PORTFOLIO SIERRA WROOLIE
Dew
DLR Award Finalist
Spectacular Studio Award
Mass Timber Manhattanisms
ISU Honors Capstone Project
Req • ui • em
H. Kenneth Bussard Award Finalist
DEW
DLR Prize Finalist
Spectacular Studio Award Winner
In Collaboration With: Hao Cao Fall 2023, Studio Iyanalu & Kruse
A REVIVAL OF NATIVE ECOLOGY THROUGH INTEGRATION
OF ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE
D ew challenges the notions of traditional buildings by performing as a machine, actively working to heal the ecology of a contaminated site. The building envelope acts as a skin, perspiring based on indoor and outdoor conditions, providing clean water. The large roofscape features PV panels to sustain the buildings energy needs, as well as give excess to its neighbors.
T he guiding principle of the design was the site, to honor the landscape. Every design decision was made based off research and site experience, with the goal of designing a building that gives back to the landscape and
Contaminated
Fecal
- Found in private water wells
- Risky for people who consume the water
- Found in private water wells
- Potential risk of pathogenic organisms in water, low risk
- Found in private water wells
- Causing soil to become more acidic
Coliform
E.Coli
Radon
- Leaking underground storage tank at gas stations
- Contamination the soil and water via groundwater
- Naturally radioactive gas, causes lung cancer
- Entire state of Iowa is at high risk for radon gas
Petroleum - High amounts of E.Coli in water is an indicator of sewage/animal waste contamination
MASS TIMBER MANHATTANISMS
ISU Honors Capstone Project
In Collaboration With:
Bayleigh Hughson & Izzy Witten Spring 2023, Studio Zuroweste
AN ECOLOGICAL APPROACH TO SOCIAL HOUSING IN
MANHATTAN’S CHINATOWN
Mass Timber Manhattanisms connects the city’s native landscape while paying homage to the strong cultural roots of Chinatown. The design serves as the connection between the historical ecology and the contemporary demographic. Through the rewilding of the groundscape and the cultivation of the roofscape, these spaces serve as an urban oasis, blurring boundaries of what public space looks like in the city.
One of the guiding principles of the design is preserving the multigenerational culture through flexibility. As a synthesis of ecology, culture, and adaptability, the design serves as a connection: uniting residents with their context.
Native to
Grows
Tea Varieties based on Harvesting Process
Thrives in Full Sun and Rain/Humidity
Native to Site
Blooms April to June
Grows up to 12-15’ tall
Provides Habitat for Wildlife
Has Medicinal Qualities
Bark can be Used for Tea
Starved Panic Grass
Native to Site
Blooms May-September
Grows up to 18” tall
Provides Erosion Control
Provides Habitat for Wildlife
Daisy Fleabane
Native to Site
Blooms April to October
Grows up to 28” tall
Roots can be Used for Tea
Medicinal Properties
Provides Habitat for Wildlife
Butterfly Weed
Native to Site
Blooms May to September
Grows between 12-24” tall
Roots can be Used for Tea
Medicinal Properties
Provides Habitat for Wildlife
Blackhaw
Camellia Sinensis (Tea Plant)
China and India
to 3-5’ tall hedge
REQ • UI • EM
H. Kennard Bussard Award Finalist
In Collaboration With:
Elly Scheumann,Izzy Witten,and Zoë Stenseth Fall 2024, Studio Goché
“A SLOW HUMILITY PENETRATES THE ROOM THAT DWELLS
IN ME IN THE
-Poetics of Space, Gaston Bachelard
PALM OF REPOSE”
Beginning with the void of the corn bin, the darkness creates an intimacy between the person and the room. To a foreign entity, intimacy is a way to relate to a space. The foreignness of the bin is diminished through developing a comforting and intimate relationship as a means of familiarity. Here, a sense of comfort emerges through the repetition of labor.
Our work is a body of our labor; a performance of finding familiarity. It touches on the tense relationship between Iowa’s natural prairie lands and the colonial capitalist practices that are now Iowa’s reality. The land and the prairie were once one, now made foreigners.
Requiem curates the prairie to the bin allowing a moment of humble contemplation of the re-imagining of the landscape.
3D PRINTED CONCRETE
Undergraduate Research Assistantship
In Collaboration With: Shelby Doyle, Nick Senske, Chengde Wu, Pete Evans & Hugh Duffy
Summer 2023, Fall 2023 & Fall 2024
UTILIZING CONCRETE PRINTING TO DEVELOP AFFORDABLE
& RESILIENT HOUSING
The scope of the research assistantship during summer 2023 was to research thermal performance and assembly of 3D printed wall sections in comparison to high-performance timber wall assemblies typically found in Iowa. The research team constructed a “Franken-shed” of concrete and timber wall assemblies of different thicknesses, insulation types, and hardware.
I assisted with the 3D printing process and creating drawings, as well as learned how to use an Artec 3D scanner to scan our prints. This technology can be utilized to identify discrepancies between the physical print and the digital model.
The overall scope of the project is to research and develop 3D construction printed housing that is sustainable, resilient, and affordable for Iowan’s as a response to the disastrous aftermath of the derencho in 2020.
