorite works from this project, I decided to have some fun with collaging, and explore the more unrealistic side of my building, and section. Just like the cloud with all the images are carried with narratives, that was the feeling of the path I wanted to give to my building. I went to a friend’s art gallery, and all of his projects were physical collages with magazines and fabrics, and it just left me very inspired to try it. Something about layering completely random images and getting your hands dirty leaves a very satisfying feeling.
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120-HOUR 2019 The 120-hour is an international architecture students competition, in which the proposal is given on a Monday, and the participants have 5 days to come up with a concept that serves the purpose for each year’s theme. The 2019 proposal was to create a character that would be moving today to Svalbard, Norway. This island is doomed
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due to climate change, and their community is slowly fading away because of the lack of resources and the natural disasters, there’s no point in living there. Our character, fictional or not, would have a reason to move there and settle. You had to put an illustration of the architectural settlement now, and how it would be in a hundred years from now.
2017 - 2020 As a sophomore, competitions become more experience than actually winning. This was a group project, so firstly, learning to collaborate and work with others - which believe me, it can be hard. Secondly, working with the limited amount of time, which will happen many times in my professional career, sets a tone of what I will have to deal with. Our project was based on a character from the 2017 movie First Reformed. He is an activist whose wife is pregnant and wants her to abort because he thinks a child should not be born in this condemned world. In our project, he chooses to have hope, and move to Svalbard, when he will start an environmental aware community that will grow and develop a whole society that believes in change.
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Collage of multi-media sketches
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2017 - 2020
photography
charcoal
micron pens
graphite
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Series of sketches of the Yin + Yang House when doing a case study Micron pens, Copic markers, and pencils.
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2017 - 2020
Series of sketches of the Yin + Yang House when doing a case study Micron pens, Copic markers, and pencils.
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SOPHIE RIBEIRO
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