Architectural Design Portfolio Sarah Vandersteen
Professional Work
Internship with HOK | Summer of 2024
Public Health Lab
• renderings and 3D models of form & facade design iterations for client & JV presentations
• coordination with lab planners, interior designers, landscape architects, facade engineers, etc.
Professional Work
Internship with HOK | Summer of 2024
testing window-to-wall ratios, lighting, facade designs and constructability
iterating precast facade designs
combining facade, form, and landscape architect consultant work
Professional Work
Internship
with HOK | Summer of 2024
“Lab of the Future” Internal Competition
• I created renderings and 3D models of design iterations
• experimented with AI tools for idea generation
• intended as thought experiment, imagining a futuristic mega-structure that promotes health of all living things
University Work
Senior Thesis | 2024-25 Academic Year
Three physical explorations during the development of the thesis proposal, each representative of current issues and possible solutions.
1. cast aluminum piece
2. wood and steel furniture piece
3. cast concrete piece
Thesis Proposal
argued for prioritizing the reimagining and reuse of existing buildings in response to the current climate crisis and coming resource depletions. It explored a possible future in which demolitions are restricted.
University Work
Senior Thesis | 2024-25 Academic Year
University Work
Senior Thesis | 2024-25 Academic Year
Research & Diagramming
a series of punk inspired posters depicting background information, evidence, and new strategies
University Work
Senior Thesis | 2024-25 Academic Year
Site: 161 Maiden Lane
stalled construction site in NYC with 60-story unfinished structure
Final Model physical model showing new intervention (yellow & pink) and the existing conditions (gray & white)
University Work
Senior Thesis | 2024-25 Academic Year
University Work
Senior Thesis | 2024-25 Academic Year
Drawings split into three categories (human dwelling, provisions, and wildlife habitat), the existing structure is reused, eroded, reinforced, etc. to be suitable for its newly extended lifespan
Drawings cont. the plans show possible configurations for each of the three categories