Architecture at ASU | Fall 2021 Student Catalog

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FALL 2021

UNDERGRADUATE/GRADUATE

Catalog

Architecture ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY HERBERGER INSTITUTE FOR DESIGN AND THE ARTS THE DESIGN SCHOOL


The Architecture program at ASU sits within the Design School (TDS), which sits within the Herberger Institute for the Design and Arts (HIDA). Our program is a “4+2,” meaning the undergraduate leads to a non-professional degree and the twoyear graduate MArch is our accredited degree. In the past three years we have grown from around 350 students and will have over 1000 in the next academic year. This growth is the result of a complete redesign of the program to align more closely with the mission of ASU:

ASU IS A COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC RESEARCH UNIV ERSIT Y, ME A SURED NO T B Y W HOM W E E XCLUDE, BUT RATHER BY WHOM WE INCLUDE AND HOW THEY SUCCEED; ADVANCING RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY OF PUBLIC VALUE; AND ASSUMING

Welcome

FUNDAMENTAL RESPONSIBILIT Y FOR THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND OVERALL HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES. To be radically inclusive means that we cannot teach the way we were taught. We need to rethink how we organize studio, how we schedule classes, how we use technology, and how we build the culture of our school. There is the often-repeated story of a dean standing in front of a first-year class who asks the students to “look to your left, look to your right.” The dean then continues to say, “they will not be here when you graduate.” We have shifted this message of failure, to be one of success. In the first-year lecture, students are again asked to look to their colleagues, but are now asked to help them to be there when they graduate. This catalog is the result of collective work of almost 1000 people. I would like to thank all of our students, faculty, and staff for your tremendous work, perspective, and resiliency over the past months. It is amazing to see all you have accomplished!

MARC J NE V EU, PHD Ar chitec ture Pr ogr am Head


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1st Year


ARC 101

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ARCHITECTURE PROJECT 1 PROFESSORS: Felipe Mesa, Elena Rocchi & Catherine Spellman


ARC 101

TA OMAR NAVA

Students: Erik Acheson, Christopher Becerra Mejia, Jordan Black-Jarrell, Gabe Charette, Joshua Czerneda, Jeovanna Diaz Reyes, Anh Duong, Destiny GloriaGordillo, Morgan Gomes, Nathaniel Jackson, Randy Johnston, Madelyn Kersten, Dominic Lowell, Nick Lucchese, Isabella Macy,Lauren Martin, Mathew Merrill, Luis Navarro, Alejandra Paez, Paul-Gabriel Pagay, Samyuktha Ravi, Cynthia Reyes Pastor, Javier Rojas-Serrano, Jari Rubio, Mia Vazquez, Olivia Webb


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TEAM 5, DUONG, RUBIO, GLORIA-GORDILLO

This Fall Semester at ASU has been an incredibly immersive experience that has helped me expand the way I think as a designer, and view the world around 1A TEMPLATE PG3

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me. There were a few different ways that I was TEAM #4, GLORIA-GORDILLO, GOMES

challenged this semester, as a designer, as a builder, and as a team member. One of the biggest lessons taken away from this semester is the importance of teamwork. There is power in recognizing the strengths of others, and relinquishing dominion over certain responsibilities. I’m looking forward to expanding on these lessons and growing further as a designer. — Randy M. Johnston


ARC 101

TA ESTHER NG

Students: Husain Alhashmi, Brandon Arriaga-Tenorio, Jacob Barocio, Caroline Contreras, Maria Cornejo, Phuong Nghi Duong, Valeria Esquivel, Zoey Ford, Noah Gadia, Marqes Gracia, Meredith Horne, Jacqueline King, Isaac Lara, Jacob Lundgren, Allison Macdonell, Darren Moffett, Maximus Montenegro, Emily Noelke, Caden Peacock, Erik Quezada, Kathy Ramirez, Derek Sherwin, Lexi Snyder, Gabriela Soto Sanchez, Martin Valencia Granda, Pieter Youngman


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Throughout this course we were able to integrate different skills whether it was Photoshop, autocad, or even photography. I personally enjoyed the first module as we had to be a part of the images we took and through the use of photography we were able to capture the beautiful shadows of a piece of architecture in our image. Being able to appreciate and capture moments impacted by architecture was very interesting and insightful. — Jacqueline King


ARC 101

TA CARLY TOMKO

Graduate Student 6th year MArch student

The Pathfinder

Students: Zahara Al Bahadli, Ashlyn Anderson, Lona Barton, Fred Branham, Alex Castro, Wesley Chrisman, Michael Delp, Maxwell Farris, Robert Guignard, Samantha Irish, Aryan Kashyap, Gwendalin Kinsey, Jake Leroux, Jesus Martinez, Silvano Mazzu, Victoria McNulty, Devyn Moll, Chase Overby, Cameron Pfaff, Michael Pifer, Rehane Roberts, Kaitlyn Sullivan, Francisco Valenzuela, Zackary Warmiak, Hayden White, Ricardo Wong, Jingxuan Liu


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ARC 101 was a terrific class that has opened my eyes to the importance of the design principles. The projects were enjoyable to complete and helped give a better understanding of how, when, and why to use specific design principles. It has helped demonstrate the importance of detail and how minor details can change a project from mediocre to excellent. The class has also changed how I view the world through the three simple shapes of a circle, triangle, and square. I can wholeheartedly say that ARC 101 has opened my eyes and helped knock down barriers to help me become a better designer. — Michael Pifer


ARC 101

TA RAFAEL GONZALEZ

Students: Noor Alzuhairi, Destiny Anthon, Yaritza Bracamontes, Dayanna Carranza, Julian Delarosa, Sabine Dieter, Daniela Fernandez Romero, Sarai Garcia Poblano, Dylan Gelman, Andy Hoang, Christian Kelly, Emily Larmore, Jennifer Lemus Perez, Nick Matas, Samuel McCarthy, Julian Molina, Zoe Mosier, Ray Penuelas, Marco Pezzano, Maximilian Pfaffinger, Jacqueline Ramirez, Cinthia Reyes Nevarez, Ricardo Soto, Craig Tiensvold, Isabella Villela Ruiz, Abigail Wheeler, Matthew Willis


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This semester in ARC 101 studio I learned how to collaborate. After months of staying home, not doing many projects it was challenging but also beneficial to my experience as a designer, to work with others. By doing activities around campus, I’ve noticed more about the lessons of each module, such as the spaces in shapes of a square, the programs within the library as a study space, and the tectonics of the materials like in courtyard spaces. Through the studio I can see how design elements are incorporated into a project. Like how there is balance on a wall between door and window space, or contrast in adjacent materials. Studio pushed me to think in a visionary way, and to picture my project before its completion but adjust as needed for practicality....As designers in this studio I felt creativity surrounding me, but also support from my peers as we all worked hard to meet the expectations of the assignments...I had a fun semester in ARC 101 studio and I’m looking forward to continuing in the Architecture program. — Sabine Dieter


ARC 101

TA BRENNAN RICHARDS

Students: Sultan

Abudawood,

Lizbeth

Campos,

Tiegan

Didriksen, Julian Ferrer, Kaitlyn Flake, Joseph Gallo, Jared Giordano, James Griffin, Athoub Hesham Yusuf Ali Hasan, Mallory Hilligoss, Geoff Huber, Kaiden Keeper, Diego Lopez, Bailey Pechinski, Lauren Robinson, Devlin Sarratt, Catherine Sesi, Jaya Singh, Matthew Smith, Timbrlee Smith, Alexis Sutton, Jordan Vahrenberg, Lucas Yazzie


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My favorite part about this course is that it makes us view things from an architectural perspective. As well as our projects being integrated with nature really helped us view how things like how color and texture blend in with the landscape...Module 1...Built a proper foundation of my knowledge in graphic design which really helped me throughout all of the rest of the modules, it taught me how dimensions, color, shadow and light source all play an effect into seamlessly a product blends in to itself...Module 2... The wind, puddles and other factors we had to deal with when making the actual floor plan really shows how in buildings, problems can come up during the practical process...Module 3...Walking around seeing the different tectonic textures was fun...Being an architecture major really helped me see how buildings serve a community and its people, being an architect is more than creating buildings, and I never realized how selfless the profession is. — Athoub Hesham Yusuf Ali Hasan


ARC 101

TA MIA SALAZAR

Students: Alexander Ballew, Tana Bedenfield, Regan Clark, Sofia Etienne, Scott Finkle, Ava Frias, Alexandra Gamez Garcia, Hernan Gomez, Adedapo Hakeem, Daniel Heyer, Curtis Horger, Courtney Imbaro, Vishnu Kotta, Jonah Levin, Brady McCann, Natasha Mellon Werch, Tatum Miller, Sujeily Pastor, Cody Purkett, Parker Sanchez, Chalsea Segarra, Alexander Shaddock, Sydney Smalling, Sophia Snyder, Ryan Stull, Aaliyah Terrazas, Megan Wahlman


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So, I am a lover of anthropology, and when I think of this past semester I am reminded of a theory in Anthropology called the Sapir Whorf hypothesis which states that as we learn more of a new language, our perception of the world becomes influenced by the culture of that language. Not just in this class, but also in our ARC11 course can we see this at work. Sorry if this topic is a bit esoteric, but in each of these classes we were given a variety of new vocabulary that was added to our lexicon, and I’ve noticed (and hopefully so have you) that the way in which I’m looking at the world has started to change. I’ve begun to question design choices and see details I hadn’t thought to look for before. Moving forward, I can’t wait to see how reality is warped further with each semester, and I can’t wait to see it all with you! — Curtis Horger


ARC 101

TA HENRY ERIVES

Students: Faith Bancod, Adrian Bastidos, Ryan Bourbeau, Karen Cordova, Maribel Damazo Alvarado, Olivia Fielding, Basil Ibrahim, Robert Jaquez, Minwoo Kim, Ruimin Lu, Tyler Maktima, Leonardo Marin, Cole Meaney, Vania Mendez, Nicholas Moe, Victoria Alejandra Moreno, Carolina Orduno Ramos, Jamison Owen, Dignity Payne, Fabian Perez-Alarcon, Sebastian Quintero, Elliott Roebuck, Jesus Soto, Tyler Tressel, Andrea Yazzie, Samantha Zuniga Bejarano


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My favorite of the three modules was module three. Module three was my favorite because it was the kind of project I was looking forward to doing in the architecture program. I got a real feel of creating physical projects as an architecture student. Even though I spent days working on the triangles, along with my partners, it was very fun. I was very happy with the end results. We were able to create a strong and sturdy castle with a cool name. This is an image I captured from the time-lapse I recorded while assembling the castle. As you can see in the image, I am explaining to Prof. Felipe Mesa the design of the castle and the pattern for the perforate on my computer. He was walking around seeing all the projects and he saw our design and it caught his attention. He said he really likes our design since not many people picked circles for the perforate. — Jesus Soto


ARC 101

TA PAOLA PERDOMO

Students: Joseph Alejandre, Chanell Barrett, Thomas Bingham, David Canales, Jared Cuautle, Griffin Day, Zane Giddings, Dylan Greenhill, Carlos Hernandez, Neel Jagga, William Kidd, Anna Magalhaes Filgueira, Samantha

Matienzo,

Will

Matsler,

Isabella

Moeslacher, Destiny Navarro, Ruby Neiger, Jose Nunez, Avery Paul, Vivian Pelayo, Rubicel Pita Martinez, Ximena Ramirez Franco, Ruben Sanchez Herrera, Cassidy Stanton, Indianna TroubridgeLeader, David Zamora


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Completing this first semester changed the way I view the world. From discovering what “space” is and what it can contain, to figuring out what “program” can be found within a simple circle and finding tectonic textures from the facades of different structures, made me realize design is everywhere. All around us there is design in the simplest things such as a wall, and I believe this semester I saw, “the uncommon beauty of common things” (Charles Eames)... After graduating high school, I had different career paths I wanted to take. Each figure standing is a representation of those career paths. The object replacing my head is a camera lens. The camera lens represents how when you look through a lens, you see different angles to try to get the perfect photo or in this case, fall into the perfect career path. The figures wearing the camera lens exemplify how I have yet to take the perfect photo. — David Zamora


ARC 101

TA RONGTING JIN

Students: Raul Arias Martes, Miguel Cano, Andres Chavez, Cade Commers, Samantha Deys, Claudelle Duarte, Uor Fawzi, Shayna Foster, Madison Gardner, Sierrah Harris, Raya Hurst, Rufina Isackson, Kelsi Jordan, Grady Kirby, Emma Knight, Shelby LaBine, Tinesha Lewis, Alexander Meda Aleman, David Niebles, Denise Nunez, Victor Quezada, Thomas Reinhardt, Ibby Rodriguez, Abigail Shaw, Valeria Solarte Martinez, Elizabeth Weber, Shawanoe Wolcik


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As my journey began at ASU, I thought of only simple drawings and measurements as my first experience. I’ve come to realize that architecture is not about simple ideas but about the complex imaginations. It is a puzzle in which one’s imagination is challenged to develop the best design one out of many possible designs. In our world, architecture is the solution to our environment, our community and our home. There are many forms and designs that can be improved over and over again without being wrong. The discipline that architecture demonstrates to all of us is great because every line that is drawn onto our paper is a reference. Every reference must be perfect and for that, architecture will get us to be perfect. — Andres Chavez


ARC 101

TA RITA MOMIKA

Students: Silas Berga, Nereida Cabanillas Duran, Andres Carballo, Corwaun Clark, Gabriel Cruz Camacho, Samiksha Dixit, Lucas Fathy, Javier Fimbres Barcelo, Emily Garcia, Adrianne Gelhaar, Anna Henshaw, Rodolfo Hernandez, Matthew Infante, Ricci Johnson, Jace Johnson, Kyle Mansueto, Daniel Moreno Samaniego, Marc Nieto, Savannah Porter, Diana Rayas Campuzano, David Reyes, Ashok Sensharma, Phetemany Simmalavong, Nico Swank, Xinyue Wang, Paul Wimmer


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This studio was a huge enlightenment when it came to expanding and exploring our creativity. We began to understand that it was important for us to push our boundaries and develop as individuals. Enjoying the chaos of our first semester of architecture school taught us how to manipulate space and what we learned from this class most importantly is how to be more critical and intentional with all of our projects. — Ricci Johnson and Javier Fimbres Barcelo


ARC 101

TA KERRI CLAYTON

Students: Yaman Alalag, Ricardo Alarcon, Max Basta, Jesse Bautista-Flores, Katerina Chamberlin, Isaac Cornejo, Victoria Cullipher, Austin Ellsworth, Stephany Espinoza Mayorga, Destiny Flores, Jesse Garcia Santiago, Madelynn Goodman, Emma Hirose, Reid Kirane, Demetri Larkin, Alec Lucero, Sean Maseng, Alexander

Meredith,

Jacob

Navabi,

Alejandra

Parrales, Cambria Pocano, Lindsay Robertson, Imanol

Salazar,

Serandon

Szalontay, Michael Thompson

Sheppard,

Karissa


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TEAM 5 FLORES, ESPINOZA MAYO

I would first like to thank Professor Spellman, Professor Rocci,Professor Mesa and all the TA’s for the work they put in to help us start our major and eventually our careers. I remember the very first project we had, here I was with 300 other students in a room where we had absolutely no idea what to do...We talked a little bit about our studies and what I hope to accomplish here and even after ASU...need to question and study everything I see in architecture just the same as I did in those 5 minutes...Right now, we are just making our foundation of what is to be a beautiful piece of work, whatever that work may be for you it will tell a story, not only to you but for your community...I met some amazing people and got to do a little bit of everything we have learned so far. Aside from the wind blowing our hopes and dreams away, I had a good time. Something I have learned this semester that will stick with me forever is the purpose of space and how we use it...incorporate that space into my programs to make my designs meaningful... thanks to everyone here... — Austin Ellsworth


ARC 101

TA JACOB JONES

1C PG1, Jones

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Tropical (2051)

1C PG4, Jones

TEAM #3, David

Students: Dannya Arreazola, Aaliyah Becton, Brant Bishop, Fabian Cortez Rodriguez, Joselyn Cuenca, Nicholas David, Josmar Escobar, Jahnvi Nigam Gandhi, Nicole Gaston, Bailey Green, Audrey Harris, Jacqueline Hogan, Zion Jessee, Lily Lambert, Hailey Long, Spencer Mar, Evan Mchattie, Martin Mosqueda, Connor Niles, Alexander Perez Mariscales, Angel Quintino, Sebastian Rosales, Jesus Salcedo Garcia, Vanshika Thawani, Kincaid Vineyard, Diego ZuNiga


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This course was extremely informative, engaging, and unique; it provided me with knowledge through projects that captivated my interest in architecture which allowed me to start to think like a designer. I learned a lot about program, space, and tectonics through the projects and assignments, and the support I received from my group mates, my TA Jacob Jones and my professors was remarkably helpful. As a Barrett Honor student, being able to work closely with the professors on my honor’s contract opened up the possibilities for my future studies as this course had allowed me to think about my future and about what I really am interested in. Thank you! — Nicholas David


2nd Year


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BEN ABERCROMBIE

II chose to highlight my my project project from from Excercise Excercise 5, the Graft. II decided decided to replace a part of Dixie Gammage Graft. Hall, which also happens to contain the the Secret Secret realized that that rather rather than than the building itself, Garden. II realized the focal point point of of Dixie Dixie Gammage is is the the garden. garden. This This led me me to to use use aa relatively relatively simple design, featuring large windows and seating directed toward the imagined that that my graft graft should should not garden, since II imagined take attention away from the the oasis oasis that is the the Secret Secret Additionally, considering considering how how much much heat Garden. Additionally, the large windows might take in, I positioned the graft and its roof panels in such a way to avoid the afternoon sun.


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ANDRES ANGUIANO

The space created for this graft of the Lattie F Coor Building will become a place to be seen. Along with becoming a connection to the nearby site of Nelson Fine Art Center. An Amphitheater like design on the edge of the basement level corridor will become a destination for students and faculty. Emphasis will be placed with a stage space illuminated by an oculus above connecting both ground floor and basement. On the ground floor crystalline concrete forms surround the oculus acting as an artful centerpiece.


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CHRISTOPHER BECERRA BECERRA CHRISTOPHER

At the knowknow what program I wanted At the beginning, beginning,I didn’t I didn’t what program to chose and how my graft would be designed. As I I wanted to chose and how my graft would be was walking class,walking I remember seeing the balcony designed. As to I was to class, I remember in thethe design north anddesign realized it isand hardly used. seeing balcony in the north realized myself maybetoI myself can create a balcony itI isthought hardly to used. I thought maybe I can where students can access it for space to study create a balcony where students can access it foror work.toThe balcony wasThe going to be was connected the space study or work. balcony going totobe design south building. the start ofwas my graft. connected to the design That southwas building. That the I incorporated a lifting glass wallafor an outside view start of my graft. I incorporated lifting glass wall and on window the sidespanels as well.onThe for anwindow outside panels view and thematerial sides be similar towould the original building could aswould well. The material be similar to the but original building but could be changed depending weightmy be changed depending on weight load.on During load. DuringI my I was given relocate advice tomy evaluation, wasevaluation, given advice to maybe maybe relocate mywhere graft it into an area where it would graft into an area would be more efficient and be morereflect efficient andthe would reflect upon space. would upon space. I took thatthe advice and I decided took thatthat advice andthe decided that maybe graft maybe graft would better the serve as an would better serve as anthat addition to the bridge that addition to the bridge connects both buildings. connects both buildings. The balcony willlectures give more The balcony will give more space for and space for lectures and and willasserve presenstations and willpresenstations serve as a study area well. as a study area as well.


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JAREN JAREN DEIULIO DEIULIO

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solving skills skills by by 60%. 60%. ASU ASU campus campushas hasplenty plentyof of solving has plenty of solving skills by 60%. ASU campus indoor study places, but not nearly enough outdoor indoor study places, but not nearly enough outdoor indoor study places, but not nearly enough outdoor study places places for for its its 50,000 50,000 students. students. Placing Placingthis this study this study places for its 50,000 students. Placing structureover overthe the Seceret Gardenallows allowsstudents students structure structure over theSeceret Seceret Garden Garden allows students to interact interact with with natural natural sunlight, experience experience the the to the to interact with natural sunlight, sunlight, experience landscape in a new way, all while still being landscape in a new way, all while still being landscape in a new way, all while still being connected connected with campuslife. life. connected with with campus life.campus


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NICHOLAS FROELICH FROELICH

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with amazing ideas while sit and you think viewing up with with amazing ideasyou while youthink sit and and think you up amazing ideas while you sit you the beautiful plant life and the calm bubbling of the viewing the beautiful plant life and the calm bubbling viewing the beautiful plant life and the calm bubbling

fountain. When I saw thisII saw environment I felt as though of the the fountain. fountain. When saw this environment environment felt as as of When this II felt itthough could be modified to be a larger space for more though it could be modified to be a larger space for it could be modified to be a larger space for people. That’s where firstmy thoughts came on howon more people. That’s my where first thoughts thoughts came more people. That’s where my first came on should I modify it whatit could I do that ruin how should should modify what could could dowouldn’t that wouldn’t wouldn’t how II modify it what II do that this of serenity? In my mind, I saw that Ibringing ruinfeeling this feeling feeling of serenity? serenity? In my my mind, saw that that ruin this of In mind, I saw up the center area would block out the sun the wind bringing up up the the center center area area would would block block out out the the sun sun bringing and really crowd the area so tothe me area divingsounderground the wind and really crowd to me diving the wind and really crowd the area so to me diving would just bring another aspectanother to thataspect building a underground would just bring bring to that that underground would just another aspect to perspective different from what it already has. building aa perspective perspective different different from from what what it it already already building

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LAUREN GEISELHOFER

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CHRISTOPHER HA

Hello, my Ha. Ha. I have chosen the Hello, my name nameisisChristopher Christopher I have chosen Coor building due to its many potential graft ideas the Coor building due to its many potential graft that could be implemented into the The ideas that could be implemented into building. the building. building can can be be seen The building seenasassomewhat somewhat enclosed -from all all sides sides everything is all boxed in as you can see from of the the building. building. Coor Coor Hall Hall offers offers many many areas areas within within the building building that that consists consists of of classrooms, classrooms, a plethora the computer labs, labs, research research expanses, expanses, exceptional exceptional of computer multi-purpose facilities, facilities,and andoffices. offices.However, However,what whatit doesn’t have is a room that helps open the building it doesn’t have is a room that helps open up to to the the amazing amazing environment. environment. In In doing doing so, so, this led up me to to create create aa graft graft that would would open open up up Coor Coor Hall to me the sky sky and its its surrounding, surrounding, which is is why why the the graft graft the takes upon upon aa cylindrical cylindrical design. This This design is meant levels that sit sit 60 to be encased encased in inglass glasswith with2 2different different levels that feetfeet up up on the West sideside of the building. 60 on the West of the building.


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JACQUELINE HOGAN HOGAN JACQUELINE

THE ISISSET NEXT TO THE The graft set inINAN an empty space next toTO the THEGRAFT GRAFTis SETIN ANEMPTY EMPTYSPACE SPACE NEXT THE SOUTHEAST STAIRCASE OF LATTIE F. COOR HALL. southeast staircase of lattie F. CoorF. Hall. SOUTHEAST STAIRCASE OF LATTIE COORUsing HALL. USING THE ‘TO ALONE,’ THE ADDITION the program ‘to be alone,’ the addition will be an USING THEPROGRAM PROGRAM ‘TOBEBE ALONE,’ THE ADDITION WILL BE AN ENCLOSED ATRIUM COURTYARD enclosed atrium courtyard with landscaping similar WILL BE AN ENCLOSED ATRIUM COURTYARD

WITH LANDSCAPING SIMILAR TOTO THE NEARBY to the nearby green spaces, along with a hanging WITH LANDSCAPING SIMILAR THE NEARBY GREEN SPACES, ALONG WITH A HANGING GARDEN garden by a greywater system from the GREENmaintained SPACES, ALONG WITH A HANGING GARDEN

MAINTAINED BYBYABalconies SYSTEM THE restrooms below. allow guestsFROM to study, MAINTAINED AGREYWATER GREYWATER SYSTEM FROM THE RESTROOMS BELOW. BALCONIES ALLOW GUESTS TO relax, and enjoy nature in their own private space. RESTROOMS BELOW. BALCONIES ALLOW GUESTS TO STUDY, RELAX,isAND ENJOY NATURE THEIR The exterior meant to blend in IN with the OWN host STUDY, RELAX, AND ENJOY NATURE IN THEIR OWN PRIVATE SPACE. THE EXTERIOR IS MEANT TO BLEND building, while the interior is centrally focused with PRIVATE SPACE. THE EXTERIOR IS MEANT TO BLEND IN WITH THE HOST BUILDING,with WHILE INTERIOR lush greenery contrasts the THE heavy use of IN WITH THE that HOST BUILDING, WHILE THE INTERIOR IS CENTRALLY FOCUSED WITH LUSH GREENERY glass and concrete throughout the rest of Coor THAT Hall. IS CENTRALLY FOCUSED WITH LUSH GREENERY THAT CONTRASTS WITH THE HEAVY USE OF GLASS AND CONTRASTS WITH THE HEAVY USE OF GLASS AND CONCRETE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF COOR HALL. CONCRETE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF COOR HALL.


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JUNIOR LEE

The project project is located I’ve The located at at the the10th 10thStreet StreetGarage. Garage. I’ve decided the direction where decided to to gogototothe whererather ratherthan than trying trying to to camouflage camouflageititwith with the theparking parking structure structure I I would wouldmake makeit stand it stand so obvious to outout and and be sobe obvious to contrast contrast it. looking As I was looking into the schematics of it. As I was into the schematics of the structure, the perfectly symmetrical, so rather it isstructure, perfectlyit is symmetrical, so rather than trying than tryingwithin to build that to I wanted create to build thatwithin I wanted create to something something chaotic that would throw off its overall chaotic that would throw off its overall balance. Along balance. Along withthe that, I based outside andof with that, I based outside and the interior design interior designofofa the of aand mixpomegranate. of avocado the building mixbuilding of avocado and be suspended in the beams air withon It’ll pomegranate. be suspendedIt’ll in the air with support support beams on the bottom. I designed it likeoverall this the bottom. I designed it like this because the

because the overall for it was and a theme I intended fortheme it was Ia intended place of meditation place meditation and to alone, I wanted to beof alone, so I wanted tobe have eachsoroom small to and have each so room enclosed so that way the enclosed thatsmall way and the people could be alone with people could be alone with their thoughts. their thoughts.


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BENJAMIN MILLER MILLER BENJAMIN MILLER

Thelandscapes landscapesofofArizona Arizonaare aredrastically drasticallydifferent different The The landscapes of Arizona are drastically different fromthe theones onesI Iam amused usedtotoseeing seeingback backhome homein in from from the ones I am used to seeing back home in California. right California.The Thenature naturehere hereisispretty prettyininitsitsown own right California. The nature here is pretty in its own right but coastal butI Ifind findmyself myselfmissing missingthe thegreenery greeneryand and coastal but I Ifind myself missing the greenery and coastal plants plants Ican cansee seeatathome. home.I thought I thoughtofofa agreenhouse greenhouse plants I can seeasatanhome. I thought of a greenhouse that toto witness natural thatcould couldserve serve as anopportunity opportunity witness natural that could serve asasan opportunity to witness natural phenomena asas well bebe a place forfor students toto study phenomena well as a place students study as wellhouse as be awould place be for attached students to study orphenomena read. The green to or read. The green house would be attached tothe the or read. The green house would be attached tobe the East Eastside sideofofthe the10th 10thststparking parkinggarage garageand andwould would be East next side of the exit 10th st parking garage andthrough. would be right goes right nexttotothe the exitofofthe thetunnel tunnelthat that goes through. rightlower next to the exitofofthe thebuilding tunnel that goes through. The feet would made The lower four four feet of the building would bebemade out Theoflower four feet of theasbuilding would be made out out the same material the garage to match of the same material as the garage to match the the look. of the same material of as thegreenhouse garage to matchbethe look. look. upper glass The The upper partsparts of the the greenhouse willwill be glass and The upper parts of the greenhouse will be glass and and black steel beams. black steel beams. black steel beams.


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DAVID MOORE

When coming coming upon upon the the Nelson NelsonFine FineArts ArtsCenter, Center,a When a feeling of comfort while feeling small overtakes feeling of comfort while feeling small overtakes you. you. This is what I felt when coming upon this This is whatfor I felt when coming upon this building for building the first time. Skating around the first time. Skating around campus, I accidently campus, I accidently ran into this site and was captivated design. The Fine by Arts ran into thisby siteitsand was captivated its Center design. is a huge area made with layers of buildings The Fine Arts Center is a huge area made with layers overlapping each other. The more I explored the of buildings overlapping each and other. The more area the more I discovered, it came to meI that it looked like abstract painting that was explored the area theanmore I discovered, and it came extruded the like ground. That ispainting why the choice to me that from it looked an abstract that was I chose this area for my graft. I wanted to add extruded from the ground. That is why the choice I to the experience of the building. Not something chose my graft. I wanted to add to the to awethis at area but for to live in awe with. By giving it the same angle the slopes the building and experience of theas building. Not in something to awe at same blends into the Notangle only but to materials, live in awe itwith. By giving it area. the same that but I also wanted to give it a feeling of as the slopes the building andthat samereason materials, comfort whileinbeing so big. For I it blends intoitthe Notlong onlyasthat but I and also gave wanted stretched outarea. for as I could it a roof to of the building with seats to giveisit added a feeling comfort while being so inside big. For pointed to the West. That way one can sit down that reason I stretched it out for as long as I could and here, climb to a height they like, and watch gave it a roof is added the building seats inside a sunset or just stairtointo the sky with so they can think great pointed to thethoughts. West. That way one can sit down here, climb to a height they like, and watch a sunset or just stair into the sky so they can think great thoughts.


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JESUS NAVA

The my graft The host buildings that make the site my graft Thehost hostbuildings buildingsthat thatmake makeupup upthe thesite siteforfor for my graft are are the theDixie DixieGammage GammageHall, Hall,West WestHall, Hall,and andSecret Secret are the Dixie Gammage Hall, West Hall, and Secret Garden. toto study. I II Garden. The program my graft place study. Garden.The Theprogram programofof ofmy mygraft graftisis isa aaplace place to study.

chose a nice chose this site because for me personally II need aa nice chosethis thissite sitebecause becausefor forme mepersonally personallyI need need nice and peaceful place to study, and the Secret Graden is is and peaceful peaceful place place to to study, study, and and the the Secret Secret Graden Graden is and already a great space to do that. I wanted to integrate already a great space to do that. I wanted to integrate already a great space to do that. I wanted to integrate

my graft into these host buildings byby creating a space my my graft graft into into these these host host buildings buildings by creating creating aa space space under ground that can be considered a under ground ground that that can can be be considered considered aasecret secretspace space under secret space within the secret garden. I decided to hide my graft in within within the the secret secret garden. garden. II decided decided to to hide hide my my graft graft in in plain site. At first glance you will not notice it because plain plain site. site. At At first first glance glance you you will will not not notice notice it it because because the thegraft graftitself itselfisis iscamouflaged camouflagedinto intothe thegrass grassofof ofthe the the graft itself camouflaged into the grass the garden, however once you are standing on the glass garden, however once you are standing on the glass garden, however once you are standing on the glass that is layed on the grass you are able to see the floor that that is is layed layed on on the the grass grass you you are are able able to to see see the the floor floor below. To enter the graft I made it as a simple push ofof below. To To enter enter the the graft graft II made made it it as as aa simple simple push push below. of aabutton. This button is located on the fireplace, and button. This button is located on the fireplace, and a button. This button is located on the fireplace, and opens a door from the ground up. Once the door is opens opens aa door door from from the the ground ground up. up. Once Once the the door door is is opened you are welcomed by a flight of stairs leading opened opened you you are are welcomed welcomed by by aa flight flight of of stairs stairs leading leading down into the space, you can either go to the left or down into into the the space, space, you you can can either either go go to to the the left left or or down the right and experience a place to study. The glass the right and experience a place to study. The glass the right and experience a place to study. The glass also lets in natural light, and depending on the time, also also lets lets in in natural natural light, light, and and depending depending on on the the time, time, you can experience different lighting effects. you you can can experience experience different different lighting lighting effects. effects.


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ROBERTO ESQUEDA ESQUEDA QUINTANA QUINTANA

Formy mygraft graftI IIdecided decidedtoto tocreate createa aaplace placefor forsomeone someone For For my graft decided create place for someone toto where I’ve tostudy. study.I’ve I’venoticed noticedaround aroundcampus campusthat that where I’ve study. I’ve noticed around campus that where I’ve

been beentoto tostudy studyisis isthat thateverything everythingisis isinside insideand andthere there been study that everything inside and there isn’t a lot of natural light being shown through. isn’t a lot of natural light being shown through. So isn’t a lot of natural light being shown through.SoSo with my design, I decided to put my graft on the edge with my my design, design, II decided decided to to put put my my graft graft on on the the edge edge with ofof of my mybuilding, building,extruding extrudingoutwords outwordsofof ofitsits itsnatural natural my building, extruding outwords natural form. It is on the upper left of the building if you areare form. It is on the upper left of the building if you are form. It is on the upper left of the building if you facing West and the view looks out on the whole facing West West and and the the view view looks looks out out on on the the whole whole facing campus. The sunlight shines through the building campus. The sunlight shines through the building campus. The sunlight shines through the building providing is is a nice and providinggreat greatlighting lightingfor forstudents studentsand and nice and providing great lighting for students and is aa nice and quiet space for them to study or do their work. The quiet space space for for them them to to study study or or do do their their work. work. The The quiet enclosed space ininmy building isismeant forfor those who enclosed space my building meant those who enclosed space in my building is meant for those who want oror wantouter outerdistractions distractionsthat thatmight mightbebe behappening happening want outer distractions that might happening or just study alone to to do do their work. So ISo justpurely purelywant wanttoto to study alone their work. just purely want study alone to do their work. So believe that it isitaisnice small space for students to doto believe that nice small space for students students II believe that it is aa nice small space for to their work or study. Informal uses as well can come do their work or study. Informal uses as well can come do their work or study. Informal uses as well can come into with my mydesign, design,as as students could intoplay play with with students could havehave lunch into play my design, as students could have lunch lunch there, or people could be there to just have a there, or or people people could could be be there there to to just just have have aa nice nice view view there, nice view of campus. of campus. campus. of


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DANIELLE RUSSELL

inspiration through the significant fountain I found foundmymy inspiration through the significant I found my inspiration through the significant fountain that stands in the Farmers fountain thatoff-center stands off-center in the Education Farmers that stands off-center in the Farmers Education Education I was amused that thewas fountain Building. I Building. was amused that the fountain made Building. I was amused that the fountain was made was a place ofsoreflection, I decided to for a made place for of reflection, I decided so to add on to the for a place of reflection, so I decided to add on to the add on to the space for students to study and think space for students to study and think in a peaceful space for students to study and think in a peaceful in a peaceful environment. Mywere overall goals were to environment. My overall goals to design a space environment. My overall goals were to design a space design a space at peace study,with think, gather to feel at peaceto tofeel study, think, to gather friends, or to feel at peace to study, think, gather with friends, or with friends, ortojust a place to sit. Ithe wanted just find a place sit. find I wanted to develop spaceto to just find a place to sit. I wanted to develop the space to develop the space to hear the sound of water run hear the sound of water run and incorporate more of hear the sound of water run and incorporate more of and incorporate morethe of Farmers the lushEducation environment the the lush environment building the lush environment the Farmers Education building Farmers Education buildingtouch already to offer. already has to offer. Nature’s to myhas environment already has to offer. Nature’s touch to my environment Nature’s to my environment elaborates elaboratestouch on meditation, healing and peace on for elaborates on meditation, healing and peace for meditation, healing and peace for my designed space. my designed space. These aspects are perfect to my designed space. These aspects are perfect to These aspects to incorporate into the incorporate intoare theperfect education building because the incorporate into the education building because the education the courtyard’s courtyard’sbuilding purposebecause will be more significant,purpose but also courtyard’s purpose will be more significant, but also will be more significant, but also will not take away will not take away from the building itself. Welcome to will not take away from the building itself. Welcome to from the building itself. Welcome to the Courtyard! the Courtyard! the Courtyard!


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Sunlight will hit the east-facing east-facing wall and produce all private sorts of shadows as you walk into this small private meditation space. The long meditation long shadows shade the space. The long in in the the evening evening as as the the sun sun sets sets creating Hayden long a sense of wonder as you walk in. Once inside the transition between bright and open hallway changes darker more into a darker more closed-in closed-in feeling, feeling, helping helping one prepare to to mediate mediate upon upon entry. entry.


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My My graft graftisis islocated located in in the the Farmer Farmer Education building building graft Farmer Education in in the Farmer the center, center, mainly mainly underground. underground. Within Within Farmer Farmer exists exists an an illuminated illuminated tropical illuminated atrium atrium decorated decorated with with tropical tropical plants. plants. II wanted wanted to to further further play into into the difference further play the difference difference in the by creating in environment atrium provides creating environment the atrium provides by creating aa graft The graft that that isis essentially essentially existing essentially an an aquarium. aquarium. The The existing existing middle middle glass of the the top top level would textured middle glass glass of level would would be be textured textured similarly intricate similarly to water provide to moving moving water water to to provide provide more more intricate intricate lighting and also as an addition to my ocean motif. lighting as an addition to my ocean motif. lighting and also The procession The most intricate part part of of the the graft graft is most intricate graft is is the the procession procession into into the There elevator with with aa boat boat the space. space. There There isis aa single single elevator inspired inspired design takesthe below. design that that takes the audience audience down down below. The The procession procession gives givesthe the illusion illusion that that the the audience audience procession gives the illusion is is being being submerged submerged invited into submerged into into the the ocean ocean and and invited invited into another another world. world. Since my program program of of choice choice is is aa place place world. Since Since my for for display, display, the lower level level of of my graft is just just simple simple the lower my graft graft is seating seating surrounding surrounding the the elevator elevator for for viewing viewing the the aquarium. aquarium.


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SAMUEL URBIETA URBIETA

Thegraft graft that IIhave Fine Arts The havedesigned designedfor forthe theNelson Nelson Fine The graft that I have designed for the Nelson Fine Arts Center is programmed to be to think great Arts Center is programmed to abeplace a place to think Center is programmed to be a place to think great thoughts and to betoinspired. With With the Center’s limited great thoughts and be inspired. the Center’s thoughts and to be inspired. With the Center’s limited limited business the exterior of the structure business hours,hours, the exterior of the structure has business hours, the exterior of the structure has has become a popular place for students to find a become a popular place for students to find a place become a popular place for students to find a place place sitstudy. and study. I designed a space to tandem go in to sitto and I designed a space to go in to sit and study. I designed a space to go in tandem tandem the exisiting already exisiting is with thewith already program program that is alsothat heavily with the already exisiting program that is also heavily also heavily inspired by the host building while stillit’s inspired by the host building while still possessing inspired by the host building while still possessing it’s possessing it’s own innovative style of design. own innovative style of design. own innovative style of design.


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MARIA UZCATEGUI

building, pillar like like structure structure as as the the facade facade of of my my building, II implemented implemented aa 3 3 pillar

My

building, facade of of the the host host building. building. An An important important building, much much like like the the front front facade

design

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aspect as it it is is proven proven to to really really boost boost moods moods aspect of of my my design design is is sunlight, sunlight, as

student productivity, while whether to interact or

and addition to to the the fact fact that that having having aa study study and increase increase productivity, productivity, in in addition

be invisible.Those who still want an interaction

setting with the the natural natural world world can can make make setting which which is is somewhat somewhat interacting interacting with

simultaneously aiming to reduce stress. I intended to

one the use use of of materials materials like like glass, glass, oak oak wood wood one feel feel more more aware. aware. Through Through the

implement these ideas through incorporating natural

and execute the the design design look look II envisioned, envisioned,even even and white white brick, brick, II was was able able to to execute

light, water and wind into the design. I wanted to

after A place place to to study study isis aa after making quite a lot of revisions along the way. A

introduce something new to something old as Dixie

physically the rest rest of of the the hectic hectic physically cool, private, yet open hideaway from the

Gammage Hall is one o ASU’s first buildings and

world. somewhat invisible invisible yet yet world. I utilized glass to make the graft feel somewhat

it was originally a dorm. This building once was a

inclusive utilizing itit have have aa choice choice inclusive at the same time so that the people utilizing

space utilized for resting and studying, while it now

want an an interaction interaction whether to interact or be invisible.Those who still want My My design design isis centralized centralized around around optimizing optimizing student student productivity, productivity, while whilewhether

holds usage for administrative offices. I wanted to

note, in in matters matters of of with the outside world are still able to. On another note, simultaneously simultaneouslyaiming aimingto toreduce reduce stress. stress. I I intended intended to to implement implement these these ideas ideaswith

reincorporate the main functions of this beautiful

and natural natural lighting lighting light and air circulation, to assure good air flow and through throughincorporating incorporatingnatural naturallight, light,water water and and wind wind into into the the design. design. II wanted wantedlight

building while also applying more modern ideas of

different heights heights on on each each entry, ellipse shaped windows were used at different totointroduce introducesomething somethingnew newto tosomething somethingold oldas asDixie Dixie Gammage Gammage Hall Hall isis one one of ofentry,

design to it. Personally, one of my favorite things to

wall, in which light can come in through different angles angles at at different different ASU’sfirst firstbuildings buildingsand andititwas wasoriginally originallyaadorm. dorm.This Thisbuilding buildingonce once was was aa space spacewall, ASU’s

do when studying is to be outdoors. There are large

points of the day. The point of the design is to interact interact with with nature nature in in utilizedfor forresting restingand andstudying, studying, while while itit now now holds holds usage usage for for administrative administrativepoints utilized

benefits of being surrounded by nature overall, it

as many many ways possible, whether it be watching how how the the shadows shadows and and offices.I Iwanted wantedto toreincorporate reincorporatethe themain mainfunctions functions of of this this beautiful beautiful building, building,as offices.

can reduce cortisol levels, even speed up healing

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processes in humans.

inside garden and/or the outside garden. The ceiling favoritethings thingstotodo dowhen whenstudying studyingisisto tobe beoutdoors. outdoors. There There are are large large benefits benefitsinside ceiling that that covers covers aa large large favorite portion of the inside structure is also made up of glass, beingsurrounded surroundedby bynature natureoverall, overall,ititcan canreduce reducecortisol cortisol levels, levels, even even speed speedportion glass, in in order order to tocause cause ofofbeing holographic type of glare off the water within the structure. uphealing healingprocesses processesininhumans. humans.To To maintain maintain the the original original essence essence of of the the host hostaa holographic structure. up


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RICARDO ALARCON

The goal of this project was to graft onto a building that is located on ASU’s Tempe campus. The building I decided to choose was the Lattie F. Coor building. After walking around it and noticing all the different lighting, sounds and human movement. I then thought that this area would be a great place to display art as many students come here to just hang out or do their homework as it’s a very busy area. With that being said, the inspiration that helped me design this project would be the impressive Van Gooh experience. As I wanted to make a series of planes projecting art while still adding depth and volume.


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SAUD ALHARBI

A place where you can find peace and joy, where you can study and relax under the shadow of the shaped canopies. The dancing canopy, A place to study and meditate


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ALAN ALMANZA

The Secret Garden is a very private and formal place used to study and relax. However, I wanted to graft a space where you can explore and gather with your friends in informal ways like climbing or exploring the underground to contrast with the atmosphere in the Secret Garden.


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SOPHIE APROTOSOAIE-KARDOS

Enclosed between the large and looming buildings of The Design School, the graft gives sanctuary to those who are unable to find a sense of calm as they walk up the long ramp to class. A place to explore and cast out the never-ending thoughts of one’s daily stresses while climbing and traversing the sinuous structure.


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PAUL BIAYA

This is a space to gather and it is located inside Skyspace by James Turrell. The goal of the architecture and landscape is to enfold, complement and enhance the experience of all visitors. In my graft, I hoped to achieve a sense of comfort and relief from stress.


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MIA BUCKNER

To contrast the cold, chaotic breeze way of the Lattie F. Coor building, this graft provides a set of three raised, peaceful spaces above the basement stairs. The height of this project separates the student from ASU’s busy campus, but still allows for a visual connection. The first room is for viewing, and the second and third are smaller spaces to sit and think. The three spaces are connected by netted pathways, where you can sit or climb above the students using the original basement staircase below.


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RODRIGO ENRIQUEZ

The Nelson Fine Art Center has the capability to engage every visitor and presents them an opportunity to experience endless possibilities. The modernized desert, color exterior has an attraction that reminds me of the Great Ziggurats. I was enthralled by the idea of adventuring a pyramid temple that connects the heavens and earth, which would soon serve as a place of comfort and prosperity. Nelson would continue to be an oasis that opened our imagination.


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J ALBERTH GALVAN RIVERA

The existing site that I choose to graft onto is Skyspace: Air Apparent by James Turell. I designed a tunnel in which ASU students or local citizens can interact. The graft contains screens on the inside walls in which students can interact, part of the design is climbable which allows people to get on top of the structure.


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ANDREA GARCIA

My idea was grafted onto Turrell Skyspace as a place to be alone. Skyspace is a place to find peace after a long day of school, when in Skyspace all other noises are cancelled out. This is why I decided to graft onto the landscape of Skyspace and make a space to be alone. For this project I focused on how the light shines through my building. The small apertures help filter the light and protect the users from the harsh Arizona. This is a place to feel comfortable and being comfortable with little light coming through.


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MOBINA HAQ

Grafting was a great opportunity to visualize and design a space which would ignite curiosity in people and inspire them to be mindfully present in the moment. I wanted them to enjoy the sky’s beautiful changing colors, watch the moon, and pick their favorite star. A place where they could enjoy the art and observe the play of light without getting interrupted by their cell phones or stresses of daily lives.


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ERIKA LARA

A space for students to be inspired, to relax and unwind. The graft is located between the north and south design buildings at ASU in Tempe. It is more than a structure; it resembles an abstract diamond, a sculpture like building that provides casual spaces for students and staff. Constructed of clear and mirrored glass;it is sophisticated on its own while complimenting and maintaining the history and integrity of the existing buildings and site by reflecting the surrounding environment. Due to the limitation in size, it was important to select a material that allows natural light into the space. The clear glass helps the space feel open and bright, while the reflective mirrored glass provides shade, privacy and a sense of mystery. Finally, several openings allow for natural air circulation that help keep the space cool during hot summer days. In addition, the site provides limited exposure to the sun due to the height of the surrounding host buildings including the design bridge.


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ABIGAIL LOAR

This design focuses on the natural phenomenon of the walkway in the basement of The Coor Hall building. Utilizing the section plan that our professors have provided to us, I added on my own design leading from the stairs all the way throughout the hallway; the end result leading to a large bamboo tree at the end of the hallway. However, I created a more visually appealing look to the hallway so it becomes an adventure as one walks to the tree. This look consists of more pillars, included with the existing pillars that are already there, and an extravagant wood design with the intentions of mimicking the random sequence a forest would provide. I wanted to emphasize the natural phenomenon by creating a sense of forestry which replaces the plain, grey walls in the hallway.


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SAMANTHA LOCK

From the Graft project I chose to work on the Graft Schematic Design to show the development of my work. The program I picked was “A Place for Display ‘’, because it highlights the importance of displaying art in an open setting allowing it to be seen and appreciated by an audience. In my model, I wanted to create shapes of different sizes to evoke open spaces and close ones where people can pass through. I then decided to add artifacts to my model, for a more realistic nature of a building. I achieved this by adding trees with people standing, sitting, and looking at the building. I believe these features go well with my model because it gives it a realistic style of what typically surrounds a building and how it is displayed in a place.


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CHESSA MCDANIEL

The feeling of serenity hugs the wanderer as they move through new territory. The mind is calm, no longer occupied by life outside of the swaying columns.


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APRIL NABORS

The existing space/building I chose to graft onto is the ASU Social Sciences building. I chose to construct a meditation space, connected to the building but also isolated enough for private use . The space is a setting surrounded by greenery for a serene, natural feel to provide peace for the inhabitant. The sitting is in the middle, and the entrance is an open doorway so there is still a sense of openness to the space as well.


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KAYA RAZZO

At the end of the harsh form and dull complexion of the Nelson Fine Arts Center, this graft provides a natural experience for visitors and offers a sense of relief upon entering, because of the internal cool, fresh, and green environment. Visitors are able to experience a much different atmosphere than that of Nelson Fine Arts Center and its surroundings. It inspires people to experience a natural phenomenon and have a whole new view and experience of this structure.


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EVE ROMERO-QUINONEZ

Hi my name is Eve Romero and for this assignment we were asked to imagine a relatively small structure that would be grafted onto one of the existing campus buildings. I decided to graft my design onto the Lattie F. Coor hall building here at ASU. My program for this assignment was a place for play. I wanted to design a space where people could come and relax and interact with the design itself.


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MIHIKA ROY

I don’t think I’ve ever built something so intriguing even for my eyes as, from a lay man’s perspective, this is just a tree house situated in the middle of the Skyspace without a proper explanation of its construction. Well, I made this with the thought of being alone and secluded from the rest of humans and get more in terms with nature and the beautiful atmosphere which is a privilege in this era. The tree house is inspired by a bird’s nest due to its height and because a higher altitude gives unlimited peace for a short while. “ A place to sit and relax alone without any interruptions” — Mahika Roy


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ARIK SELLS

This graft that I have created is meant to help people clear their minds to finally be able to think. It would be grafted onto the exterior third-floor of the Farmer Education Building on the ASU campus. When creating this, I knew I wanted to utilize nature and view as inspiration for my design. Knowing that, from research and personal experience, these concepts are tools for relaxation and mind clearance. I incorporated a view, but it’s a view of just the sky. I think by not having anything to look at, the mind would want to wander and think. In the end, I was happy and impressed with my design. I know that, if this graft were real, I would be able to come here and set free my thoughts.


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AKANKSHA SRIVASTAVA

As college students, we all sometimes want to escape and enjoy time as we did as kids. This space will help us experience movement and remind us of the inner child in all of us. This structure is grafted onto the Dixie Gammage which is connected to The Secret Garden. The tunnel connects to the north entrance of the building. The structure takes you through different types of movements, which start from regular walking then transitions to walking upstairs, which then take you through a tunnel of planks. After a sharp turn, you jump over, skipping stones. And finally, to get out of the building, we jump on a painter’s pulley and pull ourselves down.


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NATASHA ALEXANDER

Lattie F. Coor Hall is one of the most significant public art projects on campus, with text fragments etched on its glass facade, lit floor “Breezeway,” and prominent “EXPLORE” sign that plays with light & shade. My goal was to create a space where people could engage with their thoughts. My addition is an octagonal structure with two floors that I placed in the southeast entrance between the ground and lower levels to accommodate each story. I aimed for people to have options among where and how they desired to think; above ground, with a view and relationship to the outside atmosphere, or below ground, where one can collect thoughts in a more secluded environment. With inspiration flourishing around the chosen area, it goes in saying that this thinking space could serve as yet another unique and beneficial addition to the Coor Hall community.


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IAN DODD

Simply called “The Room” I wanted my graft to be a simple but effective addition to the amazing art museum here on the ASU’s campus. The room is meant to serve as a place to display and view them in a different way to the other galleries in the museum. With several slants and unusual curves throughout, the room is fitted with several projectors and lights to produce an extrodinary and different feel to the room everytime.


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VERONICA GRACIA

My Grafting design being based at the Nelson Fine Art’s center is initially inspired by the Louvre pyramid in Paris, France. But it also contains its own biomimicry by emphasizing the point as spikes from a cactus and the two protruding areas as the fruits from the cactus. This pyramid’s design is coated in glass panels to provide light and view to the space meant to exhibit art pieces. To add flare to this design, it contains two rectangulars spaces. One serving as an enterance and the other serving as an exhibition space. The rest is entirely paneled by glass not only to provide different light and shadings in the building, but to also give a view of the outside of the fine arts center, since most of the original building is closed off with no windows to view the outside.


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GRANT KUFFLER

While drawing out my first sketches for the Graft project, I realized I wanted to make a structure that was simple but also stand out. My initial thought process started with a rectangular prism. I believe the position and size of the interior rooms make up most of my project. My structure consists of a common area and three “study” rooms that will have a max capacity of three persons at a time. As I started making more progress on my project, I wanted to make it more personal. Each room is designed to reduce outside noise so the user can feel at ease and isolated from the busy university campus. Another idea I had, was to incoorporate natural lighting throughout the entire structure. Each study room has at least one window that will supply more than enough sunlight to make the user feel more open and relaxed.


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ALEXIS LAMAR

Arizona State University has about 75,000 students on just the Tempe campus alone. During the week it can be overwheling and stressful to find a place to just sit down in a quiet enviroment and study. Although ASU has a five-story library, with plenty of tables and study rooms, it can be hard to find an empty table to sit down by yourself or even with classmates. So with my project I chose to add an addition to Lattie F. Coor Hall, as it can help create more space for students to study and work in between their classes.


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REMY NELSON

The Social Sciences building is more ecosystem than building it seems. Full of all varieties of exotic plants and the soft bubbling sound of a fountain, this building feels like an adventure to enter, and so I wanted that adventure to continue within its walls. For this project, the assigment was to graft on a brand new space to this pre-existing building using the concept of the building and a program from a list. On the southern side of the building, I plan to implement a hybrid rock wall and study space which will follow the program to a place to play and to be alone. Atop a six foot wall will be two benches and a long window on three sides so that people who move through the space will be enticed to climb and see the view at the summit and reflect on their day.


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SELENA NGUYEN

Within the day, there are many students who wish to find a nice and quiet place to relax or study. The Secret Garden between Dixie Gammage and West Hall is one which is recognized as one of the most peaceful sites to go to relax. I chose to create my program, “a place to think great thoughts” to be located in the Secret Garden because it matched the environment that the Secret Garden creates. My structure is mainly inspired by colors, in which depending on where the student sits or stands they would see either the primary colors or the secondary colors. My intention behind this was to see life in different colors to inspire great thoughts


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ELIAS PAGE

This is a space to be alone, and it will be located inside the open walk area of the social science building. Exotic birds will fly freely in the glass cage, which was inspired by a bird petting zoo. In my area, you will feel incredibly calm and at ease, and all of your worries will fade away.


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MEGHAN PARKER

My graft, the “Study Blocks”, on the outside of the Farmer Education Building will provide a new study space for all students to utilize. As you travel upwards through the three-story building, the rooms will become more quiet, allowing for a different study experience at each level. The first story has a similar concept to that of a coffee shop, with the most human movement and highest noise level. The second story will be quieter and will include flexible seating, while the third story will be the quietest with the inclusion of individual study pods. The graft will be made out of brick in order to blend in with the surrounding buildings and the host building. It will also include many floor to ceiling windows to allow plenty of natural light to illuminate the inside. Overall, the Study Blocks will provide a new and personalized study space for all students.


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TRACE PATTERSON

The extension of the ASU art museum beautifies a lost overgrown section of campus. By grafting an extension of the North Gallery, the space becomes revitalized with life and excitement. The inclusion of a viewable courtyard with a water feature provides a captivating atmosphere for those walking by. This gallery and courtyard space invites students in to observe the exhibits where students would simply walk by unaffected. Grafted into the existing floorplan of the museum, the extension is camouflaged in while still bringing a contemporary aesthetic touch not yet explored by the original museum. The asymmetric angular roof line emulates those found on the existing structure with the addition of cut out sections adding a new level of interest.


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VANIA RODRIGUEZ-AGUILAR

This building I chose to draft onto is the Nelson Fine Arts Center. This is “A place to be seen”. I wanted to create a space that would allow for people to explore and visit. This building consists of 4 levels and allows people to climb up and view the beautiful scenary at different levels. As well as allowing sunlight to be visible throughout each level and creating a more open environment. Throughout the design I have implemented multiple layers with stair cases to access each level. There will be seating areas for people to gather, chat and enjoy themselves within the building.


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RUTH RUIZ-TORREJON

A Place To Think Great Thoughts: The Myrtle Parking Garage was designed as a single-use project that is meant for parking, but has the potential for more. The building has four levels that are enclosed with openings between each level in order for light to shine through. The top floor is in the open with solar panels above, which adds some shade. I chose this building because of the openness of the rooftop which creates a calm and quiet atmosphere. I want to take that feeling and add a purpose, a place to think great thoughts. By walking into the building with the openness of all the windows, bright openings, and large spacing to think without interruptions, people are able to slow down and take a second to collect their thoughts. This contrasts the rushed feeling the parking garage presents. There are also many benches and seating areas included in which the original garage lacks.


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AJA SHAW

My grafting design was made for the Farmer Education Building. The central atrium of the building is four stories tall, giving students an exquisite feeling of being outdoors with all the comforts of being indoors. As for my graft, I wanted to maintain that feeling by making my graft light and open, but right in the middle of this existing space. When it comes to this graft’s purpose the platform is large (20’x20’) with wide walkways (5’) and meant to be an exhibit for sculpture and art to be viewed by people passing through the graft. With such an open concept design, anyone who wishes to use or walk across the graft will certainly be seen. And with “a place to be seen” I was sure to emphasize light as a part of my graft not only within the trapezoidal enclosure, but also underneath the platform to illuminate the first story.


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SAVANNAH SHELABARGER

This semester’s focus was Biomimicry. The goal was to graft onto an existing space without redirecting the integrity of what was once before. Rather, by making additions to, can the same space have multiple and integrative purposes that it may not have had before. Through this experience, I have gained much knowlege on the use of the environment as a design tool, and much more about myself as a designer. Nature has taught me that there are no bounds to the greatness it holds and that design cannot be conformed to fit into a checkable box. There is also a fine balance one must come to learn, that function does not always come before aesthetics. Setting, style, and scheme may differ in each new opportunity, but one thing that never will is the strive for change and the need for design.


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KADEN WOODRUFF

For my graft project I chose to work with Coor Hall on the ASU campus. Since Coor is a concrete and glass heavy structure, I wanted to enhance passerby and user experience by adding a more relaxing space. The narratives for my project were a place to relax, a place to be alone, and a place to study. Much of the inspiration for my design came from the characteristics of caves. The relaxing sounds of water, darkness, and the feeling of being surrounded. I incorporated these aspects by creating a dark overhanging structure surrounded by greenery and water, with a built in water feature to add the presence of sound. The structure is filled with tables and chairs as a place to study and has benches surrounding for those wanting a more private experience.


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DAWSON BIENZ

THE OBSERVATION DECK I wanted to create a space that allowed people the opportunity to experience a trademark natural phenomena of Arizona… The beautiful sunsets. In order to do so, I chose to graft onto the host building of the Nelson Fine Arts Center, being as I viewed the sky and Arizona natural beauty as an art within itself. My graft is a space that allows the individual to walk into an area, partially outdoors and partially enclosed, with no other distractions or purposes other than to view the amazing sunset, and at night, even the array of stars in the sky. Pictured is a 3D representation of that concept and its relationship to the Nelson Fine Arts Center. My space is a place for relaxation, observation, and appreciation.


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MICHAEL BROWN

My Graft “Thee Sky Shade” is located on the roof of The Lattie Coor Hall. The Lattie Coor Hall resembles a straight edge iridescent blue cube. It’s a sanctuary of collective studying and learning. To balance such high stress; I wanted to create a space to ease the minds of students. “Thee Sky Shade” is a circular structure made up of angled separated walls; covered by a wooden pergola designed for students to think & study. The angled separated walls not only allow for minimalist opening, nevertheless the space allows for an abundance of air flow. When students enter “Thee Sky Shade” they will experience glimpses of the ASU skyline. Also dynamic burst of natural sunlight from the spaces in the walls also coming from above. Tables will be located in the center of the structure to seat students to enjoy the ambiance of my graft “Thee Sky Shade”


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SEMAJ HOLLIN

The extension to the Nelson Fine Arts Center, is all about establishing and securing an identity within comfortability, which seems to be lost within the harsh elements within its shape, color and texture. Reasonably the Center was intended to communicate sentiments of nonappearance, void, and intangibility to further emphasize the art museum underground. By mixing in massively potted spheres, rough faded colors and Native American cultural art carved within its pavement, helps to excite visitors for what’s to come below. My addition to the above the center, takes it’s form from a Gazebo, floating 20ft above the ground supported by wooden columns and planted on the top stair of the wall and wonder trail. Allowing students to take a seat shaded from the sun, away from school life, in this backyard cabin inspired Gazebo. “A place for students to sit back, relax and chill” with fellow students, friends or colleagues.


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LOGAN MIZUBA

My Pod means to provide deprived students “a relaxing space to take a break” from their studies to observe the natural world around them. The simple, rounded design of the pod insinuates smoothness and calm, helping promote a relaxing atmosphere where the main focus may now become the world which lies outside the large glass wall. Wooden stairs on the second floor of Design South lower occupants into an open space with a higher ceiling where they may free their minds and stretch their bodies; absent of the discomfort from a cramped design studio. Here, the sunlight is harsher and provides a little more warmth and clarity to those who need it. Separating both floors of the Pod from Design South are individual wooden doors which hang from and move along a rail, allowing easy and stress-free access to relaxation and peace.


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LESLIE ROMO

On a campus like Arizona State University with so many students, study areas such as the ones found in the central atrium of the H.P. Farmer Education Building are always needed. The addition I present for the Farmer building, called “The Domes”, are study areas covered in wooden paneling, located on different levels, that allow for a new sense of privacy within their environment while still being in an open setting. These pods are not only to introduce new study spaces to the Farmer building but are also to create a familiar yet exciting twist to the environment that already thrives within the atrium.


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SHANNON THAYER

The goal of this project was to create a graft on a host building. Skyspace is a public space where people can go to witness the natural phenomenon of sunrise and sunset. Similarly, my graft building is intended to be a place to “witness another natural phenomenon” – Monsoons. The concept for this project was to create a structure that offered protection from the storm while still giving the occupant the feeling of being in nature. The design of this graft was inspired by greenhouses and Biosphere 2. The graft contains an elevated platform from which users can view monsoons. The ground level contains a small pool that fills and recedes with the monsoon rains and well as containing lush vegetation. The steel frame structure with mounted glass can withstand the storm while being transparent enough to provide the feeling of being exposed in the storm.


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NICK WETZEL

I took my inspirations from the last exercise, and by understanding the full project of the James Turrell ‘s Skyspace, how the place seemingly escapes the busy Tempe atmosphere. I incorporated those aspects into the heart of the ASU, the Hayden Lawn.


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For the graft project, we had to pick an exsiting For the graft project, we had to pick an exsiting building on campus and build our structure that and build build our our structure structure that building on campus and would coexist along with it. I picked the I picked the the Lattie F. would coexist coexistalong alongwith withit. it. I picked Lattie F. Coor Hall building to graft my building onto. Lattie Hall F. Coor Hall building to my graftbuilding my building Coor building to graft onto.onto. The The main inspiration of the structure(s) I drew from The main inspiration the structure(s) I drew main inspiration of theofstructure(s) I drew fromfrom was was how the Bracket fungus would grow on the tree was how Bracket fungus wouldgrow growon on the the tree how the the Bracket fungus would trunks. These circular strctures would be set on the trunks. These trunks. These circular circularstrctures strctureswould wouldbe be set set on on the south-east of the building with large windows along south-east of the building with large windows along the circumference allowing the people inside to enjoy the circumference allowing the people inside to enjoy the view of the campus from above. This semester the campus campus from from above. above. This This semester the view of the was tiring but extremely enjoyable as I was allowed as I was allowed was tiring but extremely enjoyable as to utilize my creativity on all of my projects while on all all of of my my projects while to utilize my creativity creativity on working alongside the friends I made along the way. working alongside the the friends friendsIImade madealong alongthe theway. way.


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ANDREW ANDREWDAVIS DAVIS 10th 10thStreet Street Parking ParkingGarage Garage Vantage VantagePoint Point

This is ais rooftop platform forfor students to to view ASU’s This a rooftop platform students view ASU’s This is a rooftop platform for students to view ASU’s campus from above. The vantage point also offers campus from above. The vantage point also offers campus from above. The vantage point also offers views of of downtown Phoenix, thethe south mountains, views downtown Phoenix, south mountains, views of downtown Phoenix, the south mountains, and T mountain. During sunset, many people flock and T mountain. During sunset, many people flock and T mountain. During sunset, many people flock to to to thethe rooftops of of Tempe to to admire these views, butbut rooftops Tempe admire these views, the rooftops of Tempe to admire these views, but are areare often limited to to dirty parking garages. This design often limited dirty parking garages. This design often limited to dirty parking garages. This design focuses onon improving thethe quality of of their experience focuses improving quality their experience focuses on improving the quality of their experience byby creating a pedestrian only zone extending offoff of of creating a pedestrian only zone extending by creating a pedestrian only zone extending off of thethe toptop floor of of thethe 10th street parking garage. The floor 10th street parking garage. The the top floor of the 10th street parking garage. The best place to to enter this space is is from thethe Eastern best place enter this space from Eastern best place to enter this space is from the Eastern stairwell/elevator. This would bebe anan inviting green stairwell/elevator. This would inviting green stairwell/elevator. This would be an inviting green space with lots of of shading coming from thethe existing space with lots shading coming from existing space with lots of shading coming from the existing solar pannels above. solar pannels above. solar pannels above. When grafting two plants When grafting two plants together, thethe goal is to make When grafting two plants together, goal is to make together, the goal is to make the cut look seamless. In thethe cutcut look seamless. In In mymy design, I chose to to dodo thethe look seamless. design, I chose my design, I chose to do the same by camoflauging same byby camoflauging mymy design into thethe existing same camoflauging design into existing my design into the existing structure. I allowed structure. I allowed thethe Host building to to determine all all structure. I allowed Host building determine the Host building to determine all of the textures of of thethe textures and materials forfor thethe design as as well as as textures and materials design well and materials for the design as well as the general thethe general footprint of of thethe space. general footprint space. footprint of the space.


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This is inside of the space I created, it’s an addition to the Nelso Art museum at ASU. It’s a place for art is inside of the space I created, it’s an addition where This people can participate to put their best work This is inside of the space I created, it’s an addition to theduring Nelso the Art museum ASU.space It’s aitself placeisfor art art projects semesters.atThe to the Nelso Artcan museum at ASU. It’s atheir place for work art where people participate to put best an inside-outside space with two entrances with a where people can participate to put their best work artand projects during the semesters. The space flat roof 12”x12” glass blocks that let natural lightitself is art projects during the semesters. The space itself is an space. inside-outside space withtotwo into the which are simillar theentrances openingswith a an inside-outside space with two entrances with a roof glass blocks that let natural on theflat walls ofand the 12”x12” art museum. If you take a look at light flat roof and 12”x12” glass blocks that let natural light into the space. which are simillar to the openings the image, you can see how the light ‘plays with the into the space. which are simillar to the openings on theinteresting walls of the art museum. If you art in on very way, almost like it’s take part aoflook at the walls of the art museum. If you take a look the image, you can see how the light ‘plays with the the exhibition. The you space is accessible to light the public, at the image, can see how the ‘plays with art in very interesting way, almost like it’s part of providing students’ more audience the art in veryartwork interesting way, almost and like more it’s part of the exhibition. The space is accessible to the public, recognition than theyThe would normally receive.to the public, the exhibition. space is accessible providing students’ artwork more and audience and more ‘Its dimensions 15 feet long, 6’ width 10’ tall. providingare students’ artwork more audience and recognition than they would normally receive. The more additional buidling made outnormally of colored recognition thanisthey would receive. ‘Its dimensions are 15 feet long, 6’ width and 10’ tall. (orange) along thelong, roof 6’ itself. ‘Itsconcrete dimensions arewith 15 feet width and 10’ tall. The additional buidling is made out of colored The additional buidling is made out of colored (orange) concrete along with the roof itself. (orange) concrete along with the roof itself.


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BRADEN DISTEL

Students become overwhelmed by Students often often become overwhelmed by the the constant constant often become overwhelmed by the stimulation of everyday responsibilities; class, stimulation of everyday class, work, work, constant stimulation of responsibilities; everyday responsibilities;

exams, socializing and the many manyand other facets of life exams, socializing the other life class, work, exams,and socializing thefacets many of other that clutter their minds. Thus, I designed a space with that clutter I designed a space with facets of lifetheir that minds. clutter Thus, their minds. Thus, I designed the intention creating someplace where can the intention ofthe creating someplace where people people can a space withof intention of creating someplace mentally and physically detach themselves from the mentally and physically detach themselves the where people can mentally and physicallyfrom detach busling life of of Tempe below. The The nature of this this graftThe on busling life Tempe below. of graft on themselves from the busling life nature of Tempe below. to Lattie F. Coor Hall is a glass box creating a unique to LattieofF.this Coor Hallon is to a glass box - creating a unique nature graft Lattie F. Coor Hall is a glass

experience in where can experience in low-traffic low-traffic area where individuals individuals can box - creating a uniquearea experience in low-traffic unwind, decompress, and relax. unwind, decompress, area where individualsand canrelax. unwind, decompress, and relax.


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RAYNARD HUGHES

A place to CREATE. A place to be alone, and recharge in the presence of natural phenomena. An exclusive place where creative minds can go to design in peace. “Inspired Creativity” takes place after a freeing walk from the breathe taking views that occur in Air Apparent beneath a naturally inspired pavilion. The structure itself features an elevated canopy-like space reminiscent of the treetops’. An open-air naturally bright area meant to open your senses, and help you to look outward while trying to inspire new ideas and create. This place is matched by a partially submerged area meant to relocate you to a more secluded head space to properly focus that creative energy inwards by helping to make you feel tucked within the safety of a dark forested canopy.


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LANDON WIENS

Lattie Lattie F.F. Coor Coor Hall oneof ofthe thelargest largestbuildings buildingson on CoorHall Hallisis isone the largest buildings on ASU’s ASU’s campus. campus. The The six-story six-story building building is accessible ASU’s The six-story building isis accessible accessible by on the the north north and and south south face face of of the the by stairwells stairwells on north and south face of the structure. structure.However, However,ininaahost hostanalysis analysisof ofthe thebuilding, building, host analysis of the building, II discovered that the exterior views on the discovered that the exterior exterior views on the the south south south side metal shading shading side stairwell stairwell were were obstructed obstructed by by aa metal metal shading facade. inspiredto tocreate createan anobservation observationdeck deck facade. III was was inspired inspired to create an observation deck cantilevered fifth and sixth floor’s exterior cantilevered off off the the fifth and sixth floor’s exterior the fifth and sixth floor’s exterior landings. Thisgraft graftoffers offersaanew programfor foraaaplace place landings. This This newprogram program for place never university’s beforeseen seenon onthe theuniversity’s university’scampus: campus:aaaplace place never before before seen on the campus: place to to observe. observe.


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LILIAN LILIAN PARKHURST PARKHURST

My building an addition to to the My building graft graft was wasdesigned designedas addition My building graft was designed asasananaddition to the Social Sciences Building, and my intent was towas build a the Social Sciences Building, and my intent to Social Sciences Building, and my intent was to build a place for people to gather. In my experience, the Social build a place for people to gather. In my experience, place for people to gather. In my experience, the Social Sciences a great place for anplace individual the SocialBuilding Sciencesis Building is a great for anto Sciences Building is a great place for an individual to study due to to it’s quiet atmosphere, but individual study dueand to calming it’s quiet and calming study due to it’s quiet and calming atmosphere, but this same atmosphere it difficult for makes a groupitof atmosphere, but this makes same atmosphere this same atmosphere makes it difficult for a group of people to or gather, since their chatter get difficult forwork a group of people to work ormight gather, people to work or gather, since their chatter might get since chatter loud.for I wanted loud. their I wanted to might make aget place people to to make gather loud. I wanted to make a place for people to gather awithout place forbeing people to gather without being afraid of afraid of disrupting the main study without being afraid of disrupting the main study disrupting the mainoutside study area. It is located area. It is located the West entranceoutside so that area. It is located outside the West entrance so that the Westwho entrance so that whofor arethemselves walking people are walking bypeople can decide people who are walking by can decide for themselves by can decide themselves study if they want tofor study quietly, iforthey talk want freely.toMy graft if they want to study quietly, or talk freely. My graft quietly, or talkshade freely.toMy graft a canvas shadeair has a canvas cool thehas room by letting has a canvas shade to cool the room by letting air to coolthrough, the room by to letting pass through, and This to pass and allowairsound to flow out. pass through, and to allow sound to flow out. This allow sound tothe flow out. This alsopresent matches also matches shade already onthe theshade Social also matches the shade already present on the Social already on the Social Sciences Building. Sciencespresent Building. Sciences Building.


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The James Turrell Skyscape is a one-of-a-kind The James Turrell Skyscape is a one-of-a-kind The James Turrell Skyscape a one-of-a-kind structure. It is located on the far side is of campus structure. It is located on the far side of campus structure. It is located on the far side of campus off of Rural Road. This structure is a study space as well off of Rural Road. This structure is aisstudy space as well off of Rural Road. This structure a study space as as a place to be alone. My additions to as a place to be alone. My additions to well as a place to be alone. My additions to this structure will only help people be alone with their this only help people be alone withwith their this structure structurewill will only help people be alone thoughts as well a place to gather. I have thoughts as well a place to gather. I have their thoughts as well a place to gather. I have added several balconies on the top of the structure so added so added several severalbalconies balconieson onthe thetop topofofthe thestructure structure at night you can take the views in as well at night you can take the views in as well so at night you can take the views in as well in the day. The balconies are located in all four corners in The balconies are located in all four corners in the theday. day. The balconies are located in all four all even and re enforced with concrete. I all even and re enforced with concrete. I corners all even and re enforced with concrete. I have also more beams for support. have have also also more more beams beams for for support. support.


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HOLLY HAMES

This design seeks to optimize the Farmer Education Building by providing a relaxation space for students. The space utilizes the natural elements already featured in the building and combines them with a glass structure to allow students to feel at one with nature without distracting from the already present features. This 3D model was created using Rhino 6, displaying the glass structure and nature features.


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NATHANIEL BROWNER

Currently, the Skyspace is used in a variety of ways, like a place to be alone and even to think great thoughts. I believe this location can be an excellent place to have a library that is curated around environmental architecture & design. The walls within this space provide ample room to place bookshelves while not taking away from the many places to sit. The walls of the structure are perforated with small holes that can be used to mount enclosed shelving units with bolts and nuts. The books are protected in a weather-resistant shelf that is made of recycled plastics. The bookshelves can even have paneling that can be opened to access the books, this can be solid or see-through. The structure has a floating ceiling with an opening that can be modified to have a sliding shield that covers the opening and protects the interior when it rains.


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OWEN SULLINS OWEN OWENSULLINS SULLINS

Because how busy Lattie Coor Hall usually Because how busy Lattie F. F. Coor Hall usually is, Because ofofof how busy Lattie F. Coor Hall usually is, is, I wanted wantedmy mygraft graftto another easily accessible my graft toto bebe another easily accessible I Iwanted be another easily accessible area for students toto utilize tools, materials, and one area for students utilize tools, materials, and one area for students to utilize tools, materials, and one another to create anything and everything. Models, another to create anything and everything. Models, another to create anything and everything. Models, homework, and conversations will allall bebe done while homework, and conversations will done while homework, and conversations will all be done while visiting this space near Forest Avenue. This space visiting this space near Forest Avenue. This space visiting this space near Forest Avenue. This space would be open to anyone and everyone as as a way to to would open anyone and everyone a way would bebe open to to anyone and everyone as a way to create amazing projects and even better relationships create amazing projects and even better relationships create amazing projects and even better relationships with one another. with one another. with one another.


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SULTANABUDAWOOD ABUDAWOOD SULTAN

One of my best projects that I worked on that I felt so happy and enjoyed every moment working in it thisbest project drove to think a lotIoutside the One as of my projects thatme I worked on that felt One of my best projects that I worked on that so happy and enjoyed every moment working in it boxsoof happy architecture and designing. The concept I felt and enjoyed every moment as this project drove me to think a lot outside the working inpods it aswas this project me to(Brittle to a drove plant called box of of these architecture andrelated designing. The concept think a lot outside the box of architecture of these pods was related to a plant called (Brittle I wanted pods to part pods of Arizona andBush), designing. Thethese concept of be these Bush), I wanted these pods to be part of Arizona was related to a plant called (Brittle Bush), I University so everyone cangathering enjoy gathering StateState University so everyone can enjoy wanted these pods to be part of Arizona State with their friends, drinking their coffee, relaxing with theirsofriends, drinking theirgathering coffee, relaxing University everyone can enjoy between classes, or finishing their homework and with their classes, friends, finishing drinking theirhomework coffee, and between studying. The story of or why I made their this design is relaxing between classes, or finishing their related to the Brittle Bush plant that looks like an studying.and Thestudying. story of The why story I madeofthis is homework whydesign I aspheric shape also the glass around the spheric made this to design is related to the Brittle Bushlike an related the Brittle Bush looks which lets the sun enters the podplant fromthat different plant that looks like an aspheric shape also the sides makes the place much cozy to stay inside. aspheric also the which glass around glass aroundshape the spheric lets thethe sunspheric These pods have big doors so air can flow inside enters thelets podthe from sides the which sundifferent enters podmakes from and exit easily; furthermore, the the triangles can bedifferent place much cozy to stay inside. These pods opened like windows to increase the airflow in sides theairplace cozy and to stay have big makes doors so can much flow inside exitinside. the hot weather. They are 5 pods with 4 pathways. easily; furthermore, opened These pods havethe bigtriangles doors socan airbecan flow inside like windows to increase the airflow in the hot

and exit easily; the triangles can be weather. They are 5furthermore, pods with 4 pathways. opened like windows to increase the airflow in the hot weather. They are 5 pods with 4 pathways.


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NATHAN BUSSE

For this set out to create a place for For this project I setproject out to Icreate a place for someone to someone to go relax, a place to letof theanstress of go relax, study, and astudy, placeand to let the stress everyan collegewash student wash away. on Located onside the dayeveryday college student away. Located the East East of theAve Myrtle Ave Parking denwith filleda of theside Myrtle Parking Garage, Garage, this denthis filled with small aquarium alonga with small rooftop hangsmallaaquarium along with smalla rooftop hangout is a out is for a place forand before and between your busy schedule. place before between your busy schedule.


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CHASE OVERBY

I have Inoticed a lack ofaa lookouts on the ASU campus. I have have noticed noticed lack lack of of lookouts lookouts on on the the ASU ASU While campus. some buildings’ roofs buildings’ are accessible campus. While While some some buildings’ roofs roofs they are are typically aren’t very high and don’t offervery a good viewand of accessible accessible they they typically typically aren’t aren’t very high high and the campus. My willview jutt out of Coor Hall’s don’t don’t offer offergraft aa good good view of of the the campus. campus. My Mysouth graft graft east corner. My out space give students faculty a will will jutt jutt out of ofwill Coor Coor Hall’s Hall’s south southand east east corner. corner. place toMy explore campus from above theaaspace My space spacethe will will give give students students and andwhen faculty faculty place place isn’t being used forthe lectures. As Coor juxtaposes its to to explore explore the campus campus from fromhall above above when when the the surrounding buildings wayfor of lectures. form andAs color I wish space space isn’t isn’t being beingin used used for lectures. As Coor Coor hall hall to do something to the building itselfin with juxtaposes juxtaposessimilar its its surrounding surrounding buildings buildings in way waymy of of graft. My building willII wish be made of something large amounts of form form and and color color wish to to do do something similar similar glass near thebuilding top of the tallwith building in order to offer to to the the building itself itself with my my graft. graft. My My building building views of Asu Tempe. Theamounts graft willof also offer views will will be beand made made of of large large amounts of glass glass near near the the of the top busy below. The in graft in to form resembles top of ofstreet the the tall tall building building in order order to offer offer views views of of a bookshelf from someThe angles the inside itof Asu Asuand and Tempe. Tempe. The graft graftand will willfrom also alsooffer offer views viewsof resembles abusy stepped the thebusy street streetamphitheater. below. below.The Thegraft graftin inform formresembles resembles aa bookshelf bookshelf from from some some angles angles and and from from the the inside insideititresembles resemblesaastepped steppedamphitheater. amphitheater.


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MARIBEL DAMAZO ALVARADO

Skyspace: Air Apparent is an architectural design by William P. Bruder and artist James Turrell. The purpose of this design was to “enfold, complement and enhance the experience of the landscape as wells as the lighting and views”. Skyspace is primarliy focused as a social place for people to walk around and the garden is used to connected with nature by sitting within the trees. The way light moves thoughout sunrises/sunsets in this project complements the design and it is the primary focus. The building has small holes throughout the walls and a large opening on the top which allows the light to come in. The reason I chose to graft my project in this location was because I noticed this location was a pefect spot to work on homework or projects. The location was well connected to nature which allows students to de-stress and focus on their work, but the only thing it did not have was a private space with tables to work on. I designed two rooms that connencted to skyspace with the samel element


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SARI ALYAHYA

This design is made for an artistic purpose in Skyspace. The place will be for shadow Artists to show their art, and students can study there. The model will be in the middle of Skyspace. Nothing will be changed in the Skyspace, it’s only adding this project inside the space.


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RAQUEL COLMENERO

Being alone sometimes has a negative perspective, but we all need time by ourselves. Sometimes you get overwhelmed and need an area to take a breather. My addition to Skyspace is where you can come and spend some quality time with yourself. Opened for not only the students but also the community, anyone that needs a moment.


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CHRISTOPHER CONOVER

At the beginning of this project we had to chppse a statement to describe the space. I couldn’t decide on just one statement for this space. It’s multi-use in many ways, it can seat upto 50 people yet, there isn’t much foot traffic going through the secret garden so it makes it the perfect place to go and chill. To either be with friends, or be by yourself. With a spring at the bottom you can enjoy the nature around you as well as hear the water bubbling out of the lowest part of this community space. I didn’t want to take away from the natural landscape around it which is why I decided to build the majority of the space underground. We live in Arizona where, especially in the summer, the sun can be deadly. So, I’ve built a dome on the south side to shade the seating area.


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JOEL CRUZ

When creating the graft for Lattie Coor Hall, I decided to incorporate the program of a place to encounter a natural phenomenon. The idea being, to bring the natural world to the upper floors office setting. I focused on the sense of touch, vision, and hearing. Such as feeling the sun on one’s skin, seeing the surrounding greenery, and hearing the sound of running water. Which together, makes for a relaxing place away from the office. The concepts I studied were lighting, movement, and connectivity. I positioned the building in a manner in which it can allow enough sun rays, without producing discomfort. To keep the feeling of a natural phenomenon, I isolated the graft to a more private area, where cluttering is least likely to occur. Lastly, I keep the theme of the building’s geometry and materials, so that the graft feels as if it were originally placed there.


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JASON CULLEN

Drawing inspiration from the previous assignment for the host building, I used the H.B. Farmer building in part to inspire the design. The grafted design is in the simple redering upabove, suspended in the center of the building with a myraid of possible purposes but mostly intended for someone to be alone. ASU’s Tempe campus is constantly surrounded by constant action during the school day with not to many chances to have quiet. The Farmer Building is unique, being one of two buildings on campus built with in interior courtyard and I saw an opportunity to make a design suspended by thick beams and a glass walk way. Walking into the building, you will feel a cool breeze and a really calming feeling with the asortment of blue, orange and green colors not only on the plants but as well on the chairs and tables. I wanted to replicate that feeling throughout the upper 3 floors due to a prision feeling with plain concrete walls and no windows to see inwards so I wanted that feeling as well as an area that isn’t plain, up there.


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MARIELA DIARTE GRAFT FLOORPLANS Green garden A Place to Think Great Thoughts in a garden

A Place to Think Great Thoughts on a hammock net A Place to Think Great Thoughts while seating

A Place to Think Great Thoughts with a presence of water

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A PLACE TO THINK GREAT THOUGHTS For the final project of the semester, I decided to choose the program A Place to Think Great Thoughts. for my graft. Imagining a place that is all about exploring and doing what feels natural. A place designed for students to feel calm and relaxed. A place where the human instinct to connect with nature, is increased, improving the mental health, creativity, and energy of students. Using direct nature and indirect nature, natural light, for the purpose of achieving the environments’ full potential of becoming a place that allows for great thoughts.


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VIDAL DUARTE

The program of my space, which is grafted to the right and 10 feet below Skyspace, is to be a place to experience a natural phenomena and a place to think great thoughts. Initially inspired by Plato’s Cave Allegory, I designed this space to project the sun’s light from the oculus above onto the ‘cave’ walls below, where one could find things like statuettes and vases on planters, waiting for the sunlight to cast shadows across them. Here you can sit in a subterranean lounge and watch as the colors of the sky paint the room different shades and hues as the shadows of the artifacts interact and grow long as the day ends.


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MARIANA FLORES

Ever since I was six years old, my grandpa told me “you’re going to be a great architect”. I will never stop creating ideas in my head of all the diffferent designs and plans I wish to create in the future. We all have a story behind our buidlings or designs, there are many reasons as to why we choose the materials we choose and we designed it the way we did and that’s what is so unique about every individual architect. I have always wanted to improve every single project I have done and that’s when the beauty of my passion for architecture comes out. This semester taught me patience and discipline, not only did I imporve in both but I also realized how much I’m capable of doing when I am dedicated and passionate about something. Architecture is not for the weak, it is for the hard workers, discplined, patient and passionate people. I will forever cherish every moment of designing, drawings, making, meeting professors, working with different classmates and TAs at ASU.


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CHRISTIAN GOMEZ

This Project is one of my favorites because it’s where I discovered more about myself and architecture. I went from not knowing how to use the softwares to knowing how to make any design. In architecture I felt like I had an idea what architecture really was, until our critics came in to help explain what architecture really is. “To be an architect you design for the present, with awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown.” - Norman Foster. In this project though I wanted to demonstrate a high rise environment where students can go to study and be somewhere where no other building in ASU offers. This project offered a beautiful sunset and a courtyard where you can be away from ground level and still be outside. I wanted to demonstrate a place where we can experience a natural phenomenon everyday (sunset). Where after a long day or stressful day, you get to experience a beautiful view to end your day.


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JORDAN JOHANSEN

As someone begins their so-called adventure to the “Desert Rose”, it’s fascinative design is definitely an eye-catcher. As it’s difficult to make out, but definitely leads to curiosity. The “Desert Rose”, isn’t only a place for its fascinative design, but it’s a place to begin a thought or an idea. Multiply places to lounge, and be inspired by the design or nature. As nature’s accounted into the design, it produces a root connection into nature, just like the design concept. The Desert Rose, a natural phenomenon and the overall development or creation of a Desert Rose occurs in wet and develops a magnificent crystallized “Desert Rose”.


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SERENA KAJI

My graft is located on Lattie Coor Hall. It consists of three floors of glass pods that can hold an indivdual and allows them to use the space however they deem appropriate. It is intended to be a place to be seen. ASU students are consistently sheltered in classroom settings where there are a few tiny windows to let in natural light and interact with the outside world. These glass pods allow for the opposite and give students a relaxed space where they can experience natural light as well as a place where they can see the outside world and the outside world can see them.


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SIDNEY MCCALLUM

The Social Science Building on the ASU tempe campus is a place for learning and experiencing natural phenomenon. I want to expand the possibilities of the space as a place to gather and have great thoughts. The Social Scicnes building sits centered between Hayden library and Old Main. This building is a great middle ground for off and on-campus students. I want to create a space where students and faculty can go to work, observe, gather and inspire great thoughts. The space is two stories with a patio over looking Hayden lawn. The space will be vibrant with natural lightning but maintain a productive environment.


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GRACE MILLER

The program I am developing is a combination of “a place to encounter natural phenomena” and “a place to be alone”. The host is the Social Sciences Building due to the presence of the central courtyard that already exemplifies natural phenomena within the building. The courtyard is central in the building and has the most foot traffic. I will be expanding on this idea and creating a place within that you can experience solitude while staying connected to the current natural design. The structure will be both bamboo paneling and concrete to tie into the current building. Inside, there will be plants similar to those outside and nets that are designed to be used as hammocks and a place to relax and escape to within your mind, not just from the outside world physically. The open ceiling of the room will provide light borrowed from the canvas covered roofing of the courtyard in which it resides.


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ISRAEL MUTACH

I had never heard of the Secret Garden located on campus before this assignment. After exploring it, I was intrigued by how well it is hidden and the serenity that I felt while observing it. That is why I chose to design a place located in the Secret Garden where a person or a small group of people can go to relax and observe what is around them. Inside, there are paintings and other artwork that decorate the room. The wall facing the east is made of glass and has an angle of depression of 45 degrees. The exterior view from the glass wall leads to a peaceful scene of the secret garden. A person inside the room can relax and observe the artworks on the wall or observe the secret garden from a different perspective.


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DAVID REYES

My chosen host building is the 11th street parking structure, and for my graft, my chosen program is a place to encounter natural phenomena. After my site study, I noticed that there were nice views of the surrounding area from the top floor of the structure. To the east one can see a view of the campus and people walking below, while to the west, one can get a view of passing cars entering and leaving the structure and of Mill avenue. It is also a nice place to observe both the sunrise and sunset. For these reasons I chose to add my graft to the upper floor of the parking structure. It is a walkway that spans the width of the parking lot below; placing observers at an even higher vantage point and away from any vehicles to freely observe the surrounding environment, and to also take in natural phenomena such as the wind and sunlight. For the materials, I will use the same concrete as the parking structure, and metal for the shading structure over the walkway.


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ADRIAN RINCON

Hello, My name is Adrian Rincon . This is my space put over Hayden lawn area. This place is meant to let the user of my space feel enlightened and connected to our deseert enviroment. This is a place to let loose and feel the enviroment around take stress away. This space is good to enjoy with company, wheather its to take a nice break from school, study or even just a nice lunch.


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AHARONOV MAIKEL AHARONOV

This This semester semesterin myALA ALA225 225studio studioclass, class,II Iwas was This semester ininmy my ALA 225 studio class, was asked to create a graft and insert it into an existing asked asked to to create createaagraft graftand andinsert insertititinto intoan anexisting existing building. building. Personally, chose the H.B Farmers building building.Personally, Personally,IIIchose chosethe theH.B H.BFarmers Farmersbuilding building as aa well-known building atatTempe. ASU II as building at ASU ITempe. wanted asitititisisaiswell-known well-known building ASUTempe. wanted totodesign space that can to design adesign spaceaathat students can “Think Great wanted space thatstudents students can“Think “Think Great Thoughts”. Thoughts”. My space is broken down into three Great Thoughts”. My isisbroken into separate separate thatdown students can enjoy. Thefloors first Myspace spacefloors broken down intothree three separate floors that enjoy. The isisthoughts a aspace floor is a spacecan where they canfirst think great that students students can enjoy. The firstfloor floor space where they can think great thoughts in the dark in the dark without any interruptions. Following the where they can think great thoughts in the dark without any interruptions. Following the first floor, first floor,any theinterruptions. second floor is a space the thatfirst is litfloor, up without Following

the aaspace isislit with naturalfloor lightisisbecause ofthat the glass curtain wall thesecond second floor spacethat litup upwith withnatural natural light because of the glass curtain wall and skylight. and skylight. Finally, the third floor is an open terrace light because of the glass curtain wall and skylight. Finally, the floor isis an open terrace where can connect the naturalwhere light Finally,students the third third floor anwith open terrace where students with the light and freshcan air connect atconnect the ASU Tempe campus. students can with thenatural natural lightand andfresh fresh air airatatthe theASU ASUTempe Tempecampus. campus.


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JORDAN ALLRED

The Nelson Fine Arts Center located on ASU campus is a place for presenting art and performances. Straight lines give this host building rigid edges whereas the curves and cirlces in the graft provide a new, softer perspective. In this addition to the art center, one will be able to separate themselves above in the graft to think great thoughts. It can be viewed as the “Head” of the building where inspiration and thinking occurs for the “body” of art below.


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MIA AUSTIN

For final design project propose an addition For my my final finaldesign designproject projectIIIpropose proposean anaddition addition to Farmer Education Building located on to the the H.B. H.B. Farmer Farmer Education EducationBuilding Buildinglocated locatedon on campus. its courtyard lush pyramid campus.Within Withinits itscourtyard courtyardIIinserted Iinserted insertedaaalush lushpyramid pyramid greenhouse. This is a space for reconnecting with greenhouse. the greenhouse.This Thisisisaaspace spacefor forreconnecting reconnectingwith withthe the wonders wonders of the natural world amidst the chaos that wondersof ofthe thenatural naturalworld worldamidst amidstthe thechaos chaosthat that surrounds surrounds us. Nature brings healing and the urban surroundsus. us.Nature Naturebrings bringshealing healingand andthe theurban urban environment environment we reside inin can can cause detatchment environment we we reside reside in cancause causedetatchment detatchment from our natural oasis. The chaotic ASU student from can fromour ournatural naturaloasis. oasis.The Thechaotic chaoticASU ASUstudent student can can find composure and solace insafehouse. this safehouse. find and ininthis findcomposure composure andsolace solace thissafehouse. Experiencing Experiencing this space would evoke thoughts of Experiencing this this space spacewould wouldevoke evokethoughts thoughtsof of

comfort comfort and relief amidst constant industrial strain. comfortand andrelief reliefamidst amidstconstant constantindustrial industrialstrain. strain. This space goes 6 feet below the the This floor so the user Thisspace spacegoes goes66feet feetbelow belowthe thethe thefloor floorso sothe theuser user

is isistaken taken from the courtyard and submerged ininan an takenfrom fromthe thecourtyard courtyardand andisisissubmerged submergedin an oasis oasis of tropical flora. Glass panels rise from the floor oasisof oftropical tropicalflora. flora.Glass Glasspanels panelsrise risefrom fromthe thefloor floor coming coming to point directly below the oculus of the comingto toaaapoint pointdirectly directlybelow belowthe theoculus oculusof ofthe the courtyard. courtyard. courtyard.


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The a place to displayis a builtisstructure Thegraft graftI choseI chosea place to displaya built around thearound originalthe Skyspace James Turrell. The structure originalbySkyspace by James of high four graft structure is a four-story Turrell. The graft structure high is a structure four-story 10’x10’ individual boxes stacked onto on another structure of four 10’x10’ individual boxes stacked reaching high. This graft structure be graft used onto one40’another reaching 40’ high.can This for purposes displaying of artsof to displaying be placed structure canof be used forworks purposes in or can be used placeinand display books for a works of arts to beto placed or can be used to place library purpose - with can then be enjoyed and display books for a that, library purpose - with that, finding a space on one of the four on outside it can then be enjoyed finding a space one ofarea the cabana seating. you goseatings. throughAs thisyou graft ladder four outside areaAscabana go athrough is stemmed four boxesthrough reaching this graft, athrough ladder the is stemmed thea new four art ordisplay objects.ofThe topobjects. of the room boxesdisplaying reaching asuch new room art or graft, an of all-window display thebox surroundings The top the graft box is antoall-window to display of A graft to displayThe stories ideas to theskyscape. surroundings of Skyspace. graftand is designed ponder in a stories nature surrounded area. to display and ideas to ponder in a nature surrounded area.


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ANA COLIN

The for for this this project came from thinking The inspiration inspiration project came from about howabout people today are today always are on always a tight thinking how people schedule. are alwaysWe supposed to be somewhere on a tightWe schedule. are always supposed or with someone.or I designed this space thinkingI to meet be somewhere meet with someone. that it could give people the opportunity to have designed this space thinking that it could givea designated to createtoand also think about people thespace opportunity have a designated those that weand nowalso don’tthink have time to do. It’s spacethings to create about those important to we let go of that side in us. Using as things that now don’t have time to brick do. It’s the main material from theside senseinthat is important to letcame go of that us.brick Using very calming. I wanted the space be brickrelaxing as theandmain material came fromtothe privatized sortisofvery secluded; that was reason sense thatand brick relaxing andthe calming. II placed mythe design in “The Secret Garden and ‘’ in West wanted space to be privatized sort Hall. Overall thisthat was an amazing of secluded; was the learning reason experience I placed that opened my mind to new ways of thinking and my design in “The Secret Garden ‘’ in West approaching design. Hall. Overall this was an amazing learning

experience that opened my mind to new ways of thinking and approaching design.


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CLAUDELLE DUARTE CLAUDELLE DUARTE

Known as space to experience themovements movements Known Known as as aaa space space to to experience experience the the movements of the sun, this graft is designed to experience the of of the the sun, sun,this thisgraft graftisisdesigned designedtotoexperience experiencethe the landscape. space not just aboutaaastructure, structure,but but landscape. landscape. AA A space space not notjust justabout about structure, but about how a structure merges with the environment about how a structure merges with the environment about how a structure merges with the environment to preserve and create space devotedtoto tomeditation meditation to topreserve preserveand andcreate createaaaspace spacedevoted devoted meditation and admiration.This graft creates aaa procession procession and and admiration.This admiration.This graft graft creates creates procession designed designed to experience the flow flow ofof of the the desert’s desert’s designed to to experience experience the the flow the desert’s native plants to intermix with the structure native plants to intermix with the structure itself. native plants to intermix with the structureitself. itself. With meditation sections for students to walk along With along With meditation sections for students to walk along the the horticulture ofof desert desert landscapes, drawing the horticulture landscapes, drawing drawing inspiration from it, then meditating, enjoying not inspiration from it, then meditating, enjoying not inspiration not just the view, but the natural light, the simplicity of just simplicity of of just the view, but the natural light, the simplicity minimalist minimalist design,and andthe thequiet environment. minimalistdesign, quietofofthe theenvironment. environment.


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ROBERT JAQUEZ

My My design design isis meant meant for for those thosethat thatseek seekaaplace placeto tobe be alone. alone. My My inspiration inspiration comes comes from from desiring desiring aa place place of of seclusion seclusion while while seeking seeking new new ideas ideas and andconcepts. concepts. Sometimes Sometimes being being alone alone isn’t isn’tenough enoughififour ourminds mindsare are so so busy. busy. My Mygoal goalisistotosolve solvethat thatissue. issue.Just Justlike likethe the sound sound of of rain, rain, aa fireplace, fireplace,or ortrees treesininthe thewind windcan canbe be relaxing; relaxing; the the sound sound of of falling fallingwater waterisismeant meantto tobring bring comfort and peace to the people that are near. comfort and peace to the people that are near.This This building building brings brings seclusion seclusion while while also alsocreating creatingaaform form of of connection connection using using aa water water fall fall fountain fountainthat thatmakes makes its its way way from from the the top topbalcony balconyto tothe theground. ground.


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YARA KHAIR

The H.B. H.B. Farmer Farmer Education Education Building Building includes includes aaa The The H.B. Farmer Education Building includes publiclyplaced placedcenter centeratrium atriumwhich whichhas hasbeen beenutilized utilized publicly publicly placed center atrium which has been utilized

as aaa multi-purpose multi-purpose area. area.Because Becausethis thisspace spacealready already as as multi-purpose area. Because this space already has many different types of people flowing into and has many different types of people flowing into has many different types of people flowing intoitititand and

didn’t want want to to interrupt interruptthe themiddle middleatrium, atrium,IIIsettled settled III didn’t didn’t want to interrupt the middle atrium, settled on placing placingthe thegraft grafton onthe theexterior exteriorbridge bridgelocated locatedon on on on placing the graft on the exterior bridge located on

the Northside Northside of of the the building. building.IIIdecided decidedto tomake makethe the the the Northside of the building. decided to make the program a place on display for display of Herberger program a place on display for display of Herberger program a place on display for display of Herberger students’ students’ artwork/projects, artwork/projects, especially especially as as III noticed noticed students’ artwork/projects, especially as noticed there thereisn’t isn’taaaplace placeon oncampus campusdirectly directlygeared gearedtowards towards there isn’t place on campus directly geared towards that. While progressing through the building, that. While progressing through the building, the that. While progressing through the building, the the

viewer viewer experiences experiencesthe thecontrast contrastof ofolder oldermethods methodsof of viewer experiences the contrast of older methods of art to that of newer complex ways of craft, displayed art to to that that of of newer newer complex complex ways ways of of craft, craft, displayed displayed art by each section of the buildings’ exterior and by each section of the buildings’ exterior and interior by each section of the buildings’ exterior andinterior interior features. features. features.


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ALFREDO MARTINEZ

My goal was to create a study space that is located in a natural environment, something that the ASU campus lacks. I decided to take advantage of the open space and isolation offered by the secret garden between Dixie Gammage Hall and West Hall. This secluded environment offers a quiet place to study, but upon further analysis it was missing items such as available seating and comfort from the elements. My graft aims to tackle these two issues while creating a space that can blend in with the existing site while still being its own entity.


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XAVIER MENDOZA

Our most most important important source source of of energy energyisislight. light.Light Light Our reaches our our eyes eyes and and signals signalsour ourbrain, brain,which whichallows allows reaches us to to detect detect appearance, appearance, location location and and movement movementofof us objects. The The purpose purpose of of my my model model was was to to create createaa objects. place where where art art can can be be shown shownwhile whileinteracting interactingwith with place light light as as well. well. In In addition, addition, the the building building was was made madeto to demonstrate demonstrate the the way way light light can can be be manipulated manipulated atat different different times times of of day. day. Not Not to to mention mention itit gives gives art art pieces an interesting view when light is shun apon pieces an interesting view when light is shun aponit.it. Furthermore, Furthermore, as as you you experince experincethe thebuilding, building,you youwill will notice notice aa variety variety of of different differentopenings openingsininthe thebuilding. building. My My purpose purpose was was to to allow allow those those who whoare arelocal localartist artist to display their art while inteacting with the light to display their art while inteacting with the lightas as well. well.


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ALEXA NUNNS

Presented is a sculpture gallery space that is attached to the ASU art museum. The original building, the Nelson Fine Arts Center, was inspired by the Southwest. The walls and ceiling create shade patterns throughout, mimicking that of the Palo Verde tree foliage. Expanding on this idea, the form of my design mimics Palo Verde tree branches, serving as a canopy to regulate temperature, as well as referencing the FAC’s shadow forms. The gaps in the facade allow West-facing sunlight inside, dramatically altering the space and sculptures through shadow. This provides museum guests a new way to experience the exhibit depending on what time of day or year it is. The bench provides an area to sit for museum-goers to take their time watching these shadows change over each sculpture’s form. This community bench can also bring people together; much like art does.


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ZACHARY RAJAPAKSE

The idea of my graft is an amphitheater outside of the Nelson FAC that represents the program, “A Place To Be In A Large Group.” This amphitheater can be used for any desired outside performances, concerts, speeches, shows, etc. I’ve chosen the FAC because I like the open lot it provides and the architectural look that it already represents. Since there are showcasings within the building, I believe this would be a good addition if anybody desired to have an event outside due to Arizona’s beautiful weather.


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ANGEL ANGEL SAGASTE

Skyspace isolated landscape that gives visitors Skyspaceisisan anisolated isolatedlandscape landscapethat thatgives givesvisitors visitors who atmosphere to openly think and whostop stopby byaacalm calmatmosphere atmosphereto toopenly openlythink thinkand and experience thoughts. At the center of the ceiling experiencegreat greatthoughts. thoughts.At Atthe thecenter centerof ofthe theceiling ceiling isisaa15-foot opening. Shallow grooves the 15-footsquare squareopening. opening.Shallow Shallowgrooves groovesatatatthe the top of the walls contain 480 LED color-changing top of the walls contain contain 480 480 LED LED color-changing color-changing lights, designed to illuminate the canopy above lights,each eachdesigned designedto toilluminate illuminatethe thecanopy canopyabove above during sunset during and sunrise. Along all four walls during sunset sunset and and sunrise. sunrise. Along Along all all four fourwalls walls are benches for visitors to sit and experience are the are benches benches for for visitors visitors to to sit sit and and experience experiencethe the skyspace. The space is best enjoyed in skyspace. silence. skyspace.The Thespace spaceisisbest bestenjoyed enjoyedininsilence. silence. What created What isisan an underground area for visitors What III created createdis anunderground undergroundarea areafor forvisitors visitors to be able to think and create without having to to be tobe beable ableto tothink thinkand andcreate createwithout withouthaving havingto tobe be disturbed by the outside. It is directly under disturbed the disturbed by by the the outside. outside. ItIt isis directly directly under underthe the skyspace skyspace with spiral staircase leading to the space. skyspacewith withaaaspiral spiralstaircase staircaseleading leadingto tothe thespace. space. IIIintend intend for this area to have pillars with railings and intendfor forthis thisarea areato tohave havepillars pillarswith withrailings railingsand andaaa fountain of water along all of the back walls. Benches fountain fountainof ofwater wateralong alongall allof ofthe theback backwalls. walls.Benches Benches will be placed for those who would like to sit and will will be be placed placed for for those those who who would would like like to to sit sit and and experience the calm noise of flowing water without experience experiencethe thecalm calmnoise noiseof offlowing flowingwater waterwithout without all the outside noise. Along the floor of the back walls all allthe theoutside outsidenoise. noise.Along Alongthe thefloor floorof ofthe theback backwalls walls will be the same LED lights from above so visitors will will be be the the same same LED LED lights lights from from above above so so visitors visitors can still have the experience from above. can canstill stillhave havethe theexperience experiencefrom fromabove. above.


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ZAHRAA SHAKER

Positive thinking is a belief, a mental attitude that admits into the mind thoughts, words, and images that good things will happen and that one’s efforts will be crowned with success. A positive mind anticipates happiness ,health, joy, and a successful outcome of every situation and action. This works wonders like magic. This is a space that everyone can come to and make all positive thoughts by looking at the contrast of the sky from two perspectives. If you look at the sky from the third floor, the view will appear bigger. On the other hand, if you look at the sky from level one, the sky is small. The focus is the top circle, making sure you only look up above.


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The idea for this graft space where any student The The idea idea for forthis thisgraft graftisis isaaaspace spacewhere whereany anystudent student with a product to sell is able to book this space with with aa product product to to sell sellisisable abletotobook bookthis thisspace spacetoto to use. Art and and different differentinnovations innovationsby byASU ASUstudents students use. use. Art Art and different innovations by ASU students can be sold for their personal businesses in a facility can be sold for their personal businesses in a can be sold for their personal businesses in afacility facility

that flexible outside hours usage. Shipping that that isis is flexible flexible outside outsideofof ofhours hoursofof ofusage. usage.Shipping Shipping containers are are modified modifiedtoto tobe beoffice officespaces spaceswith withanan an containers containers are modified be office spaces with

elevator elevator to each level, including the green roof. elevator to to each each level, level, including includingthe thegreen greenroof. roof.ItIt It will be attached to the side of the Coor building will be attached to the side of the Coor building will be attached to the side of the Coor buildingonon on top top of of aaa lower lowerlevel levellecture lecturehall, hall,distinguishing distinguishingitself itself top of lower level lecture hall, distinguishing itself

in in appearance because how different purpose in appearance appearancebecause becauseofof ofhow howdifferent differentitsits itspurpose purpose isis from the original building and so that people from the original building and so that people are is from the original building and so that peopleare are attracted to this space. The experience is meant to attracted to to this this space. space. The The experience experience is is meant meant to to attracted be so that those who want totosell products can dodo be so that those who want sell products can be so that those who want to sell products can do so indoors inin an area where their work is safely on so so indoors indoors in an an area area where where their their work work is is safely safely on on display with see-through walls and open space for display with see-through walls and open space display with see-through walls and open space for for the seller’s needs. the the seller’s seller’s needs. needs.


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ARCHITECTURAL STUDIO I PROFESSOR: Darren Petrucci


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CHENG NAM HO (DAMON)

The Peak View project is a response to the nature, landscape, and community around itself. This project was designed in a way that each dwelling unit gets a view of Pinnacle Peak. Orientation of the units changes throughout the site according to the Pinnacle Peak on the west. At the same time, the sun exposure from the west was a challenge to the design. The units are designed with open spaces on each level to bring the desert landscape and feeling to each house. Each unit also has a view of the park in the center of the site designed for the public and community from their private balcony or patio area. Every two units share a party wall that makes an opportunity to have a green screen covered in vines for the balconies. This way every unit has its own private open space. Additionally, the green balcony vines are a way of minimizing the intense sun exposure.


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MOLOOD TAHMASEBI

The Peak View project is a response to the nature, landscape, and community around itself. This project was designed in a way that each dwelling unit gets a view of Pinnacle Peak. Orientation of the units changes throughout the site according to the Pinnacle Peak on the west. At the same time, the sun exposure from the west was a challenge to the design. The units are designed with open spaces on each level to bring the desert landscape and feeling to each house. Each unit also has a view of the park in the center of the site designed for the public and community from their private balcony or patio area. Every two units share a party wall that makes an opportunity to have a green screen covered in vines for the balconies. This way every unit has its own private open space. Additionally, the green balcony vines are a way of minimizing the intense sun exposure.


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KRZYSZTOF ZOLNIERCZYK

The West 7 apartment complex is a four-story building oriented towards the north and south direction. The apartments are divided into 4 buildings, each building providing commercial space, living amenities, and living spaces. We incorporated outdoor catwalks and elevators to use as a barrier to distinguish the public space from the residential space while simultaneously creating safety and privacy for the residents. To mitigate the harsh solar exposure from the west sun, we wrapped a thin aluminum skin on the buildings. The “skin” reduces the amount of heat gain while providing an aesthetic. The ground floor on the west side is designed for commercial space. Our goal was to design a space that emerges from the indoor and outdoor environment and creates a connection of the two. Each commercial space is separated by an open green landscape. To reduce the amount of heat and promote functionality we added trees and benches for the public spaces.


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MAKAYLA DICKERSON

The West 7 apartment complex is a four-story building oriented towards the north and south direction. The apartments are divided into 4 buildings, each building providing commercial space, living amenities, and living spaces. We incorporated outdoor catwalks and elevators to use as a barrier to distinguish the public space from the residential space while simultaneously creating safety and privacy for the residents. To mitigate the harsh solar exposure from the west sun, we wrapped a thin aluminum skin on the buildings. The “skin” reduces the amount of heat gain while providing an aesthetic. The ground floor on the west side is designed for commercial space. Our goal was to design a space that emerges from the indoor and outdoor environment and creates a connection of the two. Each commercial space is separated by an open green landscape. To reduce the amount of heat and promote functionality we added trees and benches for the public spaces.


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PATRICK BOLL

Our project, the 7th Ave Canyons, is designed around the sun and it’s movements throughout the year. The building is rotated 30 degrees and utilizes shed-style roofs to provide a unique and efficient light exposure for the entire project. Our project has 3 different unit types for the different demographics for the people in the area: studios, two bedrooms, and three bedrooms. There are also courtyards at every duplex toward the east of the project to introduce landscape. Units on the west side bordering 7th avenue are three stories tall while the units on the east side are two stories. This is to ease into and pay respects to the historic neighborhood that is right next to our site as well as to also capitalize on the sunlight as well. The units are connected with walkways and stairways that run all throughout the project. Parking is located on the east side and can be accessed by the already existing alleyway.


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MADISON HICKS

Our project, the 7th Ave Canyons, is designed around the sun and it’s movements throughout the year. The building is rotated 30 degrees and utilizes shed-style roofs to provide a unique and efficient light exposure for the entire project. Our project has 3 different unit types for the different demographics for the people in the area: studios, two bedrooms, and three bedrooms. There are also courtyards at every duplex toward the east of the project to introduce landscape. Units on the west side bordering 7th avenue are three stories tall while the units on the east side are two stories. This is to ease into and pay respects to the historic neighborhood that is right next to our site as well as to also capitalize on the sunlight as well. The units are connected with walkways and stairways that run all throughout the project. Parking is located on the east side and can be accessed by the already existing alleyway.


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EMILY SALINAS

The Collective on S Harris Drive located in Mesa, Arizona is a housing project proposal that was designed with the intent of maintaining the familiar qualities of suburban living present in the existing neighborhood with an added high density, split level housing characteristic. The project was developed around the idea of respecting the water detention attribute of our site and using that challenge to our advantage by creating a space in which a strong sense of community can flourish. There are a total of 28 units on the site which we have catered towards family living based on the area’s demographics. The site also hosts a green-roofed store lot that faces a communal garden area which would house a cafe market serving as a community gathering spot and amenity within walkable distance.


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SHIRIN PRAMOD KARUNAKARAN

The Collective on S Harris Drive located in Mesa, Arizona is a housing project proposal that was designed with the intent of maintaining the familiar qualities of suburban living present in the existing neighborhood with an added high density, split level housing characteristic. The project was developed around the idea of respecting the water detention attribute of our site and using that challenge to our advantage by creating a space in which a strong sense of community can flourish. There are a total of 28 units on the site which we have catered towards family living based on the area’s demographics. The site also hosts a green-roofed store lot that faces a communal garden area which would house a cafe market serving as a community gathering spot and amenity within walkable distance.


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ANEESA DAAS

The Wash Ways Apartments is a sustainable housing project completely revolved around the natural desert landscape of Scottsdale. The design invites the nearby desert wash through a series of xeriscaping throughout the entirety of the site. The design aims to blur the lines of where landscape ends and structure begins. Each floor plan is designed to maximize views, sunlight, and interaction with nature. The roofs and windows are deliberately designed with regard to sun patterns and the intention of mimicking the surrounding trees and vegetation. Each building is built according to the topography of the site. ultimately allowing for a slope among the buildings and window arrangements that enable more privacy. Each parking space is accompanied by its own tree to create an illusion of parking in a forest. Each element of this design grants net-zero emissions and a design that physically dissolves into the desert landscape.


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PATRICIA ALBUNAN

The Wash Ways Apartments is a sustainable housing project completely revolved around the natural desert landscape of Scottsdale. The design invites the nearby desert wash through a series of xeriscaping throughout the entirety of the site. The design aims to blur the lines of where landscape ends and structure begins. Each floor plan is designed to maximize views, sunlight, and interaction with nature. The roofs and windows are deliberately designed with regard to sun patterns and the intention of mimicking the surrounding trees and vegetation. Each building is built according to the topography of the site. ultimately allowing for a slope among the buildings and window arrangements that enable more privacy. Each parking space is accompanied by its own tree to create an illusion of parking in a forest. Each element of this design grants net-zero emissions and a design that physically dissolves into the desert landscape.


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ALI MCAULIFF

“Emerald Place’’ is a higher density housing structure designed for Mesa, Arizona. There are 40 units, each with a view of the adjacent park, solar roofs to keep energy bills down, and a private backyard. There are five different unit styles, ranging from a single story for the working individual all the way to a three story unit great for growing families. With the privacy of our units, these apartments begin to feel more like a house, synonymous to the existing neighborhood. Privacy was a very important thought process when we designed these units. Each window was placed methodically to give the best views and maintain the most privacy possible between each unit. The different story levels increase exponentially across the site to make sure every resident has a view while still being respectful of the neighborhood and creating a unique look.


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JULIEN DELMONICO

“Emerald Place’’ is a higher density housing structure designed for Mesa, Arizona. There are 40 units, each with a view of the adjacent park, solar roofs to keep energy bills down, and a private backyard. There are five different unit styles, ranging from a single story for the working individual all the way to a three story unit great for growing families. With the privacy of our units, these apartments begin to feel more like a house, synonymous to the existing neighborhood. Privacy was a very important thought process when we designed these units. Each window was placed methodically to give the best views and maintain the most privacy possible between each unit. The different story levels increase exponentially across the site to make sure every resident has a view while still being respectful of the neighborhood and creating a unique look.


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ALIXANDRIA ARGUELLO-VENGOECHEA

The Vecino is a mediator between Downtown Phoenix and the surrounding historic neighborhood, creating an inviting space to bring the entire community together. The program of the building provides public amenities on the ground level that are adjusted to both the downtown lifestyle many residents are accustomed to, as well as adding value to the neighborhood near the site. This is accomplished by implementing a park and renovated alley on the east side with retail on the west. Residential floors are placed on the upper levels to create a private community for The Vecino residents. Changes in scale create a smooth transition into the neighboring historic district. Additionally, accommodations to sunlight and implementing landscape for environmentally ethical purposes result in the final design.


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ZOE CANO

The concept of The Vecino links the community of Downtown Phoenix and the residents of the multifamily dwelling unit designed for the 7th avenue & Roosevelt site. An amalgamation of residential and communal spaces was a priority of the design thought process, this wasn’t meant to shy away from the pre-existing but rather engage in it. The structure is a 4 over 1 design where you can find retail and public spaces on the ground floor while the residents have an elevated living situation above the ground floor. This ensures the safety of the residents as 7th avenue is one of the major arteries for the valley to access Downtown Phoenix. The reimagined alleyway, which was previously underused along the neighborhood side of the site, has been transformed into an advantageous amenity added to the preexisting community. The concepts of the design gained throughout the semester has contributed to the structure which resulted after the constraints of the project.


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ARATH BARRIOS

The

Pinnacle

Paramount

Apartments

located

in Northern Scottsdale, Arizona is the perfect place to reside with your family and friends. With optimal views of Pinnacle Peak and the start of the McDowell Mountain range, the design of Pinnacle Paramount Apartments complements the existing natural vegetation surrounding the site while integrating green ways of living. A spacious succulent courtyard coupled with rooftop solar panels encourage residents to engage in a more environmentally friendly way of living. A Western bar facing the infamous Pinnacle Peak is raised to bridge the existing surrounding desert landscape with the main courtyard. Each unit has circulation from the parking lot, through the unit, and on to a balcony facing the courtyard. The goal of Pinnacle Paramount Apartments is to convey the importance of the existing vegetation on the site while enhancing the views that the site has to offer.


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BROOKLYN BARRICMAN

The

Pinnacle

Paramount

Apartments

located

in Northern Scottsdale, Arizona is the perfect place to reside with your family and friends. With optimal views of Pinnacle Peak and the start of the McDowell Mountain range, the design of Pinnacle Paramount Apartments complements the existing natural vegetation surrounding the site while integrating green ways of living. A spacious succulent courtyard coupled with rooftop solar panels encourage residents to engage in a more environmentally friendly way of living. A Western bar facing the infamous Pinnacle Peak is raised to bridge the existing surrounding desert landscape with the main courtyard. Each unit has circulation from the parking lot, through the unit, and on to a balcony facing the courtyard. The goal of Pinnacle Paramount Apartments is to convey the importance of the existing vegetation on the site while enhancing the views that the site has to offer.


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BAILIE WALTER

Mesa Villas is our housing design in a developing urban community in rural mesa. The site has multiple schools and parks in the near surroundings. We started by better understanding the area and picked up on a few key elements we wanted to include in our design. The site is a retention site used to collect rainwater, so we designed parking to follow the excavation on the site. To keep the retention, we also developed an extensive gutter system to help direct rainwater to the retention drains. We then created platforms that would sit above the parking lot. These platforms would support the housing and provide shared communal space with the courtyard space between the houses. By connecting the homes and the shared space, our design creates a network of communities within a larger community. Overall, we believe our housing plan adds an excellent alternative housing option to the community.


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JANETH BAEZA

Mesa Villas is our housing design in a developing urban community in rural mesa. The site has multiple schools and parks in the near surroundings. We started by better understanding the area and picked up on a few key elements we wanted to include in our design. The site is a retention site used to collect rainwater, so we designed parking to follow the excavation on the site. To keep the retention, we also developed an extensive gutter system to help direct rainwater to the retention drains. We then created platforms that would sit above the parking lot. These platforms would support the housing and provide shared communal space with the courtyard space between the houses. By connecting the homes and the shared space, our design creates a network of communities within a larger community. Overall, we believe our housing plan adds an excellent alternative housing option to the community.


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JADYN ANDERSON

Ascension is the culmination of several iterative processes to reach our goal of designing a contemporary, post-pandemic, live/work housing. The building is located just outside the heart of Phoenix, the mecca of business for Arizona. Hence, we focused on providing an environment that could allow young and new professionals to hone their skills and engage in networking that would ultimately ascend them to new levels of life. To fulfill the sense of community and networking, we designed the building to generate two central points to which all of our units face. The resulting ‘s’ shape of the plan view allowed us to incorporate leasable office spaces in which the tenants can collectively grow their networking and professional skills. features such as three different unit styles, leasable workspaces, personal storage units, a pool, and an outdoor gathering area, the building provides an allencompassing lifestyle necessary for our new postpandemic world


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KAELAN BIZARDIE

The target audience for the project we have selected is young nomadic professionals who remotely work. These young professionals reside at the location for a short period of time (3-6 months) because they are exploring the area they are visiting rather than fully living there. The project is a way to bring to the community of nomadic people together through the amenities being provided. The Architecture of these apartments are distinctive from any other place due to the short time spent living there.


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JAMES ANDERSON

This housing and business project located in Mesa, Arizona is meant to produce a feeling of a “city within a city.” Although there are numerous amenities and businesses miles within the site, the addition of a few more restaurants and shops will really benefit the nearby community. With multiple schools, parks, and housing near the site, it makes for an ideal location for walkable customers. To add, the housing comlex is aimed for families with business backgrounds where they have access to meeting spaces and offices all around the apartment. Each of the 20 units display a variety of floor plan options, and work space to conduct your busniness. The site also offers 2 large amenity buildings that host a gym, grocery store, and many other useful businesses. This site allows for their residents to conduct their own busniess at the same location as their home, with lots of potential to be a local hot spot n the community


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PARKER BIERTZER

This housing and business project located in Mesa, Arizona is meant to produce a feeling of a “city within a city.” Although there are numerous amenities and businesses miles within the site, the addition of a few more restaurants and shops will really benefit the nearby community. With multiple schools, parks, and housing near the site, it makes for an ideal location for walkable customers. To add, the housing comlex is aimed for families with business backgrounds where they have access to meeting spaces and offices all around the apartment. Each of the 20 units display a variety of floor plan options, and work space to conduct your busniness. The site also offers 2 large amenity buildings that host a gym, grocery store, and many other useful businesses. This site allows for their residents to conduct their own busniess at the same location as their home, with lots of potential to be a local hot spot n the community.


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BAILEY CRAWFORD

With a park, elementary school, and neighborhoods surrounding the site, young families with little children are sure to inhabit the area. Our mission is to develop a working families dream. After having to keep children under close watch at home during the coronavirus pandemic, we learned that a living complex centered towards young children is absolutely essential. Look in from the east side road and park, one will see a rather natural building fitting perfectly in its habitat. But looking through the center opening, you are greeting with a brightly colored center courtyard consisting of a water park, rock wall, and other activities that are sure to turn heads.


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ZACHARY WHISTON

With a park, elementary school, and neighborhoods surrounding the site, young families with little children are sure to inhabit the area. Our mission is to develop a working families dream. After having to keep children under close watch at home during the coronavirus pandemic, we learned that a living complex centered towards young children is absolutely essential. Look in from the east side road and park, one will see a rather natural building fitting perfectly in its habitat. But looking through the center opening, you are greeting with a brightly colored center courtyard consisting of a water park, rock wall, and other activities that are sure to turn heads.


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KYLE VANCE

This housing and business project located in Mesa, Arizona is meant to produce a feeling of a “city within a city.” Although there are numerous amenities and businesses miles within the site, the addition of a few more restaurants and shops will really benefit the nearby community. With multiple schools, parks, and housing near the site, it makes for an ideal location for walkable customers. To add, the housing comlex is aimed for families with business backgrounds where they have access to meeting spaces and offices all around the apartment. Each of the 20 units display a variety of floor plan options, and work space to conduct your busniness. The site also offers 2 large amenity buildings that host a gym, grocery store, and many other useful businesses. This site allows for their residents to conduct their own busniess at the same location as their home, with lots of potential to be a local hot spot in the community.


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ALI QASSAB

The target audience for the project we have selected is young nomadic professionals who remotely work. These young professionals reside at the location for a short period of time (3-6 months) because they are exploring the area they are visiting rather than fully living there. The project is a way to bring to the community of nomadic people together through the amenities being provided. The Architecture of these apartments are distinctive from any other place due to the short time spent living there.


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JACKSON PAYNE

The structure we imagine for 819 N 7th Avenue is one that expands the communal gathering areas of Phoenix. Sitting between Roosevelt Row and Grand Avenue, two areas known for its art and commerce, our project successfully creates a bridge between these two culturally significant areas. The site is zoned as a “gateway” site and our project successfully creates a form that forces people downtown to see what is happening inside and out.


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ASHLEY MADRIZ

END NOTE The X Complex reveals an artistic hotspot where the ground level inhabits the public space and the floors above divide into the personal spaces for artists. Our project crafts a place where artists come together either in their homes or in the market and amenities accessible to anyone. our design also defines the workhome living style of all artists, answering the question of what does an artist workspace look and feel like? what about walking into the home? All of these spaces tell the story about the artist one part of the people who inhabit spaces in their own ways and letting the little moments shape the story along.


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AHMED NAKHAL

The Sonoran Enclave is a project designed and built for the young and wealthy individuals who desire to live in a more modern community in Northern Scottsdale. Sonoran Enclave is designed with the future of living in mind; with work at home environments, dedicated creation spaces, and exercise spaces integrated into the community. Sonoran Enclave is the first communal residential project that allows for young wealthy adults to live within a more connected and fluid community surrounded by the raw and stunning landscape of the Sonoran Desert.


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CHRISTINA MELGOZA

The Sonoran Enclave is a project designed and built for the young and wealthy individuals who desire to live in a more modern community in Northern Scottsdale. Sonoran Enclave is designed with the future of living in mind; with work at home environments, dedicated creation spaces, and exercise spaces integrated into the community. Sonoran Enclave is the first communal residential project that allows for young wealthy adults to live within a more connected and fluid community surrounded by the raw and stunning landscape of the Sonoran Desert.


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CARDER MEHR

GYM - 3D VIEW The X Complex reveals an artistic hotspot where the ground level inhabits the public space and the floors above divide into the personal spaces for artists. Our project crafts a place where artists come together either in their homes or in the market and amenities accessible to anyone. our design also defines the work-home living style of all artists, answering the question of what does an artist workspace look and feel like? what about walking into the home? All of these spaces tell the story about the artist one part of the people who inhabit spaces in their own ways and letting the little moments shape the story along.


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DEANDRA JONES

This community housing project is located in the arts district of Downtown Phoenix, Arizona at the intersection of West Roosevelt Road and North 7th Avenue. This project is meant to respond to its surrounding environment and provide amenities for the local population. During idea development, importance was placed on providing creators, artists, and small business owners a community to work together without having to leave the comfort of their home. Opportunities for people to create, display, and sell have been introduced throughout the entire project in public, private, and shared spaces.


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KACE JOHNSON

This community housing project is located in the arts district of Downtown Phoenix, Arizona at the intersection of West Roosevelt Road and North 7th Avenue. This project is meant to respond to its surrounding environment and provide amenities for the local population. During idea development, importance was placed on providing creators, artists, and small business owners a community to work together without having to leave the comfort of their home. Opportunities for people to create, display, and sell have been introduced throughout the entire project in public, private, and shared spaces.


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Ascension is the culmination of several iterative processes to reach our goal of designing a contemporary, post-pandemic, live/work housing. The building is located just outside the heart of Phoenix, the mecca of business for Arizona. Hence, we focused on providing an environment that could allow young and new professionals to hone their skills and engage in networking that would ultimately ascend them to new levels of life. To fulfill the sense of community and networking, we designed the building to generate two central points to which all of our units face. The resulting ‘s’ shape of the plan view allowed us to incorporate leasable office spaces in which the tenants can collectively grow their networking and professional skills. features such as three different unit styles, leasable workspaces, personal storage units, a pool, and an outdoor gathering area, the building provides an allencompassing lifestyle necessary for our new postpandemic world.


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DOMINIC JACOVO

The structure we imagine for 819 N 7th Avenue is one that expands the communal gathering areas of Phoenix. Sitting between Roosevelt Row and Grand Avenue, two areas known for its art and commerce, our project successfully creates a bridge between these two culturally significant areas. The site is zoned as a “gateway” site and our project successfully creates a form that forces people downtown to see what is happening inside and out.


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PEDRO PRECIADO

Pinnacle Peak is a beautiful site to visit and live by. That is why during my designing process I aimed to protect the views of the mountain, as well as the surrounding desert scenery. 30X40 at Pinnacle Peak is a housing development that connects residents both to each other and their natural surroundings. I didn’t want to seclude residents from the desert, as that was one of the strengths of the site and one of the main reasons one might choose to live here. The site is meant to be very open and feel as if one is living in a park. 30X40 at Pinnacle Peak is a community of quiet, peaceful living. Just step outside or go upstairs to the community rooftop and take a breath of fresh air. Enjoy the views. Enjoy nature. Enjoy home.


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ANGELA MARTINEZ

Tetris on 7th Ave is a building I designed alongside my peer Jeramy Widener. It is located in Downtown Phoenix on W Roosevelt and N 7th Ave, south of the 10 freeway. In the beginning stages of developing this building, our main focus was to create a space that could be used not only for residences, but also with businesses and amenities. Stage two consisted of the overall geometry of the building, and for that inspiration was taken from the game Tetris and Legos, hence the individual blocks/pieces that make up the building. This design adds privacy and individuality to each unit. They are pieced and exposed, and each unit has more freedom due to each “block” per se, is your own unit. Only one wall is shared with a neighbor. Our main goal for this structure was to bring a sense of nostalgia with the design and create a space with individuality while still being a unified building.


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JERAMY WIDENER

Tetris on 7th was designed with the downtown city life in mind. Located on 7th Ave and Roosevelt, it is comprised of studios, 1x1, and 2x2 floorplans with two variations per unit plan. It is 42-unit complex with four floors and a staircase/elevator between each building. The idea behind the Tetris or Lego design was to introduce individual unit spaces that aren’t accompanied by neighbors or heavy circulation, giving the unit its own individuality. The staggered look sets it apart from the neighborhood around it, however we used materials reflecting the Roosevelt Historic District found in the homes nearby. Our site is just minutes away from the arts district on Grand Ave and ASU downtown Phoenix campus. The first floor of the complex are retail and small business spaces available to rent to replicate the downtown esthetic and walkability. Look no further than Tetris on 7th for a more desired luxury and urban setting.


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KEVIN TAYLOR

THE RIFT Located in North Scottsdale, THE RiFT is a modern residence structure dedicated to luxury living in the southwest. Sitting in between two landforms, Pinnacle Peak and Troon Mountain, the structure is devoted to a 360-degree view of the Arizona landscape. The form can be described as S-shaped and utilizes every side of the building to allow for maximum viewing capability. With 5 different floor plans that include, one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and three-bedroom units with their own balcony. THE RiFT has room for any kind of lifestyle, featuring a large pool on the second floor plus a gym and yoga studio. The structure is nestled at the base at Pinnacle Peak and has a dedicated pathway that will lead residents to the trailhead of the peak.


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LANA SADELDEEN

THE RIFT The exlcusive desertscape views and luxury style living is all part of the experience you receive as a resident here at THE RIFT. Unit plans have been handcrafted to fit your own individualized experience. The life you live throughout your housing arrangements will be guaranteed to be the highlight of your day. You have all the choices to craft your ideal living arrangements. Whether you enjoy a high rise, ground floor, penthouse style, simplistic, or extremist approach to living, we are offering you an extraordinary place to center your life around. The scenic beauty of Arizona is insured to be at your fingertips, or at the glace of your balcony. The community we guarantee to produce includes a health focused group of individuals that are looking to feel life at its finest. We prioritize your individual experience in life through the lens of happiness.


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LIYETTE LAYUGAN

Located in the center of the ever-growing Downtown Phoenix, Torus apartments are meant for comfortable living and community building. The apartment caters to graduate students and young professionals with unit layouts housing up to three bedrooms. The apartments feature spaces for retail on the ground floor, a four-story outdoor garden, a rooftop pool, and other amenities. The apartment structure focuses on indoor-outdoor living with every unit having its own patio and outdoor hallways. Shade is an important component for residential spaces in Phoenix so this is provided in many ways, such as the exterior blade walls and the slanted shape of the building. The south building features a communal area for students with desks to study on and ping pong tables to socialize. The importance of being active is not forgotten as there is a gym for residents featured in the structure. A sense of community is crucial for young adults so the residence contains multiple places for gathering.


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STEVEN BRUNE

THE RIFT The exlcusive desertscape views and luxury style living is all part of the experience you receive as a resident here at THE RIFT. Unit plans have been handcrafted to fit your own individualized experience. The life you live throughout your housing arrangements will be guaranteed to be the highlight of your day. You have all the choices to craft your ideal living arrangements. Whether you enjoy a high rise, ground floor, penthouse style, simplistic, or extremist approach to living, we are offering you an extraordinary place to center your life around. The scenic beauty of Arizona is insured to be at your fingertips, or at the glace of your balcony. The community we guarantee to produce includes a health focused group of individuals that are looking to feel life at its finest. We prioritize your individual experience in life through the lens of happiness.


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ASA CHAMP

This semester pushed us as architects and began our journey in the space of residential buildings. We were tasked with an empty lot in Mesa and had to create a multi family housing complex. We chose to make a variety of houses for families with small children since there is a lovely park nearby and an elementary school within safe walking distance. This space allows families to have a comfortable way to raise their children while not having to purchase a house if they are unable to. The process allowed us to explore our creative side while learning what a real architect would have to deal with in the professional world. All in all we had a successful semester and I am grateful for the opportunity to grow as an architect.


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ATLLAS HOPKINS

Our project was designed with the intent of building community amongstits tenants while also allowing privacy amongst those they are living with. With our housing units being placed directly next door to a school and neighboring a pre-existing neighborhood, we did not want to move forward with a design that was too distracting from the already developed environment; we wanted our design to feel as if it belonged.


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CHANCE BREEGGEMANN

The Emerald Apartment building is a multifamily housing project in Mesa. The project features two parallel buildings with a large rectangular courtyard in between. In the courtyard are many randomly placed walkways which exist on both the first and second floor, acting as catalysts for circulation to the many amenities and shade for the ground floor, where there is space for a multitude of outdoor activities. When the walkways intersect the buildings, they translate into vertical strips of window that wrap around and become skylights for the second-floor apartments. The project emphasizes quality of light and balancing the mass of concrete with the thin glass skylights and window strips that wrap around the structures.


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ANGEL VILLALBA

Emerald Apartments is a collaborative project designed by myself and Chance Breeggemann that focus on creating a multi-family housing complex in Mesa with unit plans and amenities. It is designed for those who want to stay distant from the city and settle for a friendly neighborhood with a park and school for children. It consists of a total of 44 units, 28 from the 1st floor and 16 from the 2nd floor. The 2nd floor units are ideal for families because it has 3 bedrooms and 3 baths, with 2 private balconies and private courtyard open to the sky. The biggest component to this project is the central part between the 2 masses of the L shape buildings, a complex walkway that have various paths connected across each unit from one around. After the walkways touches the unit, it turns to a straight, long stripe of glass that serves as a skylight for the 2nd floor, is set along the party walls of each unit and continues down as window for the 1st floor units, a 1 bed 1 bath unit. From creating the walkway on the 2nd floor, this language of cutting and slicing became the main rule going for this housing complex.


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ISABEL JENSEN

This project is located in North Scottsdale right next to Pinnacle Peak. We were asked to make a multifamily apartment building to fit into the given site and its surroundings. The main focus of our building is the views. Every decision that was made was centered around providing the best views for the users. Every unit in the building is given a view toward Pinnacle Peak or Troon Mountain with no units facing inward toward the pool. This perspective drawing shows the view from the pool, looking toward pinnacle peak, and also shows the shaded walkway with the gym area above.


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JOSHUA MOYER

The focus of our project this semester was on the views accompanying the site, both to the Northwest towards Pinnacle Peak but also to the Southeast towards Troon Mountain. Using the windows to frame the area round, to appreciate the local landscape very close by both on the property and in the surrounding area. While views were important, we also wanted to promote a more active lifestyle within the community, along with the local hiking trails, we added the fitness center and the yoga room to the property to give the spectacular views but to also be able to get the active lifestyle close by on the grounds. These areas on the property also framed its views to the natural landscape around allowing for a more relaxing area.


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ARIANA JACKSON

This is a floorplan I came up with while working with my partner for the 2021 fall semester. There are 12 units depicted in this photo. There is also an amenities building and a leasing office. One building is full with three bedrooms and two baths. The other building has two bedrooms and one bath. The building that has two beds and one bath has two different types of units. The shape of one can be described as a T with both bedrooms in the corners and one bath in the middle of the rooms. The other unit is an L shape. The kitchen bleeds into the living room and the beds are tucked into a corner in the unit. The unit with three beds and two baths is very different. All the rooms can be found in the back, side by side. This unit is more private and enclosed.


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JULIAN GARCIA

Above illustrates the community titled Lumina Dream. This apartment complex was specially designed to be family friendly, hence the large green field surrounding the community. This allows for more gatherings to take place and more space for children to venture out in the field letting their imagination run wild. This apartment complex utilizes many windows for natural lighting. This provides the guests feeling more comfortable and at home. The vegetation brings the community additional color and a more lively experience.


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LUKE EDGEWATER

This image shows a building in a void of darkness. Although, around is dark, it is contrasted with the bright building that has been designed and thought out for placement on the site. It’s perspective is a view that many cars and people will past throughout their day. Some may live in the building itself and see the outside whether that is from the balcony of the North and South units, or from the open windows from below where the shops will be. This multi-use building will not only provide amenities for the residents, but also provide various shops for the public as they will bring more life to the structure itself. This will then create more opportunities for people to inhabit the space and fill the darkness with life.


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AILEEN AGUAYO

This selected site is located Downtown Phoenix, near the Roosevelt and 7th avenue intersection. This area is known to be a very creative and emerging artistic community with lots of aspiring artists. By knowing this the main focus was centered around creating a building that would be the destination for people to be a part of this artistic culture as a resident. The building is called Ikon Apartments, it is a structure that is mixed-used on the ground level with art studios, a café shop, lobby and a gym. There are four buildings each with four levels of units (30 units in total) and multiple study rooms along with collaborative community spaces. Undergrade parking for residents and on-grade parking for visitors and employees. In Ikon Apartments, everyone is welcomed to share their artistic creativity as there are four digital display screens to help put the residents’ artwork out.


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ERICH ANSEMS

This project sets its sights on creating a better Downtown Phoenix experience. This project sits right at the beginning of a commercial corridor, which means its potential as a gateway building was tremendous. By developing a project which sought to create a unique, meaningful experience for its residents and visitors alike we have set a precedent for the surrounding area to create more fulfilling experiences for their communities as well. Gateway on 7th aims to fill in the gaps left by aging infrastructure in the area, introducing several restaurants and storefronts to the area. This project also needs to create an impression, creating a lasting visual reminder that beautiful and unique architecture can also be functional and pragmatic. Gateway on 7th does just that, setting the standard for a more beautiful Phoenix, and creating a wonderful gateway experience for its community.


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MARICIELO BERDIALES

On Horizons, residents will enjoy the incredible views from Pinnacle Peak and McDowell Mountain. These views can be experienced from their apartments and from the outdoor landscape areas we created as well. We included underground parking, which connects with each apartment building so residents can take their respective elevators or stairs to get to their units.


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ADRISEL BUSTAMANTE

Serenity Retreat is a multi-family residence with 30 units, a restaurant and courtyard that focuses on the views as well as creates an ambiance of a serene landscape and environment. The words calm, escape, desert and serene, were referenced in the designing process to demonstrate a meaning behind the raw material and nature integration that can benefit not just the residence but the environment as well. Thus, creating a desert rooftop with a ramp to access the rooftop to appreciate the view, and the application of dry stacked stone around the water feature, which ties to the mountain landscape. Water which gives a sense of calm and serenity, and grass and stone which allows people to walk on and connect to nature. Lastly, we have rammed earth walls encasing the courtyard and units. The glazing structural system allows for light to highlight the room as well as admire the materials.


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JESSICA CALABRESE

Come to the serene desert landscaoe near Pinnacel Peak to escape from reality in the lap of luxury and nature. Serenity Retreat is a multi-family residence that uses raw materiality and integration of nature to create a natural sanctuary. However, the experiential value is where Serenity Retreat truly shines by providing the perfect location to be in touch with all of one’s senses. Its exclusive views of Pinnacle Peak mountain are what inspired the organic form and it’s desert materiality to encompass desert serenity. The use of rammed earth (recycled earth from on-site excavation soil), is a structural and aesthetic tool. These large rammed earth walls define the building’s character through creating interior and exterior moments to enjoy these 2ft thick desert soil walls. The large courtyard in the core of the site allows for a large entertainment area with optimal Pinnacle peak views. Serenity Retreat provides a beautiful opportunity for people to get out of the city to sit back, relax and enjoy the view.


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ALANAROSE DURAN

A gateway allows an entrance opening to a new experience. Gateway on 7th Avenue is Downtown Phoenix’s local gateway to experiencing new multiuse housing. The strict linear facade beautifully contrasts with the organic curved walls as one enters Gateway on 7th Avenue. With many restaurants, cafes, and retail spaces located on the first floor, it welcomes all visitors and residents with unique views as one explores. The organic curved walls surround the visitor with curiosity as they enter the space. Gateway on 7th Avenue welcomes all with an experience in the local Downtown Phoenix area.


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DUHA HASAN

Aemelius is about providing better nourishment for the community and a seamless experience for the resident. Located in Downtown Phoenix at the intersection of W Roosevelt St and N 7th Ave, this project can provide a revival to the area. Residents, visitors, and the surrounding community can take advantage of the market that will take place in the newly renovated existing building on the lot as well as the center courtyard on the second level that can be accessed through a grand staircase. The market can also act as a destination for farmers markets and Phoenix First Fridays. The objective of this project is to decrease commuting for basic necessities and provide an area that can be categorized as a food desert with resources for a healthier lifestyle. The existing masonry building will provide the perfect opportunity for an adaptive reuse project, a much more sustainable approach to this lot.


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EMILY JONES

The Desert Veil is a resort and spa located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The resort has stunning views of Pinnacle Peak and the McDowell Mountains. The site is next to multimillion dollar homes and upscale restaurants. The resort has 32 luxury units for guests to get complete restoration. The image is depicting a guest’s perspective looking at the patio space for one of the units. The entire landscape is a desertscape to be cohesive with the surrounding environment. The walls of the units are made out of rammed Earth walls. The rammed earth walls help blend into the desert oasis and are great insulation during the summer months. The shape of the building is to optimise views for each guest while creating a private space to be comfortable in. The main goal of the Desert Veil is for the guest to leave feeling refreshed and completely restored.


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MILLAN MOGNETT

Ikon apartments is a collaborative space for creatives to live, work, and experience art. Being that it is in the arts district of Downtown Phoenix, its creation would act as a converging point to catalyze the influence of imaginative thought. A major focus of this project would have been the event First Friday, which occurs every first friday of each month, showcasing the talents of many throughout different disciplines. Our group wanted to make a statement with this project by combining the old with the new. Having a building that displays the art of those who live or work at Ikon to the surrounding community, while housing and creating a centerpoint for people to come and experience it. The history of First Friday is one of the most recognizable aspects of Downtown Phoenix, and with the continuing evolution and expansion of this vast city, we see that its tradition can further be established here.


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AVERY MORIC

Our project Incubate was designed with the goal of creating a space that can inspire and provide a creative event space to the community around 7th Avenue. We focused on the core idea of creating a space that allows a resident to conceive an idea, create that idea then curate that idea within the community. By dedicating our second floor to a completely fluid creative space we aim to create an inviting and exciting space that prompts new thought through the flexibility and spontaneity of such space. The second floor incubator space will be available to not only the residents, but also local universities, the city of phoenix or other engaging events. In creating this event space we not only provide an amazing place to work, but also a spark to bring 7th Avenue alive.


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MIHWA NAMVULA

My partner, Maricielo Berdiales, and I designed a building called Desert Horizons. It is an independent senior living community built between Pinnacle Peak and the McDowell mountains. We designed a single type of apartment unit that focused on getting a perfect view no matter where your apartment was on the site. To allow our seniors a relaxing time while at Desert Horizons, we made a point to give them a space where they could step out to the horizon. This image is from the point of view of the public open area on the top floor. The mountains become the focal point to the horizon shown over the side of the uppermost patio. This image is one of my favorite shots of our site because it paints a picture of someone coming up from an elevator and going outside to enjoy some sun in the quiet, valley surrounded by mountains.


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NICHOLAS SIEROCKI

Incubate—a place one can create, conceive, and curate their artistic ideas without the interruption of transitioning to a different geographical place. The majority of the downtown Phoenix arts district is bustling with creatives, filled with multi-use integrated developments, and full of inspiration. On the other hand, areas around W Roosevelt ST & N 7th AVE lack those qualities. This project aims to solve that through the vertical integration of the artistic process that combines 4 levels in an all-inclusive building. Residential units occupy the top two floors seemingly “floating” on top of the second level, the incubator level. The incubator is dedicated to creation and inspiration by providing creatives the space they need to explore their artistic imagination. This building will act as a beacon for the underdeveloped area of the arts district, as well as establish a headquarters for inspiration and creation within the greater Phoenix area.


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JOHNATHAN SISKRON

What I wanted to accomplish for this project was an oasis in the heart of residential downtown Phoenix. An area lacking in walkability and fresh resources, but surrounded by monthly cultural arts festivals, could have the opportunity to bring the community closer together through the addition of an adaptive reuse residential area that includes a central, natural courtyard. This would not only provide a fresh green space for residents but would connect the units to an adapted marketplace to provide fresh groceries to the area; it gives the opportunity to enjoy a meal just purchased downstairs, hidden from the rest of busy and noisy Phoenix. This would encourage a shift in living for Phoenicians, continuing to accomplish a more walkable and closer community in an already transforming cultural district.


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A Veil In the Desert. A place to retreat. To heal. To forget about the harsh realities of the outside. As you stay in this resort, you’ll slowly escape to a place where the stresses of life won’t get to you.


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YIFAN ZHANG

Our idea of the project is to build a sustainable and relaxing community for new and small families. This picture is how the interior space looks like when people enter the house. The large floor-to-ceiling window allows natural light to go through the living room and kitchen. People can view the landscape outside when sitting in the living room. The color tone under the sunlight is warm which makes the atmosphere of the house become a peaceful place to relax after a long day of work and study. The kitchen and living room are not separate so parents can still interact with their children or guests while cooking. The ICF exterior wall would also lower the electric bill of residents and protect the house from small fires, which provides a safe place for the families to stay.


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LILY ANDERSON

This is a render showing the inside of an apartment complex built to bring communities together. The project is located in downtown Phoenix and comprises 2 community gardens, one for the residents and one for the surrounding community. These areas are for doing homework, work, or booths for first Friday vendors. The idea is to inspire the residents and surrounding community with our architecture and bring them together!


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ANA SOLIS ANDRADE

This is a rendered axon-solar study of our building on the site. Site is on N. 7th Ave and W. Roosevelt St. Phoenix, Arizona. A big factor to the contribution of our design was based around the solar effect. Our design has wide roof slabs that provide shade within each unit as well as the surrounding landscape. Our landscape is environmental greening on an urban concrete platform. Solar Study: Each ray represents a different season: Longest ray is the sun path during summer, middle ray is sun during spring, and smallest ray represents the sun path during winter months. The most winds come from the west. Building: An apartment complex that is 4 separate building structures, 4 levels on each building, communal rooms for public or private use, rooftop garden and pool, 3 outdoor plazas, 1 underground parking lot on south side of site.


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SABRINA ARABI

This is 7Palms co-living apartment complex, located on 7th Avenue and W Roosevelt Street, Phoenix AZ 85007. 7Palms is has residential units, communal units and public units. There are communal kitchens on each floor, a fitness center and a study room available for the residents only. The public units are the coffee shop and the game room, this plaza is located in between the two. This plaza has lots of greenery to help cool the air, the water feature provides a soothing sound and helps cool the air as well. There are stepping stones through this water fountain to give users a unique experience. There’s a wall that works as a sound barrier, privacy barrier and for aesthetics with its draping greenery. The vegetation along the site creates a very sustainable environment. The facade consists of white stucco, double-glazed glass and steel louvres that are adjustable to slide as the seasons change. The 7Palms has three principles: community, connectivity and sustainability.


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PAYTON AZHOCAR

Grove is a multi-family housing project centered around family, community, and sustainability through garden spaces. Located in the heart of suburban Mesa, it contains thirty units, three unit types, and two unit modules. The units and modules are arranged into smaller clusters all with private and centralized garden spaces where residents are free to play, grow, and live as a community. By creating varying levels of community, residents are encouraged to occupy and connect in comfortable shared gardens and a large balcony space provided for each of the five clusters. A central marketplace allows for residents to store, prepare, and sell produce grown on site and for large communal gatherings; celebrating the agricultural history of the site and neighborhood.


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ALEX BERRELLEZA

The Roosevelt Galeria is a project that was inspired by the distinct forms of art exhibitions in the neighborhood. This project is in Phoenix in the Historic Neighborhood of Roosevelt, just half a mile west of Downtown Phoenix. The construction is based on four buildings of equal dimensions, underground parking, and three outdoor spaces that are designed for public use. On the first level, you can find a restaurant, a market, a gym that is connected to an arcade room, and an office area. While the three floors above are all residential units ranging from 1-bedroom to 3-bedroom. In between each building, there is a courtyard, a food court area, and a playing area all available for the public. The north facade wraps aver the roof and connect to the south façade. This provides shade to the outdoor spaces for the hot Arizona summers. The goals for this project were to create community engagement, provide affordable housing, and have a family-oriented environment.


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JACOB BICKERS

Our project for the semester was tackling a site in Mesa at around 2.5 acres. The surrounding area was low income as well as having younger families moving into the area. We wanted to create a multigenerational family housing that encourages families to be a part of a bigger community named The Lineage. The Lineage is set up to have 3 units stacked on top of eachother all being interconnected via a single rooftop patio. Each unit has its own experience that we wanted to create having the opportunity to go to the rooftop patio to see the rooftop garden and the community surrounding. These units are set up in a cluster that is then mirrored around the site creating a larger community within the site. The big picture of the project was to create this community of families of multiple generations coexisting with each other, yet have their own private space to enjoy themselves.


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LUIS BRITO

Recent events, such as the covid-19 pandemic has made the world realize their ability to work from home. Owing to this fact, we came to the idea that this could lead to a way of living that is constantly changing because we will have the ability to travel more. This fact led us to have the residence times to be shorter, ranging from 4 to 12 months. Due to the extended time that you will be at home working, our idea was to create a living environment where you can experience beautiful moments throughout the entire living space. In the Pinnacle Peak area, there is a series of pit-houses, built by the Hohokam, that were discovered. We began to draw inspiration from the Hohokam people, and their pit-houses by constructing our units partially underground. Our group wanted to work with the topography and hide the units in with the surroundings. The image displayed shows the view of the partially underground walkway to get to the individual units.


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SANTIAGO CHAVEZ

When my group began desiging our housing project we were lost with the potential the sight had. The views were iminent and it was obvious they would be a strong driving force for our design process. Through our site analysis, we discovered the Hohokam, a tribe of people that used to inhabit the very site we were designing upon. The Hohokam introduced a new possibility for our design, which was to push the units underground. This idea was effective in heat control and allowed us to stay under a 30’ height maximum. We took the concept and updated it to meet our needs. We essentially cut the topogragraphy with 2 long and parallel incisions, peeled it up and slid our unit clusters under it. The result is a very private and subtle desert experience. The rendering pictured above, shows a view looking between two units. This shows the emphasis we placed on experience and views throughout the site.


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JOSHUA CHO

Grove, located in the heart of suburban Mesa, is a multi-family housing project that started from the idea of creating housing that encourages community through centralized communal spaces. This multifamily housing holds thirty units with both threeunit and two-unit types. Both the unit types are arranged into small clusters, including all private and centralized garden spaces, in which residents can freely engage, grow, and live as a member of the community. Providing varying levels of community encourages residents to occupy and unite in comfortable shared gardens and an open balcony, which is provided for each of the five clusters. Additionally, the central amenity offers residents a space to store, prepare, and sell produce grown on site. It also serves for large communal gatherings, celebrating the agricultural history of the area and neighborhood.


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BRANDON DALE

When going through this project on of our main challenges that we tried to think through was providing the residents with experiential moments. The site had incredible natural views so we made sure to give every unit access to those, however the most substantial and impactful moments were ones similar to the render above. These are between the individual units and are small green spaces that give each unit private views. The slots in the roof that open to the sky provide natural light and serve to open the spaces up. The two main elements of these spaces are the greenery and the way that light interacts with the space.


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JADEN LIU

Located on the cross streets of Alma School and Jomax, this take on a VRBO destination is set with the intentions of bringing in snow birds, tourists, and all visitors alike. The driving force behind the design was the Arizonian desert; thus, leading to many cacti and native trees around the units and site itself, while also including symmetrical yet rigid roof tops and rammed earth walls to mimic the imperfections of the desert landscape. On and around the site include many open areas to simply stroll, bike, or take in a breathtaking view of the mountains and terrain. In the front of the site, the office contains a bike rental station for visitors to rent bikes and head to nearby trailheads. With elevation in mind, as you travel further up to the ada units and office, the elevation gets steeper, this was intended to bring in more views for all different units.


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HANNAH MELVIN

The Peaks is a multi-family unit housing project located in North Scottsdale by Pinnacle Peak. The main goal of this project was to provide a wellequipped community for the working-class families that serve the wealthy population in this area. To that extent, we decided to implement some of the missing amenities in that area including a gym, business Center, Community Learning Center and day care. Throughout the site there are different moments designed to encourage community both among the residents as well as the general public. Apart from community, the other goal of this project was to create units that take advantage of the surrounding scenery and provide simple strategies to accommodate working families. As a result, each home is provided with parking directly beneath their unit. Additionally, each unit is elevated from the ground to look over surrounding homes and positioned to directly face one of the two mountain ranges surrounding the site.


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NICOLAS OLIVAS

This project is a single family affordable housing project. Our goals for this site include involding the community through public engagment, accesibility to low income housing and ranging prices, Promoting family friendly environments, creaing comfortable surroundings for outdoor gathering, and to prove opportunity for work close to home to reiterate on some of these the overall vision for our site is to incorporate the community into the space with an emphasis on the arts. In order to achieve these goals we provided various opportunities throughout the site to build around those values.


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VALERIA RAMIREZ

For our housing project, my team went for a design geared towards families since it is located next to an elementary school. Our complex included outoor and indoor locations for familiies and kids to hang out. We had a large center courtyard with a lot of greenery for picnics and walks for fresh air all within the safety of the surrounding buildings. As well as each apartment had its own private balcony. The top apartment is cantilivered over the bottom one to create shade and privacy. The apartments are oriented north to south and facing east are the public amenites. Public amenities include a convinience store as well as a community ccenter. The materials pallet was a mostly exposed concrete going for a brutalist style.


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SEAN SIME

The project that my partner and I designed was created for a site near both Pinnacle Peak Mountain and Troon Mountain in rural North Scottsdale. In our project, we created a 30-unit VRBO- like rental that works with the surrounding desert, allowing it to weave around the site. For the buildings, we used natural building materials to not take away from the surrounding desert. One of these materials was rammed earth, and we used it to create monolithic walls that extend up passed the roof and out passed the windows of our buildings. These walls also helped to create an experience through compression and expansion, to create narrow entrances into the units, and then to guide people around into the larger living areas. At the end of the living areas are large windows with the large, rammed earth walls poking past it, framing the views of the beautiful mountains beyond.


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BENJAMIN SMITH

This low income residential building is meant to inspire the fresh ASU downtown graduates to strive towards their dreams and aspirations. This idea is conveyed to these graduates through the use of community spaces and gardens, creating the feeling that the community around them is there supporting them as they work hard towards their dreams. This project is called Urban Roots, to bring you through the project we’ll start at the entrance. There are two entrances to this building, the main entrance to the lobby where there are resident accommodations and the secondary entrance that takes you through the community space where there is rentable space for shops and restaurants and then out to the back where there is an open greenspace. Moving upward, the three residential floors are wrapped around a centralized courtyard, with the front of the building open to the open air.


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DIANNE WEIDOW

This image highlights a portion of the courtyard area and rooftop garden of our two-story, 30unit apartment project at the Mesa, Arizona, site. We chose thick, exposed concrete as the primary construction material for its strength, durability, and sound insulation, with a contemporary feel inspired by Louis Kahn’s Salk Institute. The relatively smooth surface also serves as an ideal canvas for various mural installations by local artists throughout the complex. Ample green spaces adorn the property, which act as an extension of the adjacent park and help mitigate the urban heat island effect. Amenities, such as the pool, hot tubs, cooking stations, teen and young adult recreation room, and yoga spaces, amongst others, help keep the small community engaged with one another. A small convenience store at the entrance to the complex is directly accessible to the tenants and surrounding neighborhood.


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MEGAN HOCHMEYER

Gala District; the newest inclusive luxury living in downtown phoenix. Bringing the art district closer than ever within these three story luxe apartments. Includes a multitude of amenities including the rooftop pool, fitness center, lounge rooms, game room, and dog park. Located on roosevelt street and North 7th ave. There are three different unit types; the luxury one bed room, two bedroom suite, and three bedroom double story suite. From concept to reality, these apartments came to be from pulling, expanding, cutting, and curving a simple rectangular form. Enjoy the view from the various private balcony outdoor living spaces we provided throughout the second story of Gala District. (created in colaboration with Courtney Martinez)


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ADRIAN PLAZA

In the housing project Bridgewood Community, both my partner and I worked in a multi-family residential building that had to have at least 20 units. We designed a multi- family residential housing in the location of Mesa, AZ. The difficult part of this site was to create a residential area in a residential area that had a highway next to the site, a park, and a school on the West of the site. We wanted to create a housing unit that allowed all types of ages into this site. Our goal was to fit twenty units in 2.44 acres with different units. So we decided to add houses of 60’X 60’, and 30’X60’ including a bridge in the center of the site in order to create a direction for the people to walk into the site amenities. The bridge is the heart of the site in order to support that idea of a community and plays a huge role for people to move around the second floor.


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ALEXIA GONZALEZ

In the housing project Bridgewood Community, both my partner and I worked in a multi-family residential building that had to have at least 20 units. We designed a multi- family residential housing in the location of Mesa, AZ. The difficult part of this site was to create a residential area in a residential area that had a highway next to the site, a park, and a school on the West of the site. We wanted to create a housing unit that allowed all types of ages into this site. Our goal was to fit twenty units in 2.44 acres with different units. So we decided to add houses of 60’X 60’, and 30’X60’ including a bridge in the center of the site in order to create a direction for the people to walk into the site amenities. The bridge is the heart of the site in order to support that idea of a community and plays a huge role for people to move around the second floor.


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RYAN THOMAS

The concept for our design is “Nora”. Nora comes from the Hebrew, Italian, and French languages meaning light. This concept focuses on bringing in as much natural light as possible with the repeated use of curtain walls. Nora is a place of relaxation and enlightenment located in North Scottsdale. The location of the site is surrounded by beautiful views of Pinnacle Peak, Troon Mountain, and the valley. There are many golf courses and hiking trails in close proximity to the apartments, and if that isn’t enough the apartments come with an amenities center which is located in the middle of the three buildings. The amenities center includes a gym, a pool, a cardio room, and a weight room. As brought up earlier, there are three apartment buildings and within these buildings there are 24 units with five different floor plans. These floor plans range from a single story; 2 bed, 2.5 bath; 1400 sq ft apartment, to a two story; 3 bed, 3.5 bath; 2800 sq ft apartment. This complex is located in a very quiet area and also a very beautiful area with views of the city and mountains.


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BRANDAN BOTEV

The concept for our design is “Nora”. Nora comes from the Hebrew, Italian, and French languages meaning light. This concept focuses on bringing in as much natural light as possible with the repeated use of curtain walls. Nora is a place of relaxation and enlightenment located in North Scottsdale. The location of the site is surrounded by beautiful views of Pinnacle Peak, Troon Mountain, and the valley. There are many golf courses and hiking trails in close proximity to the apartments, and if that isn’t enough the apartments come with an amenities center which is located in the middle of the three buildings. The amenities center includes a gym, a pool, a cardio room, and a weight room. As brought up earlier, there are three apartment buildings and within these buildings there are 24 units with five different floor plans. These floor plans range from a single story; 2 bed, 2.5 bath; 1400 sq ft apartment, to a two story; 3 bed, 3.5 bath; 2800 sq ft apartment. This complex is located in a very quiet area and also a very beautiful area with views of the city and mountains.


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CHRISTIAN PEREZ

Axonometric of The Peak, designed for a multifamily housing project in Troon, Scottsdale. The project resembles famous rock formations from Pinnacle Peak. The site is car-dependent and offers beautiful mountain views. The units cluster and stack, mimicking the way the old stones interlock. Reminiscent of the historical mining town on Reata Pass, materials such as corten steel, concrete, and rammed earth are used in the overall design. This produces an aesthetic to match the essence of an old mining town with residents who once traveled through this part of Scottsdale. Ammenities such as a gym, swimming pool, dog park, and lounging areas are provideed for the residents of The Peak. The existing commericla building on the site will remain to serve as offices to local businesses. (building designed in collaboration with Jamie Biersach, unit modeling and site massing produced by Christian Perez)


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COURTNEY MARTINEZ

Gala District; the newest inclusive luxury living in downtown phoenix. Bringing the art district closer than ever within these three story luxe apartments. Includes a multitude of amenities including the rooftop pool, fitness center, lounge rooms, game room, and dog park. Located on roosevelt street and North 7th ave. There are three different unit types; the luxury one bed room, two bedroom suite, and three bedroom double story suite. From concept to reality, these apartments came to be from pulling, expanding, cutting, and curving a simple rectangular form. Enjoy the view from the various private balcony outdoor living spaces we provided throughout the second story of Gala District. (created in colaboration with Megan Hochmeyer)


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DREW HART

The frame, an urban housing project, was created in effort to search for a multi family housing development that fixes the general issues of high density living. Such as, a lack of natural light, long anti social corridors, a lack of outdoor space, and a over powering facade. To create more natural light, we arranged the units so that each one gets access to natural light from at least two opposing sides. To eliminate the interior corridors, we positioned all circulation on the exterior. To create more outdoor space, each unit has two balconies, or patios, on opposing sides. To create a facade that doesn’t take over the local communities view of the horizon, we eliminated the second level so it creates a frame of the horizon. Also allowing us to use the second level as public outdoor space. The realized form of the project combats the common issues of high density living without contributing to the issue of urban sprawl. (created in colaboration with Tyler Simpson)


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ELIJAH N. SANDRALI

The project presented is called The Canyon, it is an apartment complex designed by myself and my partner in ADE 321. We included an interesting component in the center of the building which is a bridge/ park inspired by the Tabiat Bridge in Tehran, Iran. This bridge is made up of 2 floors that span across the site providing recreational space and at the same time connecting the apartment units to other spaces on the site. Located in the downtown area, it allows for a green space in this area of town which does not have much vegetation. The complex also has an art gallery located under the bridge which will be open for first friday and other days. This site is located at the very end of the famous Roosevelt row where the art is not as prominent. This site is to bring more light and vibrance to the art district in the Phoenix downtown area.


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ERYK OSTROWSKI

In an area that prides seclusion from city life the quadrants on pinnacle peak bring the community together in a luxurious and entertaining community. Mimicked after classical Syrian/ Levantine house designs. Designed in mind to provide homes for people seeking an adventurous lifestyle out in the Arizonan desert. Located in the middle of many outdoor activities examples as golf and hiking. Built with materials such as stone pillar facades, rusted Steel, glass, pavers driveways and apache sandstone exterior. The Structure is made from CMU blocks and steel beam construction. Units size varies from type and floor. (building Designed, photoshopped, and rendered with Collaboration with Nabil Said)


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JAMIE BIERSACH

Elevation of THE PEAK, crafted for a multi-family housing project in northern Scottsdale. The project symbolizes famous rock formation Pinnacle Peak, which overlooks the site. Units cluster and stack, mimicking the way the old stones interlock. A variation in windows forms patterns in the filtered light, equipollent to the shadows cast between boulders cradled by the horizon. Reminiscent of the historical mining town on Reata Pass, materials such as Corten steel, concrete, and rammed earth are used in the overall design, producing an aesthetic to match the style of the old miners who once traveled through this area of Scottsdale. (building designed in collaboration with Christian Perez, photoshop render designed and produced by Jamie Biersach)


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SEBASTIAN UGLAND

Welcome to the Flora Apartments of Phoenix Arizona. Located in Downtown Phoenix, come let yourself endulge upon our landscape of agriculture and fine emenities we have to offer. This apartment is the apitomy of luxurious living, with a fully sloped green space that one can walk up from the ground floor to the rooftop. Enquiring an amazing view of the rest of Downtown Phoenix as well as giving yourself a leg up on an easier and great lifestyle through our gym, markets, coffe shop, and especially our multiple spacious housing units. The apartments location is also very convinient with it being just minutes of a walk to other downtown venues. Flora offers an entisingly new aspect to living, bringing in new and unique way to spending time at an apartment with its vibrant colors and unique design. (created in collaboration with Jared Morris)


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SEAN YOUNG

Welcome to Vivify of Phoenix Arizona, located in the heart of downtown, come let your living style run free. What ever your life style is Vivify is sure to offer. With many amenities offered on site, one can take advantage of the unique store front shopping experience, or farmers market type vibe in the market located on the north end of the site. Splash around in the pool or enjoy a bbq on the garden deck. Take advantage of the many work space modules completing your work while being near home. Vivify is meant to be an anchor to the upcoming development surrounding the area. With unique living styles offered and just minutes walking distance from downtown venues, Vivify should offer the neighborhood the much needed vibrant infusion of life by becoming an inclusive communal neighborhood in itself. (building designed in collaboration with Desmond Smith, building and site furnishing and usage done by Sean Young)


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DESMOND SMITH

Welcome to Vivify of Phoenix Arizona, located in the heart of downtown, come let your living style run free. What ever your life style is Vivify is sure to offer. With many amenities offered on site, one can take advantage of the unique store front shopping experience, or farmers market type vibe in the market located on the north end of the site. Splash around in the pool or enjoy a bbq on the garden deck. Take advantage of the many work space modules completing your work while being near home. Vivify is meant to be an anchor to the upcoming development surrounding the area. With unique living styles offered and just minutes walking distance from downtown venues, Vivify should offer the neighborhood the much needed vibrant infusion of life by becoming an inclusive communal neighborhood in itself. (building designed in collaboration with Sean Young, Building composition, Framing and Rendering done by Desmond Smith)


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TYLER SIMPSON

The frame, an urban housing project, was created in effort to search for a multi family housing development that fixes the general issues of high density living. Such as, a lack of natural light, long anti social corridors, a lack of outdoor space, and a over powering facade. To create more natural light, we arranged the units so that each one gets access to natural light from at least two opposing sides. To eliminate the interior corridors, we positioned all circulation on the exterior. To create more outdoor space, each unit has two balconies, or patios, on opposing sides. To create a facade that doesn’t take over the local communities view of the horizon, we eliminated the second level so it creates a frame of the horizon. Also allowing us to use the second level as public outdoor space. The realized form of the project combats the common issues of high density living without contributing to the issue of urban sprawl. (created in collaboration with Andrew Hart)


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SPENCER BETTS

Kahtoola is an outdoor gear company located in Flagstaff, Arizona that specializes in making detachable micro spikes for silent sports - hiking, climbing, snowshoeing, and trail running. Kahtoola needs a new warehouse expansion because the company is growing and getting bigger. The company is a Nature focused company whose employees would appreciate working outdoors, with fresh outdoor air and connected to the landscape. To achieve my vision of the perfect warehouse, there needs to direct connection and access to the outside. This is achieved by having two of walls of my warehouse—which float eight feet off the ground—open up, allowing a blending of the inside and outside.


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ALLYSSA CHIARELLO

Kahtoola is a flexible, outdoor footwear gear company that values ingenuity, responsibility, people, and quality, and it is only fitting that the new warehouse proposal does the same. Due to the company’s ties to the outdoors, preservation of the surrounding forest became a key design strategy, and additionally influenced the choice of exterior and interior wood/charred wood paneling. Unity was another key design factor exhibited through the floor plan of the building, namely through a large shared porch that unites both office and warehouse workers while drawing them outdoors before, during, and after the work day. Lastly, visual points of connection and views to the company’s two existing buildings were included to preserve Kahtoola’s history, as well as employee social ties.


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GIOVANNI COZZOLINO

Welcome to my Kahtoola addition building. One thing that I appreciate greatly about Kahtoola is that their products allow for individuals to step outside their comfort zone and experience new adventures with a piece of mind knowing that they can trust their gear. Making it possible for all levels of athletes to traverse new heights. That being said, I wanted to develop a space that sparked innovation, creative thinking and connected the environment to the building for all current and future inhabitants of the space.


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HARDING EDDIE

Kahtoola is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and has access to the largest Ponderosa Pine forest in the world. To highlight Nature in this place was the main driving force throughout my design development iterations. Complimenting the local area through local material was another must, as Flagstaff loves to promotes local businesses. This project was was fun and familiar, being I am from Flagstaff.


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ETHAN ELES

This fall we were asked to design a new warehouse and office space for Kahtoola, an expanding company in Flagstaff, Arizona. We finally had the opportunity to design something real, and we got real hands on life experience working with the client, the employees of his company, and its local architect. My vision for this project was to create a larger, more functional Kahtoola campus, warehouse and office space for Kahtoola and its employees, while also connecting them to Nature.


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JONA MAY LIM

The new Kahtoola is about reinforcing human relationships to the natural environment by providing quality products curated and preserved in a space that embodies Kahtoola’s mission to people and Nature. The transparency and the openness of the new Kahtoola allows the outdoors to flow seamlessly indoors, keeping the staff of Kahtoola connected with the outside environment by capturing the moving shadows of the trees, the passing of light as the day progresses, and the consoling ambiance as the seasons change. The new Kahtoola also provides open and flexible gathering spaces for the staff during the workday and the surrounding community afterhours. This concept aims to improve Kahtoola’s role as a company who cares and as an active part of their Flagstaff community.


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RACHEL MARTINEZ

The Kahtoola expansion building promotes this relationship between the existing buildings and forest in the surrounding context. It honors the intent of a warehouse while being adaptable and flexible for the future and its uses beyond Kahtoola. My Kahtoola expansion is an ecological campus, there are multiple hubs for interacting, lots of moving parts, and ample attachment to the existing building as well as the forest and each other. Celebrating the outdoors is an essential component here, every tree that was cut down enacted a skylight in the building. Promoting the pockets of light that beam down between branches. This is not simply a box in the meadow, it is the grounds for transformation and empowerment of the community. It is designed for this specific location and climate. The building is both aesthetically pleasing and performative.


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MAGDALENA MAYER

As we thought about the future of Kahtoola, we did not want to focus on a building, but rather a lifestyle. We wanted to study practices that embodied the Kahtoola spirit; this led us to the campground. In place of buildings are tents, which unwrap to the nature beyond and the community around. Movement around the campground takes place along this exposed deck, forcing people to go outside and experience the elements. Visible from the street, Kahtoola’s working warehouse is on display, inviting everyone to experience the processes taking place. Basecamp is the summit of the campground: a place to foster a diversity of discussions. At the heart of the campground lies the fire pit, providing a casual moment for conversation and community. Camping represents stillness, resilience, discovery, sustainability and community. Camping embodies the Kahtoola spirit. This is the campground. This is the future of Kahtoola.


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RYAN MAYER

Camping represents stillness, resilience, discovery, and community. The act of camping embodies the Kahtoola spirit, as it fosters a raw relationship with the landscape one is exploring. There are no buildings at the Campground, but rather tents, which unwrap to the surrounding Nature and community. These tents float on the deck, four feet above grade, which minimizes the disturbed landscape, and allows the team to experience the trees from a new height. Movement through the campground takes place along this partially covered deck, allowing people to experience what it truly means to be outdoors. Carved into the center of the campground is the fire pit, which provides a casual meeting place for the Kahtoola team to gather and cast vision for what’s to come.


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IGNACIO ORNELAS

Kahtoola is an outdoor gear company that values Nature and being outdoors. Its innovative products make the greater outdoors more accessible for all of us, allowing people to reach remote destinations without any problems. Kahtoola wants people to access all types of Nature wherever they are so inclined - this is my design vision and key generative idea. First, I also focused on how to maintain the forest and as many of the trees on the expansion site as possible. I designed the site and my building to allow most of the trees and forest to remain untouched and connected when viewed from the both the existing Kahtoola Building across the street and new expansion. Second, I provided an efficient functional warehouse which was lacking in their original renovated Kahtoola building.


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JUAN OROZCO

Located in Flagstaff, Arizona and connected to the Arizona National Scenic Trail and Rio De Flag is the Kahtoola campus. The project is a warehouse expansion that is meant to reflect and continue to push Kahtoola’s values into the future. The downward flow of Nature into the wash is reflected in the shape that pulls the visitor further into the site to experience the various trails and processes that life has to offer. Nature is reflected in the massive rammed earth walls that provide a feeling of security as well as serving purpose for a passive heating system. Vaulted roofs allow for the access of natural southern light as well as push the downward force through water collection. Running from the existing Kahtoola, through the warehouse, and past into the wash are a system of trails, that allow for the project to create it’s own community and always give every form of life a new path to discover.


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GREG PIERONI

The Kahtoola (Two) expansion has been developed due to the increasing demand for Kahtoola outdoor products which provide outdoor enthusiasts with micro spikes for shoes, gaiters, and crampons. The linear form of their new warehouse and office building allows for efficient loading, unloading, and packing. The building spans 160 feet east to west and 55 feet north to south. The open interior space allows for warehouse noises and employees to be able to see, be part of, and collaborate with the elevated office space. The main floor area also allows for warehouse expansions in the future, and the elevated third floor gives an incredible collaborative work environment that not only overlooks the forested area to the east, but the entire warehouse space within.


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DENISE RAMIREZ

Kahtoola has been working to redefine the boundaries of a typical work environment. Through the firm’s mission of creating a more accessible and rewarding outdoors, they celebrate nature by making it a vital part of the culture. With the integration of the climate, sustainability and flexibility, Kahtoola’s new warehouse becomes a beneficial addition to the campus. Climate influenced the materiality, consisting of rammed earth throughout for natural insulation and an earthy feel. A wrap around clerestory and an abundance of windows provide plenty of natural sunlight, while allowing Nature to peek into the built environment. Large garage doors lining the exterior walls allow for ventilation, as well as flexible warehouse area to potentially extend to. Sustainable systems such as greywater systems, solar panels, and local materials were all thoughtfully integrated to create a self-sufficient environment.


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HAILEE ROTHER

Kahtoola is now able to share their success in new ways with spaces built into the new structure that gives back to the community for gatherings and festivities and is versatile enough to one day transform into a whole new program. The new Kahtoola invites the public to not only be a part of the enjoyment of the products, but also a part of the process from idea generation to a package being sent out for delivery. This bridges the gap between producer and consumer forming lasting relationships with the surrounding businesses, natural environment, and communities. Kahtoola is a space for all to gather, grow, and experience the wonderful world around us. From the soil to the sky, Kahtoola builds experiences from the ground up both in nature and in the process.


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CARLOS TRUJILLO

Kahtoola is a company that specializes in making lightweight, flexible climbing gear that’s adaptable to any shoe. Their main mission statement is to “make the outdoors more accessible and rewarding by building exceptional products.” The design for Kahtoola’s new warehouse and office revolved around the clients three main needs: connecting with Nature, getting as much natural light into the structure, and promoting collaboration between the various activities. To achieve this, I designed a long skinny structure with minimum interior walls that would maximize the amount of inventory space, flexible and adaptable space, and will be easy to navigate. In order to get as much natural light in the structure, the roof was designed in a curved organic shape that’ll illuminate the interior space, matches the landscape, and encourages movement through its shape. Lastly, in order to give back to the community, Kahtoola encourages community gatherings to take place on their loading dock afterhours.


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JUSTIN WHITE

My design for the Kahtoola expansion, located in Flagstaff, serves as a connection between their old and new buildings and Nature. My main vision when designing this new building for Kahtoola was to make a sustainable and adaptive design that could help strengthen the company, community and place. From inside, you have views to surrounding trees, forest, and distant mountains of Flagstaff. The facility has a flowing warehouse and office space disconnected from each other but aligned so that when you look straight through them they are like an open tunnel. The open design of the facility provides easy circulation and access to the outside environment, along with plenty of space for alternative uses of their forest site.


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ARCHITECTURAL STUDIO III PROFESSORS: Brent Armstrong & Christina Noble


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MUATAZ ALSABTI

The First Friday Theater is inspired by the event it’s named after that takes place on Roosevelt and Second Street. The theater interacts with the street and aims to become part of the experience of being at First Friday. People don’t necessarily have to walk in, the interaction happens at the entrance stairs where it’s laid out for people to sit and hangout. The second level restaurant is designed to attract traffic in the street to go in and enjoy the evening. The ceiling of the restaurant has a unique design that can be seen from the street, which is a perfect attraction to passing pedestrians. The restaurant bar overlooks the lobby and the rest of the restaurant. Inside the theater, there is a black box and a proscenium theater that can seat up to 700 people. The theater seating has three different levels and 3 balcony seating areas. The balconies can seat up to 125 patrons.


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ALEXANDRA BERK

This project focused on redesigning theater and performance for the changing world. Set on Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix, central to the First Friday art walk and performances, the site provides a unique backdrop for a modern theater. Drawing from the early history of the site, when downtown was populated by single family bugalow style homes, the theater emulates the feeling of home. Early bungalow homes were categorized by their porches, and history illustrates the importance of the stoop and how it was used to draw people together and create community. A stoop was incorporated along the front of the project, as well as inside the theater, to provide areas for small performance and gathering. Thinking towards the future, the black box theater is situated along Roosevelt with large glass doors that open completely towards the street. This is intended to bring the performance to the street and bring the street to the performance.


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JOSH EINEN DE JOYA

The Ouvrir Theatre is a three story multi-use building that highlights the possibilities of connection that could be made with the surrounding context. This building exploration values the link between the performer and the audience by investigating the numerous possibilities on where these two subjects could be placed within space. This exploration of the performance typology delves into the question of what the theatre space can be. Can the stage be a regular balcony? Can it be the landing of a stair? The building itself is a platform for performers and artist to display their work. This is done in a way that the work is displayed to the surrounding context of the building by moving walls and connecting spaces.


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SOFIYA GAFFKE

As we walk through a space, we are confronted with new surroundings, new moments, and of course new sounds. Through the eyes of the theatre world, we look at those three subjects to understand how we can interact with our audience through them. How do we bring them in? Echo House Theatre brings each subject together within a performance of itself. A structure that will interact and start the conversation...yes, and... From the corrugated brass staircase that reverberates sound back, the moss amphitheatre on the corner, the mural pieces of the theatre world that face Roosevelt Road, the spotlight on the practice room that faces 2nd street, the gallery of local art on the second floor, to the theatre in round and so much more. The theatre spirals further into itself unveiling moments of performances until the main one begins. When we walk through downtown Phoenix on Roosevelt Row on a First Friday night, we are confronted with: new surroundings new moments, and new sounds.


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RONDA P. GARGOG

Context->Desert.

City->Phoenix.

District->Art.

Function->Theater/Performance. These were the basic building blocks that birthed The Grid. Located on the corner of Roosevelt Row and 2nd St., The Grid is a theater derived from the faces of buildings and murals that when elongated, run directly through the site. The lines are then extruded as walls to form the building. Next it is separated into a northern half that houses all back of house functions and a southern half that is open to the public. After, the two halves are sliced vertically twice While the eastern and western thirds of the building hold programs, the center slice of the building is a void. For it is a mini street running through the theater. Furthermore, some walls of the grid are able to turn and function as pivot doors. Lastly, one of Arizona’s 5 C’s, copper, is utilized outside.


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JINGYI GUI

The design concept of the theater project is a diverse and versatile architecture. Since local performances are held on the first Friday of every month, I wanted the building to be able to join the performances on Fridays. The whole building is a circular continuous building, and for the theater performance function of the building itself, I realized the theater set through holographic projection. I think the performance mode of the theater will be immersive, where the whole building is a stage to perform continuous theater, and the audience can choose the story they are interested in watching. There is also an openair stage at the corner of the road, which is used for street performance artists during events and as a resting place in general. The cafe is designed with all floor-to-ceiling glass, so that people inside the cafe can also enjoy the theatrical performances.


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QIN HAO

My concept is that the audience is not only the audience, but also a part of the show. I designed multiple stages are set up, and no special routes are set up inside, allowing the audience to create their own unique drama. Secondly, the theater is divided into zones. A stage and a ticket office are set on the first floor. It is used as a place to watch the show, and visitors need to enter the venue with a ticket. The second floor is a public area, everyone can enter, and all the walls can be provided for artists to create murals. At First Friday, attract more people to visit.


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ALYSSA KEEN

Mudita: - a sympathetic or unselfish joy, joy found in other people’s good fortune. - Mudita is as an inner wellspring of joy that can be found in all circumstances; it is extended to all beings not just those close to you. Tasked with creating a theater based in Roosevelt Row at the heart of First Fridays, I emulated the feeling I had as a child at my first art walk; joy, exhilaration, and that inspiring drive to try my hand at what I had just seen. The exterior of Mudita Theater is composed of multiple, adaptable pods for musicians and artists to practice their crafts and perform for passersby. Nestled behind the pods lies the sunken grotto theater and the entrance to the main lobby. The main lobby of Mudita Theater has open workshops and collaboration areas for artists to share their skills and talents with each other and the public. On the second story lies the black box theater which opens and extends the show to the grotto theater below.


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KAYLA KOKULIS

Located on the corner of N 2nd Street and W Roosevelt Street, the TerraTheater seeks to provide a designated performance space while maintaining a direct connection with nature. The site currently exists as one of the few greenspaces in the area, providing a safe and creative space for people to interact, especially during the First Friday art exhibition. The objective of this project was to incorporate a new program into the site while maintaining its current use. The basement level opens to the public via a large stairwell, while acting as outdoor seating for unconventional performances held in the lower lobby. The ground level provides access to the back-of-house amenities and overlooks the basement level. The second level consists entirely of elevated greenspace, accessible to the public.


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ISAYRA NAYELI MARTINEZ

Downtown Phoenix is populated by a high latin population but more representation is needed for the Latinx and Indigenous artists to share their stories. The incorporation of a multi-use theater is used in order to promote the voices, stories and artistry of different communities. Theatro de las Artes gives these artists the opportunity to share their talents with the community. I got most of my inspiration from looking at case studies by Luis Barragan and Ricardo Lagoretta. Also focusing the idea of the plaza, lots of green space, color and light into my design. The basement includes an artist hang out lounge on the basement level with multiple muralist rooms and a secret artist room that can be accessed through a soda machine. The ground level consists of a gallery space, cafe, lobby and garden. The top 2 floors include the proscenium theater with 320 seats, a sculpture garden, yellow lounge room and a balcony.


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GRACE MILLER

Visions is a nightclub and performance hub that combines the joys of the theater-going experience with the ever-changing dynamic of the fashion world. Runway fashion is often about confrontation through challenging conventional ideas of appearance, and this project incorporates this confrontation through its porosity between performance spaces.There are three main areas that challenge the notion of what a stage can be, including the exterior entrance queue, interior entrance passageway and elevated traverse stage. A multi-level bar passes through the second story, which is home to a DJ booth and expansive balcony space that offers a plethora of vantage points. Exterior balconies create excellent views of Roosevelt Row and foster integration with First Friday events.


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NEVINA PLUMMER

During this studio, we were tasked with creating a theater in Downtown Phoenix. The site we were given at Roosevelt and 2nd St. currently functions as a park, accessible to everyone any time of the day, any day of the year. My main concept was to keep this space as an open area accessible to the general public, while adding a new program elevated above the park space. The main entrance into the theater is accessible from the stairs at the corner of 2nd and Roosevelt. The stairs also double as seating. Another element I wanted to add was a slope at the bottom of the building that references the stadium seating on the interior. By lifting the theater above the existing park, it will be able to continue its current function while drawing a new crowd of theater enthusiasts.


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YUBO QIU

Sunshine Space Theatre My project Concept is to create a theater where people can feel the forest and nature. The goal is to design an adaptable space that responds the context of Roosevelt Row and First Friday. This theater will have more public space to serve the entertainment of Roosevelt Street and the first Friday, also create a feeling of walking in the forest.


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JACOB REED

The Canyon Theater is a three story theater building, housing a proscenium theater as well as a blackbox theater. The project concept is to incorporate performance and theater at any moment possible, and that the essence of Roosevelt Row and the street performance/art scene should not be lost. The design of this project attempts to create multiple spaces that encourage performance and hopes to incorporate the growth of street art and performance from Roosevelt Row onto the site. By allowing the entire first floor to be open to the public at all times, and creating a natural walkway from the street through the site, the design aims to give people a place to enjoy and investigate theater, performance, and art in multiple spaces.


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CHRISTINA STAAB

Narnia Theater is a black box theater proposal for Roosevelt Row in Phoenix, Arizona. The theater focuses on its concepts of connecting to the outdoors and exploration, giving its users multiple options for space to explore and experience the outdoors throughout the building. The greatest feature of the theater is its retractable roof which provides both shading and open lighting for the outdoor space as well as the theater as it slides back and forth to provide a contrast of lighting for a spectrum of daily events. The building has three sections including the front of house, back of house, and the theater, and each section has a differing wood exterior to separate each section and connect the building with the outdoor flourishing. The people who visit the theater will be brought through a series of levels that include the 2-story interior theater as well as four levels of exterior balconies used for intermissions, gatherings, and experiencing the theater performance from above.


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MADISON STODDARD

Performative urbanism conceptualized the world of theater for Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix. Given a site that sees some of the heaviest foot traffic in the valley, along with rich culture of the arts, history, and desert landscape, Sunsound was designed with walkability, inclusivity, and an immersive theater experience in mind. The idea of open sound, open air desconstructs the privatized world of architecture and theater and explodes both the program and the design. Open sound attracts the community and the benefit of the desert climate makes open circulation possible. Sunsound aims to seamlessly transport the audience from the street to the stage, carrying the onlookers through an experience of costuming, scene shops, galleries, dressing rooms, and concessions, programs that are typically kept behind closed doors. In turn, the goal of this design is to bridge the gap between the audience and the cast, creating a perfect exhibit for downtown Phoenix.


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ARCHITECTURAL STUDIO III PROFESSOR: Jeehyun Choi


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WESLEY BRITTAIN

One of the main goals of this project was to form a meaningful connection between the building and Tempe Town Lake. One technique used to connect the interior of the museum to the outdoor patio is the central curved walls that feature metal sliding doors that can be opened or closed depending on the current use of the flexible interior exhibit. I also designed to have the second floor feature a public library along with the museum’s bookstore. The entire north wall of this library is a window that looks out to the outdoor reading spaces and the lake. It is not necessary to travel through the museum to access the library or the rooftop greenspace. Lastly, the sidewalk outside the museum was overhauled into an outdoor patio space that features a walk-up café that is accessible to anyone passing by, not just the museum goers.


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JADEN COLE

This project is a history museum located at Tempe Town Lake. The proposed site for the museum is in the narrow area between the two Mill Avenue bridges. This space creates a unique opportunity for people from the nearby Tempe Beach park to come and learn about the history of the surrounding area. The geologic history of the water in the area and the flowing nature of water served as inspiration for this building. The main feature of this building is the lighting experience created by the roof. The roof is composed of panels which are created by arcing the roof upward to create curves that let in the light. Inspired by the wakes made through the water, the roof creates an identifiable feature that allows natural light into the exhibits.


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KEVIN EVARISTO

This project started from understanding the history of Tempe to design a history musuem that would connect the lake, the history and the musuem. This musuem is located in Tempe Town Lake between the two Mill Avenue bridges. The intention of this project is for people to be able to see how Tempe has changed ovet the years, going from the present into the past as you move inside the building. The program of this building consists of galleries, theather, green space, study section, gift shop, coffe shop and terrace space, which are all available for the public. The project mainly is designed to follow patterns and the mimicry of the site. Tempe History Museum is not only for people to be able to understand its history but also to connect with it.


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GERARDO FLORES

Culture. Bridges. Lake. The project (OCCO) in Tempe Town Lake, AZ, attempts to be a coherent living organism through the union of a History Museum and a Marketplace within the community. A place to learn. A place to connect. Water in the desert, the poetic that was achieved by the Hohokam a millennial ago. Purpose of the museum is to talk about the past while we experience it in the present, and as part of this distinctive culture, three things shaped their entire society: irrigation canals, ball courts & platform mounds. Two main circular volumes represents the ball courts which is interactive in ground level while responding to the narrow site. Two platform mounds stacked in circles gets slimmer at top to respect the setbacks. Finally, the irrigation canals, that its whole purpose back then, and now, is to create a circular production that is coherent, making a marketplace.


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ANTHONY GAGLIANO

Tempe Town Lake brings to the forefront many benefits to the city of Tempe and its population. The proposal of Tempe Town Museum would then complement and even further benefit the city of Tempe’s culture and atmosphere on the lake as well as off the lake. Tempe Town Museum is located between the Tempe and Second Mill Avenue Bridges, owning its lakefront property. Spanning most of the site and owning its lakefront property, Tempe Town Museum is a place where residents, companies, and organizations can come to display, celebrate, and exercise what they bring to the culture, economy, and infrastructure of Tempe.


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ANDREW KITTS

The proposed lakeside history museum for the City of Tempe fully embraces what it means to “Make Waves in the Desert.” Nestled between historical Mill Avenue and the ever-evolving Tempe Town Lake, this new history museum serves as a tool for the city to educate visitors on the past, present, and future milestones of the river city. A key strategy in the design is to harmonize the building with the site and surrounding context. This was accomplished by shaping the structure both vertically and horizontally to flow with the adjacent bridges while enhancing views over Tempe Town Lake and Mill Avenue. Water from the lake has been utilized as a living feature of the museum, while also providing recreational activities for the visitors. The interior architecture boasts exhibits that are built into the structure, including a small scale dam, cantilevered lake observation deck, and Hohokam pit houses.


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PHILIP LEVEQUE

The project is located beside Tempe Town Lake, between the two bridges that adjoin the famous Mill Ave. This project is a museum that features several gallery spaces. The galleries give homage to the Hohokam tribe of Arizona by integrating the two bridges as a major component of the design. The galleries surround the columns of the bridge and expand outward, providing a grand space for the galleries to showcase the cultural significance of the ancient Hohokam tribe. The Hohokam originally worked out all the irrigation canal systems of Arizona that we still utilize to the current day. The idea for this design was to honor the Hohokam tribe with a large space for commemoration of culture, appreciation for the arts, remembrance of the past, and overall aesthetic qualities of historical bridges. I chose to show this interior render because I felt that it perfectly emphasizes the ambience that I intend to express in the museum.


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ELIZABETH MICHAELS

Located on Tempe Town Lake Waterfront, the Tempe History Museum is situated between the Tempe and Second Mill Ave Bridges leading to Downtown Tempe. The museum houses four galleries total, event spaces, bookstore and cafe. Additionally, multiple outdoor areas on all sides of the building encourage public interaction when not inside. The building front faces north to views of the lake and Papago Mountains. The south side’s upper levels overlook the downtown skyline. The project inspiration was the Tempe Town Lake, in it’s past and present form. The riverbed was used by the Hohokam Indians as an irrigation area to cultivate crops. Later, it was a crossing point for white settlers and trade. The building base and walls are styled after the riverbed and roof conceptualizes the water as it flows through the channel. A pedestrian walkway leads from the waterfront path along the building and up to the Mill and Rio Salado Parkway crosswalk, allowing active crossing along the site.


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SAAFIR NEWTON

Located in between the Old Mill bridge and the New Mill Bridge lies the Tempe History Museum. The museum takes its patrons on a guided journey exploring Tempe’s vast history through interactive exhibits. The fluidity of the museum was a main design concept. The goal was to create a guided experience that was leisurely but insightful as well. The usage of long spacious corridors that act as gallery space was a way to counter traditional museums approach which is different rooms for different exhibits. The museum does not only act as museum but as a functioning part of Tempe Town Lake. A three story cafe that overlooks the lake is accessible to not only patrons but by those who are passing the area. There is also a dedicated viewing platform connected to the original bridge allowing for pedestrians walking on the bridge to enter and experience this elevated view of Tempe Town Lake.


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CAMILO PATARROYO

This proposal for the new Tempe History Museum is positioned between the Mill Avenue Bridges, just in front of the shoreline of the Tempe Town Lake; a centerpiece of an ongoing development project that includes offices and high-rise housing near the waterfront. I started the form by following the linear shape of the Mill Avenue Bridges. I then split the linear shape into two modules; North and South, The north module is meant to house most of the public amenities such as the aerial tramway station - that connects both ends of the lake, an auditorium, a terrace, and three gallery floors; while the south module houses a coffee shop, offices and an extensive storage space. I lowered and raised the two volumes to follow the topography and the slopes of existing bridges. My last process was to cut the ends of the volumes at a 45° angle to shade the interior during summer and let light in during winter.


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KIRSTEN SCHWANTES

The Tempe History Museum is a connection of not only human history- but ecological history of the site itself. The site’s most notable feature includes its connection to the Salt River and surrounding parks. The museum aims to connect and reflect on the Salt River’s rich ecological history and changes over the years. Connecting the site to its previous ecological changes from before and after the dams on both the east and west side. This was done through a specific planting distribution of riparian and upland ecosystems- providing an educational opportunity of the historical changes of the site’s ecology. To establish an ever presence of nature, direct window placements and interior garden spaces provides porosity and an uninterrupted connection to interior and exterior flora, human activity, and the Salt River. Walking trails weave through the site and between buildings to allow for an educational opportunity of the flora and provide an interactive connection between human history and ecology.


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ALEXANDER SOLIS

The Coral Museum is a museum with a heavy focus on the community. The inspiration or the design of this museum stemmed from the Western Coral Snake. The snake is native to the city of Tempe and this snake was used as a motif to dictate the flow of the circulation for all who visits the museum. This hybrid building serves as not only a museum but a community center in the middle of its circulation. The space allows for individuals to circulate throughout the area with amenities such as a cafe and courtyard. The end of the circulation for the museum tops off with a high-end restaurant with an amazing scenic view. This museum is definitely a space where many will come to not only familiarize themselves with Tempe’s history but also to come and relax on a beautiful evening.


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GABRIELLA VAN BUREN

This history museum was designed to enhance the experience of pedestrians at Tempe Town Lake by providing them with a unique and inviting encounter with the bridges and backstory of the City of Tempe. The towering A frames contribute to the contemporary and beautifully simplistic atmosphere of Tempe Town Lake while resembling the trusses of a bridge in its sectional design, a sailboat when looked upon from the street, and a fish when viewed from the air. Beautiful perspectives of the lake are featured through the large glass wall in the front of the building and are provided throughout the back of the building by the slanted nature of the A frames alternating with glass. Many galleries and classrooms are available to the public throughout this unique design.


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SHONDA WOODY

The project is located in Tempe Town Lake, AZ. Our studio was tasked to design a history museum based on Tempe Town Lake. My vision was to slant my building walls to provide wider space at the top: from small ground level (cafe/gift shop) to bigger upper level (gallery). This museum combines both the history of the lake on how it was used and what events happen in the present. Gallery is filled with historical images and also has panoramic view to the outside (all 4 sides of the top floor). Double-height ceiling enhances the wide open ranged scenery surrounding the area like the park, roads, bike/ walkways and rental boating areas.


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ARCHITECTURAL STUDIO III PROFESSOR: Kobina Banning


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JEREMY ARENA

Sika Futuro International Airport seeks to fit itself into Kumasi by means of utilizing the phenology of the place, and mimicking the physical and cultural practices of the people. The phenological aspects of the building are found in designing for a tropical climate, with abundant overhead shade that allows indirect interior sunlight, open-air spaces that are oriented to bring in fresh air, and a water collection drainage system that directs the abundant rainfall to specific locations that will create green walls both in and outside of the building. The designs found in “kente cloth”, a set of patterned motifs and colors with deep meaning for the Ashanti people, was draped on both the exterior and interior, creating visual significance to those who are from the area, as well as creating a bright, colorful experience to welcome newcomers.


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RYAN BERRY

Ashanti Pillars Airport expresses the story of Kumasi’s past and future expansion through structural and human movement. Approaching the airport from the city, enveloped by trees and controlled by a curved road, passengers experience the same cramped feeling that began the Ashanti desire for more space. The landside components of the airport are rigid and rectangular, much like the rules of war that governed Kumasi’s past. After centuries of war, the city wishes to extend into the global economy and society. In response, the building expands both vertically and horizontally to accommodate growth. Capping the journey, a “five petal” roof structure mimicking the national flower of Ghana covers much of the overhead area. This final symbol combines Ghana’s Four Pillars of Sustainability with Kumasi’s own Garden City concept to create a holistic sustainable development goal, now taught to all Kumasi travelers.


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RAUL CARRANZA

Union International Airport was designed by analyzing and understanding the courtyard from the Ashanti residential layout. The courtyard has several functions, but the main objective is to bring people together. My intention was to create a courtyard so people arriving could see and learn something from people that were about to depart from Kumasi. Another important key element from this project is the circulation, I wanted to give travelers a simple but effective experience when exploring the airport. Since Ghana is a tropical region, having some vegetation was essential. The site where the airport is located is covered with vegetation, so I wanted to bring some of that vegetation into the airport. Having some vegetation in the airport helps the incoming people to get an idea of the tropical aspect of Kumasi.


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HAYDEN DUDLEY

Our project was the making of an International airport in the city of Kumasi located in Ghana Africa. One of the biggest elements that I wanted to involve in the project was the essence of Kumasi. What was the lifeblood, the culture, the attitude of Kumasi? Those were the elements of the project that kept me coming back and what pushed me forward. Finding those features were one thing but finding out how to include them within the airport was another challenge entirely. I wanted to create a separation of space between the Kumasi elements and the more integral airport features so as to not compromise the plan wholly. With that in mind I created a branching experience crossing through Kumasi as one goes through the airport with Kumasi around you at every crossroad, resulting in, The Seed of Kumasi.


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ALBERTO ESCUDERO

For this studio project I had the opportunity to design an international airport in Kumasi, Ghana, the second largest city in Ghana and the commercial, industrial, and cultural capital of the Ashanti Empire. My project was inspired by a storm, more specifically a vortex. With this idea I wanted to create an airport that pulls people in while creating a unique experience at the airport. The building itself is sloped and creates an effect of the building emerging from the ground. This creates areas of the roof that people can explore and interact with. The West side of the building is organized to be landside while the East side is organized to be airside. At the center of the building is a large open-air courtyard with a variety of plants that focuses on bringing back Kumasi’s title as the garden city.


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NOAH GLYNN

A terminal proposal for the new international airport located in Kumasi, Ghana details a gently sloping ramp connecting arrival areas to departure entry. Passengers may linger on the outdoor plazas before circulating into double height spaces, through security, over those arriving in Kumasi, collecting baggage below. An undulating canopy reminiscent of sound traveling through space creates visual interest and a unique architectural experience rooted in place, and unique circulation paths remind us of where we have been and where we may be going.


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TAYLOR HAMMETT

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Sustainability. To have a site like Kumasi leaves an opportunity to establish a strong site to structure relationship all while keeping sustainable practices throughout the project. My exploration consisted mostly of integrating the site to take advantage of qualities the site has to offer. Integrating wind and natural resources creates a project that will last and adjust to the site over time. It is important to understand the human site relationship in order to create something in the perspective of those who will inhabit it. It is like the structure on the site should slowly start to become a part of the landscape of those who live within it. I enjoyed exploring sensitivity as an overlying topic to most of my approaches toward the design.


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SHAWN LOCUS

Our 4th year studio project focused upon an international airport in Kumasi, Ghana. A city that is energetically attempting to envision a metropolis for the future of Africa. This was a perfect occasion to push the boundaries of my capabilities as an aspiring architect, while collaborating with other talented students and professors. In all my previous works I manipulated the site to suit the needs of my project, rather than use the architecture to accentuate the environment. This semester would be different, the lush sloping hillside our project rested upon provided an incredible design opportunity. A suspended atrium ended up being my solution and was the prevailing focal point in my creative process, articulated to take full advantage of the spectacular views of the city of kumasi and the vibrant tropical surroundings. Ultimately, my architecture is still enveloped more by the future fantastical than the present practical, but each semester I move a bit closer to reality.


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FERNANDO MORENO

The Ashanti word “Sunsum” derives from the term “sun”, which became a focal point upon the design of Sunsum Airport. The interior is intended to be simple and with ease of navigation, being that typical airports are constantly busy. The airport is inspired by the concept of an amphitheater in which there is one main central space, and in the airport resides the central space where the transition upon arrival and departure converges to promote cultural and social interactions among the native Kumasi people and passengers. The sun is also aided in the project as the concept of the religious artifact, the Golden Stool, is metaphorically symbolized through bamboo roof facade skins that hover and protect the airport from the rays of the sun, while inviting light into the space in which the path of the sun is celebrated throughout the entire journey of the airport by the passenger.


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JENNA PETRE

This semester, our section focused on the addition of an international airport located in Kumasi, Ghana. An airport is by far the largest project I have ever done which has been rewarding. From this semester alone, I have broadened my knowledge to a whole new emphasis on architecture. Aside from my major, I am minoring in sustainability which I like to consider in everything I design. As I progressed my work throughout the semester, I decided to name my design Bioflight International Airport. The main drivers in the design are the idea of flight and biophilia. My goal of the project is to bring nature inside, giving travelers a more sustainable, relaxing, and organic arrival and departure experience.


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DAVID STRUENING

Our assignment this semester was to design an airport in Kumasi, Ghana. Our instructor Kobina Banning is currently working on the new airport being built and decided to let us try at the expansion. “You just have to look behind to go further.” I decided to base my design concept on the architecture in the Ashanti region before it was colonized. I also found inspiration in the tree canopies of the rainforest and the canopy walk in Ghana. Therefore, I split the airport into two buildings. First, I took elements from the vernacular architecture of the Besease shrine near Kumasi in a contemporary way, keeping the pitched-roof layout, which helps with heavy rains and air circulation. The second building took elements from the canopy layers by providing shade and different ranges of visibility.


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ANANTH UDUPA

This airport proposal is grounded in Kumasi and Ashanti culture. The first step of the process consisted of walking the area, metaphorically, and understanding the intricacies of the planning and architectural language of the area. From that understanding, collision spaces were pinpointed and guidelines for a “Ghanian” grid were created as the foundation of this project. The structure was created by extruding these guidelines and defining the material, steel. From this, a specific technology was developed, inspired by the informal spaces of Kumasi. Metal grids, which would be created locally, would hang from the structure to inform the circulation. This space ultimately presents itself as a collision, a representation of clash, resilience, and unity, pillars of the indigenous roots of Kumasi’s Ashanti Tribe.


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VALERIE VALLES

This semester I had the opportunity to create an airport extension proposal, Daufe International Airport, for the Kumasi International Airport. Located in Kumasi, Ghana, the proposal was greatly inspired by the organic, circular city structure and the Ashanti Andrika Symbol Duafe, also known and beauty and the wooden comb. The goal of this proposal was to find a balance between the rigid, strict nature of an airport system and the vibrant, energetic nature of Kumasi in a cohesive and efficient design. More importantly the proposal stives to improve Kumasi while also celebrating the Ashanti people and their culture. Overall, my greatest takeaways from this project were learning about the complexities of airport design and challenging myself to create an airport that is not only functional but also creates unique experiences for the user.


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KENNETH VELASQUEZ

Nsaa International Airport, my proposal for an airport extension in Kumasi, Ghana embodies the spirit of showing the authenticity of the local culture upon arrival and departure. A major influence in the creation of this project was finding a way to diminish the negative perception of a passenger arriving in a ‘developing’ country; as well as creating a language of informal and formal activities. In order to infuse the existing culture into an airport setting, I proposed the insertion of a market in order for passengers to get a taste of what Kumasi is before they depart or when they arrive. Through the extrapolation of the motif of ‘The Kum Tree’, a structural language of engineered timber columns and bamboo pole facades/overhead shading work together to mimic the way the tree filters light as well as defining space underneath for activities to occur.


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SPENCER CROUDER

Light is pivitol in the work we do in architecture. Without light, our work is useless, as what is “seen” is nothing more than some varying reflection of light. Therefore, it was explored how light can be used in varying aspects of building and rendering throughout the semester. Exploring how light can create contrast or set a mood and tell a story was explored in project one. Project two explored how light can be manipulated and dirrected to create spaces and experiences. It was then explored how to render in light and use light and shadows to create floor plans and other architectural plans. Project three allowed for exploration in how light can bring life and help to form a structure and make a building function properly. Leading to project four in which an opportunity was given to strip away the noise of a building and use the unique window structures to create an illuminating experience and again render with light and shadows.


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GINA FAGLIARONE

This design is based primarily on its interaction with the site. The beach has few forms aside from rolling dunes and perhaps a wall of water when a wave crashes in. My design seeks to mimic this by creating a space with minimal planes and organic pushes and pulls to create the form of a sandy beach floor and colored glass walls that emulate the feeling of going through the barrel of a wave. The openness and lack of roof or solid walls gives a sense of vulnerability and allows for the expansive views that a beach provides. I have elevated the structure and included a wooden step ladder, similar to those you would climb to get onto a lifeguard tower that feels playful and nostalgic. The elevation allows for exaggerated ocean breeze and a slide into the water to further tie the structure into the environment.


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SARA GHAZY

In this project I analyzed the relationshipd between the solids and voids of the Farnsworth house then using the solid of the section to comeup with a new plan as well as using the floor plan of it to create the section of a newly formed program. The concept of this program embodied that of the Farnsworth House, in the sense of maintaining a connection between the outdoor and indoor spaces as well as distinguishing between the private, public and semiprivate spaces. With this project, the attempt was to design a SPA where people would be able to move through the space easily as well as benefitting from the connections of the programs such as having a pool that is connected to both the jacuzzi and the ice dunk tank and at the same time having the shading structure cover a part of the jacuzzi to provide more comfort.


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NOE GUTIERREZ

Designed with the intention of being a direct antithesis to Emilio Marín and Juan Carlos López’s Center of Interpretation of the Desert, this alpine spa attempts to embrace its natural ecosystem and features rather than create new ones. The three main objects of the project are situated throughout the sites own natural features in a way that resembles a set of boulders that have fallen into place over the course of many years. Dark concrete and natural wood were chosen as the main materials in an attempt to have the project fit in with its surrounding rather than create a spectacle within nature. The intention is to create a design that compliments the natural landscape and uses it to enhance the user experience through the relaxing and soothing properties nature provides


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DALTON KUZEMCHAK

Nine Box Box Project Project Nine Project The goal goal with with this this project to create nine boxes, The this project project isis is to to create createnine nineboxes, boxes, each with with their their own set of rules in their design. In each own set of rules in their design. their own set of rules in their design.In In this design design II wanted wanted each box to be unique while this wanted each each box box to to be be unique uniquewhile while still engaging engaging with with the other boxes to some degree. still withthe theother otherboxes boxesto tosome somedegree. degree. The design kept simple and open. wanted to The The design design isis is kept kept simple simple and and open. open. III wanted wanted to to suggest the way that visitors traverse through the suggest the way that visitors traverse through the suggest the way that visitors traverse through the space rather than force direct path through the space space rather rather than than force force aaa direct direct path path through through the the different areas. Visitors are allowed to traverse the different different areas. areas. Visitors Visitors are areallowed allowedto totraverse traversethe the site however they like and interact with as they site site however however they they like like and and interact interact with withitititas asthey they please. The site is meant to be a tranquil experience please. The site is meant to be a tranquil experience please. The site is meant to be a tranquil experience that allows visitors to calmly reflect on their that thatallows allowsvisitors visitorsto tocalmly calmlyreflect reflecton ontheir their surroundings. surroundings. surroundings.


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Purpose: Brewery // Park Purpose: Purpose:Brewery Brewery/ Park Park Location: Phoenix, Arizona Location: Location:Phoenix, Phoenix,Arizona Arizona The greenhouse place where community The where thethe community cancan Thegreenhouse greenhouseisis isa aaplace place where the community can enjoy being surrounded by plants and nature while enjoy being being surrounded surrounded by by plants plants and and nature nature while while enjoy inin was inspired by by thethe an urban location. My design was inspired inan anurban urbanlocation. location.My Mydesign design was inspired by the

roof ofof Contemporary ArtArt which roof plan the Museum Contemporary which roofplan planofof ofthe theMuseum Museum of Contemporary Art which isislocated in Kanazawa, Japan. I originally took thethe located in in Kanazawa, Kanazawa, Japan. Japan. II originally originally took took is located the voids and turned them into solids. I also manipulated voids and turned them into solids. I also manipulated voids and turned them into solids. I also manipulated the solids ininorder to increase the functionality of the the solids solids in order order to to increase increase the the functionality functionality of of the space. The concept of the Museum was to feel the space. space. The The concept concept of of the the Museum Museum was was to to feel feel the the space feel like a apark which is is why I decided that the the space space feel feel like like a park park which which is why why II decided decided that that the greenhouse concept is the best fit for the space. the greenhouse greenhouse concept concept is is the the best best fit fit for for the the space. space. the The site features many public spaces and a series of The The site site features features many many public public spaces spaces and and aa series series of of multiuse areas. multiuse areas. multiuse areas.


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DAMIAN NGUYEN DAMIAN NGUYEN

Nine NineSquare SquareProject Project

Human interaction and movement are important in Human interaction movement areeach important in architecture. By and understand how individual architecture. By understand how each individual reacts to certain enviroment and space helps the reacts to certain enviroment and space for helps the to architect to design a better environment people architect design a better environment for people to live and to experience higher quality of life. Therefore,

live and experience higher of life. Therefore, I created this model to quality demonstrate how human I created this model to demonstrate how human interacts with different environement and spaces in interacts with different environement and spaces in my model. The structure model is built on a slope site my model. The structure model is built on a slope site with one side looking out to a river. This site gave me with one side looking out to a river. This site gave me the idea to create an architecture model that would the idea to create an architecture model that would fit into the natural river. Each cube would give you fit into the natural river. Each cube would give you different experience with lights, filters, and spaces. different experience with lights, filters, and spaces. I utilized the natural sunlight to shine through each I utilized the natural sunlight to shine through each material that I used for filter program. As the model material that I used for filter program. As the model is built on a slope, there would be a wooden staircase is built on a slope, there would be a wooden staircase that will lead people to each program provided in that will lead people to each program provided in each cube. each cube.


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My favorite project of this semester was converting My favorite project of this semester was converting the plan of an existing architectural project into a the plan of an existing architectural project into a section for one of my own. For this I chose to use the section for one of my own. For this I chose to use the site plan of Comuter Shop by OFFICE Architects in site plan of Comuter Shop by OFFICE Architects in Begium. The plan creates a unique shape which gives Begium. The plan creates a unique shape which gives my project its unusual polygon design. Incorporated my project its unusual polygon design. Incorporated into this design is a green house which displays into this design is a green house which displays many different species of desert vegitation and two many different species of desert vegitation and two outdoor areas with an outdoor kitchen. My intent outdoor areaswas with outdoor kitchen.garden My intent for this design to an create a community of

for this design was to function create a as community garden sorts which would also a gathering place. of sorts which would also function as a gathering place. This project allowed me to create a theoretical This projectwhich allowed me to create a theoretical environment I thuroughly enjoyed. Having

environment which I thuroughly the requirements placed upon theenjoyed. proejct Having gave the a requirements upon the some proejct gave me much neededplaced direction which of my me a much neededthedirection some of my projects throughout semesterwhich had been lacking. projects throughout the semester had been lacking. Ultimately, this project turned out to be my best Ultimately, this project turned out to be my best work of the semester. work of the semester.


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BRIANNA TSATSKIN

Contrast in Columbus The film begins with a scene of opposing forces. A woman’s panicked voice against an oscillating rainfall. Quick darted movements slowed to a purposeful stride. Stark, clinical lights moving to a wall of color and finishing with the muted but everpresent nature. I chose to analyze this scene by breaking it down to its basic components, only to reassemble them in my final model. My plan of the scene began as the perceived house in which all of the action transpires in and around. My elevations showed in contrast the somber tones against the jolt of color in a key feature wall. All of these elements are organized around the character’s movement through the scene and that is what determined the programming of the model. The planes are varied in thickness to show the ranging pace of movement and in opacity to allow for the indoor/outdoor relationship to permeate through. The scene as been brought from a series of disjointed parts to one final object of unity.


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NETRA CHAKRAVARTHY

Inspired by the Maison Latapie House which was designed by Anne Lacaton and Jean Philippe Vassal, this community garden and greenhouse is a nontraditional take of a modernized environmental space. Focusing on the solid and void space, I wanted to show my interpretation of how i would use these principles in this community design. Rather than analyzing what was inside the solids, I chose to make the void outside of the structures. This was meant to emphasize the various directions and pathways an individual could go through this community. Going along with the elements of a green space, the roof plans make use of the natural light and the glass windows support the purpose of the purposes of each space. There are various concrete textures to compliment the use of greenery in the space and act as a juxtaposition against nature. Straying away from the traditional style of a greenhouse, I wanted to show a structural community space that is open, airy, but also contained.


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CHARLES DEMERIT

This semester has given me a great foundation in the start of my journey in the world of architecture. Learning the design process, representation skills, and analyzing void and solid spaces, has made me excited to apply this knowledge in my future. Above is a project that I am happy to share with you. Given the task to study the solid and void relationship in the Sou Fujimoto’s Children’s Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, I created a new space with a spa program. The rehabilitation center created a diversity of public and private spaces through a strict geometry of cubes randomly arranged. This new space maintains this concept and is amplified with the use of a central light tunnel that indirectly lights up each cube. The spa is located in a mountain side, where water flows through the tower from top to the bottom, filling pools along the way down. The circulation of water throughout this space creates a natural and unique void, created from a strict geometry.


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PAIGE DIAMOND

This community garden and greenhouse aims for inclusivity through its public structures and pathways. The interaction between solid and void allow for fluidity when entering and experiencing the different structures as well as the spaces in between. The goal is to provide a place where community members can come together to connect with each and with nature. The architecture complements the surrounding terrain and reinforces the idea that the visitors can enjoy a natural sensory experience. The plan features a covered greenhouse, outdoor plots, patio gathering space, rest rooms, bike storage and more. The concept for the plan was developed by manipulating the solid and void spaces of a precedent study in an abstract way in order to conceive of an entirely new space. Solid and void work together in harmony to create a serene community garden and greenhouse.


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JOSHUA JARUKARUTA

Kersten Geers’ & David Van Severen’s Computer Shop in Belgium is created using steel columns and beams, wrapped in a glass facade. For my project I wanted to incorporate the thin framing of ‘Computer Shop’ into my design for a greenhouse. I also adopted the design aspect of allowing line of sight completely through the design, opening up the interior to the outside. The framing to my greenhouse creates different partitions featuring varying levels of light to better accommodate a diverse ecosystem of plants. As a person were to move throughout the greenhouse they will be moving towards a brighter, more naturally lit area. They would also notice that as they travel up the floors of the greenhouse they will be less enclosed by the structure of the greenhouse.


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XINDONG LI Project 4. Plans and Section - Precendent Study XinDong Li ARC401 LARA

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The Precedent Study I chose is Maggie Center, Glasgow, United Kingdom. The architecture is designed by OMA ground. The maggie centre is designed for patients, it is a healing facility for cancer recovery propose. aims to provide emotional and psychological support. So instead of isolated each individual room with is own function, designer choose to use L shape connect each space and create a free form of structure land on the hillside provide maximum natural view and open sight for patients to relax their body and mind. The open plan with the maxium usage of window space, expend the overall space, and connecting the outside the environement to the inside. For my design. I adapot the concept of open space environemtn and maximumed the window space to let the natura light and environment to coming into the building.


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JESSE MURDOCK

The Community Center and Garden (CCG) imagines a site where gardening and fishing are central to the life of the community. Classes are taught on agriculture and aquaculture about how to live off the land and sea. The site includes a kitchen where locally grown and sourced food is prepared for site workers and their families. During the summer afternoons, the Sun shades the dining area, giving workers an area to cool down from their labors. A large worship and community access space is elevated above the site at the height of mature growth trees with panoramic views of nature. When the event space is activated, the large glass windows double as a lighthouse beacon inviting members of the community to celebrate at the CCG. The trellis style structural beams provide ample support for rigging while tying the community garden programming back into the Architecture of the central structure.


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AMANDA PFLUGHOEFT

Quartier on Third To best capture the feeling of the Maggie Center OMA in the UK, I took a further look at the solid and void realtionships of the existing building. Taking the section views and laid them down flat to create a new spa floor plan. This spa floor plan still holds the open views to nature as seen in the original Maggie Center plan. Next I studied the overall floorplan shape and tilted it up and used the original plan as a guide to the section cuts, this allows for fun and interesting roof slopes. With the open view to nature and calming environment of the spa the new plan still holds the relaxing feel originally acheived in Maggie Center OMA.


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JULIA VELIMIROVIC

Motion & Sound Diagram of a Scene in Black Panther For this project, the assignment was to choose a scene from a movie and recreate the space based on the feelings the scene evoked. I chose a car chase scene, thus I created a small-scale cityscape that I felt replicated the architecture of the short clip. What you see here is a motion and sound diagram charting my interpretation of the movement occurring within the duration of the clip. There is clearly a definitive path the car takes, with the ink blots acting as physical representations of the space that was inhabited. The watercolour strokes are evocative of the dispersing sound waves both the car and people within the city produce.


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MAC WOOD

This spa, located atop the arid cliffs of the mediterranean, attempts to explore light and how it creates a solid space in the void we occupy. The appatures are inspired by the movement patterns of wind over the localized environment. Consisting of smooth concrete and stained wood, the spa creates an atmosphere of relaxation and solitude. The design is orriented on an axis with a linear path from the entrance where we find the reception and the coffee/ tea bar to the more private cold dunk tank room. Centralized in the design, the patio encourages congregation, equipt with a balcony and an open longue facing the mediterranean sea.


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MARK COOKMAN

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For project four I wanted to emphasize progression through my work and how other assignments can help influence my designs. For this project I wanted to have the users experience something new within each space. A filter of color, light, and new experiences. The space is two levels within a few cubes to develop unfamiliarity of what the next room will be. Along with being showered with colors in the mosaic room. With stained glass engulfing the room and its inhabitants. A room of darkness with filtered lights through abstract openings, spotlighting the user. A bridge showcasing the way throughout the nine grid space, with a foggy floor disguising itself from the users. A blinding white room meets the users towards the bottom with sliding walls, confusing the inhabitants. While also allowing the users to expand or contract the size of the space through the sliding walls; creating individualized spaces.


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CHRIS GASDIA

I designed this greenhouse based on a French minimalist church. This made it so that the greenhouse also ended up being church like itself, and I like that it could be a place in the community that might serve a similar purpose to a church for a group of people that don’t necessarily think of themselves as churchgoing. The design is very linear, with all structures organized in a column, and this makes it so that there is a distinct progression as a person goes from the street further and further into the complex. I saw this as a kind of passage way and transition from the every day and banal towards the more extraordinary and unusual environment that a greenhouse is- a space that is purposely out of place with its surroundings and climate.


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DEEKSHA REDDY K.

This Boutique Hotel is centered around the idea of openness. The architecture of the hotel is in such a way that the guests feel like they are outside even when they are inside in almost every part of the hotel. The interior spaces allow the architectural elements to act as furniture, making it a unique getaway hotel amidst the forest atop a valley. The nooks of the building bring nature amongst themselves, bringing the vegetation even closer to the hotel. This piece of architecture is experienced as a whole and as individual elements within the structure (bedroom, bathroom, patio, etc.).


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EMMA LYMAN

These models were first made with the pure intent to experiment with materials. From left to right, the first model is made out of resin-reinforced plaster, often used in dentistry. The next one is made out of a fabric that looks like wood and stuffed with pillow stuffing. A 3D printer was used for the third one to get those sharp edges. The last model is made out of 1mm thick clear vinyl pieces that were super-glued together. Building physical models will always result in beautiful imperfections that will never naturally occur on the computer. The variation in the color of the plaster or the wavy nature of the vinyl walls are characteristics that might be seen as imperfections to some but can be inspirations to others. What started as material study ended as a lesson in embracing flaws and using them to inspire new designs.


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CHINNE OKORONKWO

The Borrowed Project I decided to take on began with a nine square grid project from an online student, Fenol Dera. The project focused on using the split level aspect of the grid and taking advantage of this to create a spacious and interesting dwelling unit. I wanted to expand upon this idea, adding to the concept by creating an environment around the house that would lend to this style of build. Placing the building into the hills allowed for the split level entrance to make sense but also lent to views from the front facade of the house. The site became a driving factor for the build of the house as well as the materials used to construct and serve as an exterior facade for the home. Aside from the location, something I am interested in delving deeper into is materials, with this project I wanted to explore the possibility of materials and how to represent them in project drawings. I wanted the materials to be easily identifiable and have a lifelike feel to them, lending to a very realistic understanding of the project.


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CHLOE KISELA

This contemporary spa draws inspiration from two main sources: Copper House II (desgined by Studio Mumbai Architects) and the architecture found in the movie Bladerunner 2049. The main concepts behind the design include the wrapping of a prominent copper structure around the first and second floors to create division and balance, the carving of structural masses in rhythmic rectilinear openings, and the exploration of light in relation to form and texture. The relationship between public and private, interior and exterior spaces also played a role in the design process. There are several areas within the project that invite inhabitants to view the beachside environment of the site, such as from a large vertical window following a staircase and elevator from the bottom to the top floor or from a floor-to-ceiling opening on one wall of the massage room. The use of natural materials, incorporation of water features, and presence of several restful lounges will provide visitors to the spa with a relaxing and peaceful experience.


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SCOTT BRIGHTON

I began my project with Precedent Research on the Gando Primary School located in the African nation Burkina Faso. The school was designed and built by French Architect Francis Kere. It utilizes an interesting combination of solid and void spaces in order to maximize natural airflow and ventilation. I used the floor plan of the school for a greenhouse space in a design for a Community Garden Center. I developed several void spaces from the project into a building with meal prep space and bathrooms. Other voids became raised bed planters and an outdoor shower and dog wash station. Then I collaborated with another student Joshua who designed a 9 by 9 by 9 grid of different play areas for kids. Furthermore, he diagrammed a journey map of three children playing hide and seek. Using his work as inspiration, I eliminated my dog wash and outdoor showers and replaced them with a playground in an attempt to make the project more kid-friendly. I also added trees and other areas to facilitate hide and seek.


JENNA CLARK JENNA CLARK JENNA CLARK

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The Weekend Courtyard Garden is a residence that The WeekendCourtyard Courtyard Garden a residence The Weekend Garden is aisresidence that integrates modern and geometric home design with that integrates modern and geometric design integrates modern and geometric homehome design with nature. This placement gives a unique take of bringing with nature. This placement unique take of nature. This placement gives a gives uniquea take of bringing solid geometric forms and integrating them into a bringing solid geometric forms and integrating thema solid geometric forms and integrating them into more organic area of the environment it is in. The box into a more organic area of the environment is more organic area of the environment it is in. The itbox shaped rooms individually combine to create a home in. The rooms box shaped roomscombine individually combine to shaped individually to create a home centered in the middle of overgrown landscape. create a home centered middle of overgrown centered in the middleinoftheovergrown landscape. Large open windows immerse the occupants into landscape. open windows immerse into the Large open Large windows immerse the occupants the overgrown landscape and further integrate them occupants into the overgrown landscape and further the overgrown landscape and further integrate them into the natural environment. An outdoor patio with integrate them environment. into the natural environment. An into the natural An outdoor patio with an overhang creates a subtle connection between outdoor patiocreates with an overhang creates between a subtle an overhang a subtle connection the home and the outside and the roof acts as a connection between the home androof theacts outside the home and the outside and the as a weather barrier and garden bed, before one fully and the roof acts as a weather barrier and garden weather barrier and garden bed, before one fully emerses themselves with the environment outside of bed, before one fully emerses themselvesoutside with the emerses themselves with the environment of the residence. The home was made to be open with environment of the residence. home with was the residence.outside The home was made toThe be open a kitchen the blends into the living room, a lower made to bethe open withinto a kitchen the blends the a kitchen blends the living room, into a lower floor seating area, and rooftop overlook for gorgeous living room, a lower floor seating area, and rooftop floor seating area, and rooftop overlook for gorgeous views. overlook views. for gorgeous views.


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CALEB GRISSOM

Community Center Section Scale 1/8” = 1’

What started as a simple sketch exploring the relationship between solid and void space evolved into a community center with a focus on natural light and the exterior landscape. The existing site was complemented with a simple structure allowing for free movement between the inside and out. Working with a colleague and using elements from their project, I was able to think about the use of water in spaces. This translated into a prominent water feature that looks over the landscape and is framed by the shape of the structure when looking outside toward the back of the property. The intent of the space is to create a large visual impact using the natural landscape paired with open circulation areas that promote collaboration and connection.


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ALEX ELLIS

This tranquil retreat is designed to revitalize the users with soothing stimulations of their senses. With an emphasis on utilizing light, water, and nature, the spa creates a place for meditation so that the users can leave relaxed and centered. Inspirations were taken from Lina Bo Bardi’s Casa de Vidro and James Turrell’s Air Apparent. This starts with a floor plan that is highlighted by a central void to create the mineral pool/courtyard area in the middle of the design, similar to Casa de Vidro. Also located on the bottom floor is the spa with an overhead lighting feature that utilizes two geometric shaped planes at different angles to reflect colorful LED lighting. This is very similar to the Air Apparent design at Arizona State University, but this iteration focuses on a circular opening that acts as a continuation of the spa shape and extends up towards the sky. Other features include a simlarly lighted cold plunge rooms, a second story patio with filtered shading, and a two story sauna that opens up to a lookout balcony.


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STUDIO 1 PROFESSOR: Cristina Solis


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BRIAN MOTZMOTZ BRIAN

This mountain hot This mountain hot springs springs spa spa was was initially initially designed designed This hot springs spa was initially designed with with two two primary primary guiding guiding principles principles in in mind. mind. First, First, with two primary guiding principles in mind. First, was was aaa vertical vertical interpretation interpretation of of an an inner innercourtyard/ courtyard/ was vertical interpretation of an inner courtyard/ enclosed garden. Whereby you would typically enclosed garden. Whereby you would typically expect enclosed garden. Whereby you would typically expect expect the courtyard to open to upward the sky. the courtyard courtyard to open open upward upward to the sky. sky.toInstead, Instead, the to the itit Instead, it opened outward withon on the opened outward outward with the focus focus onthe thefocus surrounding opened with the the surrounding surrounding natural environment. Second, was the natural environment. environment. Second, was was the the idea idea that that the the natural Second, idea that the enclosing planes from the courtyard enclosing planes from the courtyard form the primary enclosing planes from the courtyard form the primary form the primary separation of the publicspaces. and private separation of the the public and and private spaces. This separation of public private This spaces. allowed theto to feel havethat an allowed This the entire entire space toentire have space an open open feel that allowed the space have an open feel that encourages light and air tothroughout permeate encourages light and air air to to permeate permeate throughout encourages light and throughout rather than obstructing it with full walls. rather than obstructing it with full walls. rather than obstructing it with full walls. Upon completion of the initial design, a monolithic structure was discovered during siteaa excavation Upon completion completion of the the initial initial design, monolithic Upon of design, monolithic overgrown by discovered deep brush.during The site design of this structure was was discovered during site excavation excavation structure ruin was driven bybrush. focusing view outward. In overgrown by deep deep brush. The the design of this this ruin ruin was was overgrown by The design of cooperation with the spa’s design, this ruin was driven by by focusing focusing the the view view outward. outward. In In cooperation cooperation driven notably incorporated into the experience rather with the the spa’s design, design, thissparuin ruin was notably notably with spa’s this was than simply demolished. incorporated into the the spa spa experience experience rather rather than than incorporated into simply demolished. simply demolished.


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DAVID NANCE

For Latapie For this design, design, repurposed the the House For this design, III repurposed the Latapie Latapie House House into into ainto democratic microschool. Democratic schools a democratic microschool. Democratic a democratic microschool. Democratic schools are are very schools students follow schools are very non-traditional very non-traditional non-traditional schools in in which whichschools studentsin follow their following aa curriculum. which studentsrather followthan their interests rather their interests interests rather than following curriculum. Microschools are schools that have a very than following a curriculum. Microschools aresmall Microschools are schools that have a very small

student such or students. schools that have a twenty very small student body,In studentbody, body, suchas as twenty orfewer fewer students. Inthis this case, in from The original such as twentyrange or fewer students. In18. this case, case, students students range in age age from 55 to to 18. The original Latapie adaptable, with that students range isis invery age from 5 to 18. Thewalls original Latapie House House very adaptable, with walls that can can fold out of the way to blur the line between Latapie House is very adaptable, with walls that fold out of the way to blur the line between indoors indoors

and also contains greenhouse-like can fold out ofItItthe way to bluraalarge the line between andoutdoors. outdoors. also contains large greenhouse-like addition on back of house. indoors outdoors. It also contains large additionand on the the back side side of the the house. aII kept kept both both of but having II greenhouse-like on than the back sidebedrooms, of the of these these features, features,addition but rather rather than having bedrooms, converted all areas into public spaces, and instead of house. I kept both of these features, but rather converted all areas into public spaces, and instead of

one bathroom, II have two restrooms than having bedrooms, I converted all areas one family family bathroom, have two individual individual restrooms with toilets and bathing facilities. into and but instead one family with public toiletsspaces, and sinks sinks but no no of bathing facilities. Indoors, find for playing games, bathroom, I have two individual restrooms with Indoors, we we find space space for reading, reading, playing games, playing music, cooking, etc., while outdoors, we toilets and sinks but no bathing facilities. Indoors, playing music, cooking, etc., while outdoors, we find find awe and aa makerspace. find space for playing games, playing a greenhouse greenhouse andreading, makerspace.

music, cooking, etc., while outdoors, we find a greenhouse and a makerspace.


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MATTHEW PASULAPASULA MATTHEW MATTHEW PASULA

For this design I wanted to create a spa akin to For this design I wanted to create a spa akin to a facility a facility one would see in a local smaller sized onethis would see in a local smaller sized For design I wanted to create a spa akincommunity. to a facility community. The building contains a gathering area, The would buildingsee contains a gathering juice/ one in a local smaller area, sizedlounge, community. lounge, juice/coffee bar, locker rooms & showers, coffee bar, locker rooms & showers, a warm juice/ bath, The building contains a gathering area, lounge, a warm bath, cold bath, hot tub, sauna, and a lap cold bath, tub,rooms sauna,&and a lap pool. I drew my coffee bar, hot locker showers, a warm bath, pool. I drew my inspiration for this design from the inspiration for tub, this design centremy in cold bath, hot sauna, from and athe lapaquatics pool. I drew aquatics centre in my hometown. I went with this my hometown. I went with thisthe design because with inspiration for this design from aquatics centre in design because with rather frigid winters in the north rather frigid winters the north I wanted to create my hometown. I wentinwith this design because witha I wanted to create a space where all the different space frigid wherewinters all the different elements weretocontained rather in the north I wanted create a elements were contained within a single building so withinwhere a single building so elements that the facility could be space all the different were contained that the facility could be used all year around without used alla year around without being the mercy of the within single building so that theatfacility could be being at the mercy of the elements. Additionally, elements. used all year around without being at the mercy of the with everything being under one roof I still wanted Additionally, with everything being under one roof I elements. to make the space feel more open, hence the use of still wanted to make the spacebeing feel more Additionally, with everything underopen, one hence roof I many of large windows to open the space up and to the wanted use of many of large windows to open thehence space still to make the space feel more open, allow for large amounts of natural light. up and amounts of light. the use to of allow many for of large windows to natural open the space up and to allow for large amounts of natural light.


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MAGALY SORTOSORTO MAGALY MAGALY SORTO

This 2-story final project aa place of of of This 2-story This 2-storyfinal finalproject projectrepresents represents aplace place tranquility. From the front view the structure tranquility. From thethe front view thethe structure appears tranquility. From front view structure appears appears to behowever, enclosed, however, when to to bebe enclosed, when entering itsentering premise, it it enclosed, however, when entering its premise, its premise, it becomes an open space where becomes an open space where a person can interact becomes an open space where a person can interact a person can interact with the building. Initial with thethe building. Initial interaction occurs with thethe with building. Initial interaction occurs with interaction occurs the big tree encircled bigbig tree encircled byby awith glass cylinder which extends tree encircled a glass cylinder which extends by a glass cylinder which extends through theoffers through thethe second space through secondfloor. floor.The Theopen open spaceoffers second floor. The open space offers extended extended views to the outside, along with a extended views to the outside, along with back a back views to displays the outside, along stairs with athat back door door which descending lead to to thethe door which displays descending stairs that lead which displays descending stairs thatto lead tosecond the ocean, and anan ascending spiral staircase thethe ocean, and ascending spiral staircase to second ocean, andthe an ascending spiral by staircase to the floor where room is is divided a wall creating floor where the room divided by a wall creating second floor where the room is divided by a wall privacy. The organic ceiling extends to the facades privacy. The organic ceiling extends to the facades creating privacy. The organic ceiling extends which have floor to to ceiling glass. When journeying which have floor ceiling glass. When journeying to the facades which have floor toisceiling glass.byby throughout thethe building thethe space illuminated throughout building space is illuminated Whenlighting, journeying throughout the building the natural giving a sense of of serenity. natural lighting, giving a sense serenity. space is illuminated by natural lighting, giving a sense of serenity.


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PALMARYNE KIERNAN

To maintain the utilities of meditative thoughtfulness in the selected designs, a chiropractic wellness center was created in balance with dynamically changing light. An energetic display carries through the entrance façade’s irregular shapes, shades, and colors as they bounce across the floor and walls with natural light. The cubical design of the front faces are in relevance to my partnered project with an intricate outer surface playing with light in a simpler interior space. Inside, light becomes more constrained and specific, only illuminating the halls and inner rooms enough to comfortably walk around in. This design is inspired by my research precedent of minimalistic and tranquil natural light while still respectively maintaining use as a wellness center. The back space utilizes a similar pattern of the intricate frontal façade while more calmly playing on the design with less shadow dynamics, softer light exposure, and a serene view of the water.


MONTEREY NELSON MONTEREY NELSON NELSON MONTEREY ARC 401512 ADE

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The Window Community Gardens The preliminary design choices for The Window The Window Community Gardens The Window Community Gardens Community Gardens focused on shifting light, open The design choices for The The preliminary preliminary design choices for The spaces, and natural greenery. With an Window openWindow plan Community Gardens focused on shifting shifting light, Community focused on light, open design, the rooms within feel clean, with sharp lines open spaces, and natural greenery. With an open spaces, and natural greenery. With an open but no constriction. Each window in the building plan is plan design, the large rooms within feel clean, withinto design, rooms within feel clean, withviews sharp lines created tothe provide and unparalleled sharp but no constriction. Each window but nolines constriction. Each window inpatio the building the community gathering area on the and into is in the building is created to provide large and created to provide large and unparalleled views into the gorgeous vertical indoor greenhouse spanning unparalleled views into the community gathering the community gathering area on the patio and into a quarter of the building. The window placement area onthe thebuilding patio andalso into the gorgeous vertical the gorgeous vertical indoor greenhouse spanning around allows the early or late indoor greenhouse spanning a quarter the a quarter of the the day building. window placement night lights of shine The through the of building The window placement around around building also allows earlythe or late in building. differentthe ways. The greenery playsthe a whole new building also allows the early or late night lights night lights of the day shine through the building role in addition to its usual one of adding a splash of of dayand shine through the building in different in the different ways. The a whole new green here there: Thegreenery plants areplays placed carefully greenery aone whole new inand of role inThe addition to its plays usual members of adding asee splash in ways. areas where community canrole addition to its usual one of adding a splash of green here and there: The plants are placed carefully immerse themselves into an entirely green world. green here and there: Thewithin plantsthe arecommunity placed in main areas where members can see and The areas forcommunity this are carefully in areas where community members immerse themselves intobike an path entirely green world. greenhouse, and above the just outside the can see andareas immerse themselves into the an entirely Theentrance. main for this are within community front green world. and Theabove main areas forpath this just are within greenhouse, the bike outside the the community front entrance. greenhouse, and above the bike path just outside the front entrance.


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OMOLABAKE OGUNRINDE OMOLABAKE OGUNRINDE OMOLABAKE OGUNRINDE

TheThe Community Garden & Greenhouse is anticipated The Community & Greenhouse is anticipated Garden & to to be be located within the heart of Downtown located within the heart of Downtown Sacramento. DueDue to to thethe high population of of thethe high population Sacramento. Due to the high homeless community in this area, a building like community in in this this area, area, a building like homeless community

thisthis would be be beneficial to their livelihood, all while would beneficial to their livelihood, all while making sure they still feel accepted in the community. making sure they still still feel feel accepted accepted in in the the community. TheThe intention behind thethe space plan of this building The intention behind plan building intention space of this waswas to to limit the number of walls to allow for for a a limit the number number of of walls walls to allow multipurpose space, such as aas meeting space, such aa community meeting multipurpose ascommunity community meeting space and a place to seek refuge during disasters. By By place to to seek seek refuge refuge during duringdisasters. disasters. By space and a place

having thethe greenhouse located on on thethe second level, having greenhouse located second level, it provides an abundance of sunlight for the plants. it provides an abundance of sunlight for the plants.

In addition, thisthis space would alsoalso be be accessible to to would accessible In addition, space accessible thethe community by by growing fruits andand vegetables for for community by growing growing community fruits vegetables those in dire need of food. The goal of this space is of food. food. The The goal of this spacetois to those in dire need of notnot justjust take up up space, butbut to rather be be a great asset great take space, to rather aa great asset to the location. to the location.


EDWARD P. SAGER STUDENT EDWARD P.P. NAME SAGER STUDENT EDWARD NAME SAGER

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PHILLIP SCHLADWEILER

III revisited revisited my my void void casting casting and and chose chose another another another student’s casting project. The other student chose student’s to student’s casting casting project. project. The The other student chose choseto to cast “Glass cast recreation of Pavilion” castaaarecreation recreationof ofaaasection sectionof ofthe the“Glass “GlassPavilion” Pavilion” at at the Toledo Museum of Art casting in in aa way way that at the the Toledo Toledo Museum Museum of of Art Art casting way that that ititit felt “light”, similar to how “Glass Pavilion” felt “light”, similar to the “Glass Pavilion” felt “light”, similar to how the “Glass Pavilion” feels. feels. This was in in stark stark contrastto to my my void void casting, feels. This This was stark contrast void casting, casting, which which was made with concrete and quite heavy. which was was made made with with concrete concrete and and quite quite heavy. heavy. The The juxtaposition of of “light” “light” and “heavy” creates an The juxtaposition “light” and and “heavy” “heavy” creates creates an an interesting mix when combined. It was my intention interesting mix when combined. It was my intention interesting when combined. It intention to to create something, that was neither “light” or to create create something, something, that that was was neither neither “light” “light” or or “heavy”, “heavy”, ratherbalanced balancedin in its its use of form, glass, “heavy”,but butrather itsuse useof ofform, form,glass, glass, and and solid materials. Additionally, how the building building and solid solid materials. materials. Additionally, how the building plays plays or reacts reactswith withlight lightisisimportant important to to me me as well. playsor meas aswell. well. My aspirations are to design this building and create aa My aspirationsare areto todesign designthis thisbuilding buildingand andcreate create My aspirations physical model, so appears to light) aphysical physical model, it appears to(be float (beduring light) model, soititso appears tofloat float (be light) during the and day. during the night and day. thenight night and day.


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KRISTEN MWARD WARD KRISTEN M. WARD KRISTEN M

The Pinehill Community Garden where The Pinehill Community Garden is isa isaplace where The Pinehill Community Garden aplace place people can relax and reconnect with their own food people relaxcan andrelax reconnect with their own food wherecan people and reconnect with their production. The indoor and outdoor spaces merge production. indoor and outdoor spaces merge own food The production. The indoor and outdoor together to create a collection and public together create a collection of of private and public spaces to merge together to create aprivate collection of spaces inwhich which each person findtheir theirown own spaces in and each person cancanfind private public spaces in which each person place to participate and enjoy the beauty of place and to enjoy the beauty of thethe can to find participate their own place participate and enjoy surrounding surrounding the beautyarea. ofarea. the surrounding area. The design The design this garden began from precedent The forfor this garden from precedent fordesign this garden began frombegan precedent research research focused Sou Fujimoto’s Children’s Center research focused onon Sou Fujimoto’s Children’s Center focused on Sou Fujimoto’s Children’s Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation and inspired by a project for Psychiatric Rehabilitation and inspired by a project Psychiatric Rehabilitation and inspired by Charles DeMerit. The design isThe formed simple byby DeMerit. The design is formed byby simple aCharles project by Charles DeMerit. design is rectangular structures placed random orientations rectangular placed at at random orientations formed bystructures simple rectangular structures placed that form outdoor void much as they form that thethe outdoor void as as much asthe they form thethe at form random orientations that form outdoor indoor living spaces. A path cuts into the Earth and indoor spaces. A path cutsthe intoindoor the Earth and void living as much as they form living rises above the providing a Earth connection between rises above hillhill providing a connection spaces. Athe path cuts into the andbetween rises differing altitudes and into where thethe differing altitudes and thethe soilsoil where thethe above the hill providing ainto connection between produce grown.and into the soil where the produce willwill bebe grown. the differing altitudes produce will be grown.


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HIYASMIN SUROVEC

The Lakes is an amalgam of the organic and inorganic, with a modern design that incorporates cool-toned concrete slabs and floor to ceiling glass, combined with pre-weathered copper, mesquite paneling accents, as well as caning patterns on the facade for a hint of nostalgia. The Lakes takes pride in its environmentally sustainable choices as a PV powered structure, surrounded by xeriscaped gardens, the desert hills, and the cool breeze coming from the mountains. Atop the hotel is a viewing deck with a 360 degree view of the natural surroundings. This hotel has ten guest rooms, all of which have scenic views. The goal here is an ambiance of rest and relaxation, with a zen garden within the hotel lobby, a mature tree within the atrium, as well as a luxurious infinity pool facing the vastness of the water.


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STUDIO 1 PROFESSOR: Natalie Severy


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DEANNA HO

Rediscovering Tranquility Spa is an open plan design concept to create a calming and relaxing environment with secluded areas that promote decompression and mindfulness. The Spa facility is designed to encourage people to reclaim peace and balance in a chaotic world. Tranquility starts in the stunning serene landscaping when you first encounter the Spa facility, followed by the main building with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking a scenic backdrop — a jacuzzi overflowing into a warm bath in the secondary structure. The facility has multiple lounges, an indoor sauna, and a cold water dunk tank with personal lockers. Outside the Spa facility we have an outdoor exercise pool between the lake and the main building. Along with a seamless glass wall balcony and lounge area leading to the clear azure waterfront.


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JENNIE ISIDRO

One of the topics of this semester that I chose to focus on was how space is used. If one is to look at a particular space as a solid or a void then the purpose of it completely changes. My community garden is meant to demonstrate that solids and voids can be used to create a space that is multifunctional. Throughout the garden, there are random shaped solids placed along the path. Being inspired by the Children’s Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation designed by Sou Fujimoto, I tried to think of ways in which I could make something that appears random, actually have a specific purpose. The solids placed along the trail are used as an outdoor kitchen, a swing, and a private sitting area. Giving a solid object a purpose allowed me to produce even more functional areas in the garden. People are then able to walk along the guided path, or on the grass towards the solids and be able to see the different ways in which the area can be used.


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GABBY DANNER

In starting this project, I wanted to make sure that my plan flowed together and wasn’t just individual squares or cubes. I tried to incorporate programs such as resting spaces, courtyards, ascending, descending, entrance, exit, openings, open spaces, enclosures, direct light, reflection, and a path into my model. I chose to use glass on the upper two floors to keep spaces, enclosed but visible to the outside. I spent time refining line weights to present these 2D images with some depth. I used multiple materials, and images to show the different objects that were used for my model.


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FENOL DERA

There were a lot of things that caught my eye in the project I chose. Namely was their positioning and placement of their structure. Upon research and some playing around I decided to keep some of the very same elements within my project. Inspiration came from both my peer and this idea that concrete does not always have to dominate a space. Within modern construction it seems as it were that concrete is used at very high rates due to its durability and often its consistency in building. In my project I wanted to keep that element but also add some vegatation and Glass. I wanted to make this space a space of versalitiy and multi purpose. The hope was that there would also be a waterway underneath passing through to provide a sense of naturesque fell to the structure. The model would look cold if I simply left it at concrete and glass. I also believe having more greenery not makes the space lively but adds the right amount of character to invite those occupying the space. The original design had a lot of concrete material being used so I wanted to both use that element but also modify How I use concrete and adding glass as a secondary element to the project


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MIREYNALISSE FELICANO

For this design, I wanted to create a cabin with spa in the cold weather. It would be like an private cabana where you can rest and have a Spa and a nice hot tub included in the bathroom area. In the fi r st fl oor it would be located the living room the kitchen and a guest bedroom. On the second floor is the Masters beedroom with balcony included and bathroom with Hot tub. Near the master bedroom will be an living room with another balcony. This cabin would be located on the mountains in the state of Ohio; for experiencing Midnight Sun. The modernized cabin features lots of natural light and clean lines. It provides privacy for the guest since It is designed in the mountains to provide privacy and space to connect with nature. Furthermore, the usage of window walls in the work space and ribbon windows in the private spaces connected the units to the outside world; so the guest can have a beautiful view.


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JESSE HINRICHS JESSE JESSEHINRICHS HINRICHS

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KELSEY TIMMER

Project: Crystal Bridge Tropical Conservatory Architect: I.M. Pei/ Conklin and Rossant Area: 13,000 sq.ft. Volume: 862,053 cubic feet Year: 1983-1988 Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Within the 13,000 square feet there is a waterfall, a sky bridge (conservation gallery), a gift shop, and over 1,000 plant species existing in two distinct zones- Tropical Wet Zone and Tropical Dry Zone. The 15 acres of park include a children’s splash park, an amphitheater, dog park, outdoor gardens, two restaurants, ice rink, a great lawn for entertaining, and winding paths to connect to nature. There are 17 tri-cord, steel trusses that were custom made for this conservatory. They are spaced 14’ on center and have a diameter of 70 feet. 3,028 original acrylic panels cover the trusses to maintain the tropical atmosphere of the conservatory. Another form of temperature control for the conservatory: 20 evaporative coolers, providing 16,000 cubic feet of cooled air per minute.


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SUSANNAH MONTGOMERY

Is it truly a long building? Remove the lobby and interior steep topography and you are left with a mere 112’ to display botanical collections. This extension fulfills the conservatory’s desire to stretch across the site connecting it to downtown Oklahoma City. Though the Crystal Bridge is located in a public park, it does not have the infrastructure to support populous communal gatherings. Therefore, our design incorporates large, open-air pavilions. To address the notable lack of sustainable systems incorporated into the original design, solar panels provide energy and shade the outdoor pavilions. To save further on energy and resources, water filtration systems have been integrated with the new wetland botanical collection to filter graywater. Architecture has the power to give people a sense of pride in their culture and place. It can also invoke a sense of responsibility to take care of their home. The Crystal Bridge is neither good nor bad in this regard. It is neutral. To bring this design home, the botanical history of its location is explored.


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KENNEDY FRAZIER

New exhibits introduced include native grasslands, wetlands, and agriculture. Introducing native grasslands serves as a call to place, a public gathering space, and an opportunity for education on preservation. In the central and western areas of Oklahoma, vast grasslands are dominated by tallgrasses; in nature, these prairies are home to over 700 plant species, 300 birds, and 80 mammals. This exhibit also utilizes solar panels placed on the exterior of the open-air trusses. The wetlands of Oklahoma provide balance for nature’s ecosystem, shelter & food for animals, erosion protection, and natural water purification. they act as a “kidney” by recharging groundwater. We plan to use the “recharged” water from our wetlands exhibit to sustainably water our other exhibits of plant species. The agriculture exhibit highlights the importance of mankind’s relationship with earth, soil, and plants. Indigenous people would grow corn, beans, and squash together to preserve a harmonious and mutualistic relationship. Once agriculture became industrialized, much of the native ecosystems were lost to monocultures. Unfortunately, losing the integrity of the soil, and ultimately resulting in the Dust Bowl. All of these exhibits provide education on sustainability and preservation.


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AARYAMAN SRIVASTAVA

Our idea on broadening the design in a similar way as the current structure came from concentrating on the encompassing and the metropolitan arrangement, where the following square is a stopping structure which kills the energy of the site and the close by regions. The contemplation was to associate the two squares with this stretched design giving an inviting vibe to the site and fusing the space which are required for the local area to develop and create. Keeping a similar material as the current structure so we could keep up with the sustainability of the design by not adding different materials and expanding its upkeep cost. Proceeding with a similar structure and heading as the current structure won’t hurt the genuine plan however add an extra quality plan element to it. Planning this expansion, we attempted to give an answer for the advancement of the site, individuals of the spot, the current structure and the way of life of the city.


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THIRESIA SIR

The Front Range glasshouse built by Allan Pendreigh is located in the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland. Built in 1967 the greenhouse consists of 5 interlinked greenhouses which feature botanical collections from 5 differential climate zones. Each house is seperated by glass walls reaching to the top of the roof and include the Arid Land House, Aquatics House, Temperate Plants, Tropical House and Ferns. The key goal of the approach was light and space. The architect aimed to have no interior supporting structure as this occupies space and the metal is subject to corrosion due to humidity. The 420 ft length of the main buidling was divided into 42 bays, each forming a supported portal frame. This frame consisted of a pair of lattice tetrahedrons which are integrated with a pair of spilt wide shaped rafters from which glazing hangs from the underside. Finally the supporting structure is suspended with stainless steel wires thus creating a structure free interior for plants to grow organically.


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ALEJANDRO RAYA-IBARRA

Entering the expansion phase of our project, my group chose to keep the same format of the original structure in order to create new spaces next to the original structure from 1967. We went through different irrurations and came up with two shorter spaces that run parallel to the original. One would be a new greenhouse to display a new collection of plants, and the second would be an event space. The decision for this came from wanting to provide an urban feel with the creation of streets made by the space between the structures, and to also link the new structures with the past history of the collection. Being that the original intent for the collection was to grow medicinal plants, the new structures will be made to hold medicinal plants again creating that connection to the past.


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JULIA LOPEZ

The first expansion which is 220 ft long is made to house medicinal plans to connect it to its past. The collection would consist of plants like star anise, pepper trees, saffron, turmeric cinnamon, and chamomile. The second expansion, 110 ft long, is designed as an event space where people can gather to host charity events or to celebrate special occasions to help the garden to generate additional funds. In terms of visitor movement, the two proposed buildings create better circulation than the original space had before. Visitors can easily be directed from the new buildings to the existing glasshouse by pergola connections that visually indicate the points of entry. Additionally, the area in front of the event space is designed as an open seating area for visitors to gather and enjoy the landscape of the site and admire the streets between the structures.


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BROOKE BERGE

The Lucile Halsell Conservatory, designed by architect Emilio Ambasz in 1982, is located in San Antonio, Texas. It covers 40,000 SF and features five fragmented buildings surrounding a sunken central courtyard. The buildings are located underground, as a great example of the architect’s phrase “green over gray.” The surrounding earth protects the plants from the Texas heat and sun. The five existing greenhouses are balanced about the east/west axis of the site. In order to maintain this level of the balance in our expansion, we added two circular components along the axis to elongate it and we also added two new circular greenhouses on the north end of the site to balance the square structures on the south. We carefully organized the new expansion pieces to flow with the original circulation by adding new stops and keeping the design central to the main courtyard.


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OLIVIA FORISH

After looking at the rest of the program in the San Antonio garden we discovered that the site was missing a butterfly pavilion, Mediterranean shrublands, a coral reef, and an event courtyard. We were able to find a way to incorporate each of these programmatic features into the new expansion. The first of the two new greenhouses is a butterfly pavilion filled with flowering shrubs and bushes that attract this unique collection of insects. The second new greenhouse is a Mediterranean shrubland filled with a diverse collection of plants from dry, coastal areas. In the middle of the existing courtyard, the pond has been expanded underground to host a tank of marine life and corals and add to the diversity of botanical collections in the garden. Finally, the courtyard expansion is sunken into the ground like the rest of the project, and connects to the palm house along the main axis of the site.


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VIVEK NALLURI

The physical model uses butter board to represent the concrete retaining walls and steel space frame of the versatile roof forms. The shielding topography was recreated with laser-cut chipboard. All of the greenhouses are buried underground with only the glass roof forms above grade. This was done intentionally so that the earth could be used to separate and insulate the greenhouses and efficiently create five unique climate zones. The expansion that we designed consists of four new components that continue the pattern of fragmented buildings on site. These new additions maintain a sense of balance within the project while also introducing new ecosystems and necessary programmatic elements.


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HETVI SHASTRI

The roof forms were created by combining and deconstructing simple geometric shapes such as cones, cylinders, and pyramids. Each one is unique and specific to the climate it holds. We used the same technique for the new roof forms that we designed by starting with simple conical forms and transformed them into shapes that fit their programs. The Mediterranean rooftop lets in just enough light for the shrublands below, and has been broken into two forms to make room for an important pathway that runs overhead. The butterfly pavilion maintains its conical shape to create plenty of space for the butterflies to spread their wings. The tube running down the center grounds the structure and provides the perfect space for a palm tree to shade the greenhouse.


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MICHAEL VAN AKEN

Fred Eicher was the Landscape architect for this project, collaborating with Hans and Anne Marie Hubacher and Peter Issler as the designers of the domes. The design of the new and old Botanical Garden could be regarded as loosely inspired. In the sense that a concentric steel grid with glass panels is maintained. After 35 years of operation the buildings showed striking signs of aging, especially the domes of the tropical show houses. The glazing of the hothouse domes, in particular, had lost much of its translucency due to obscuration and algal growth. With so much of their original Light transmission having been lost, the plant growth was severely impaired. The New Shell meets all requirements for aesthetics and transparency for plant growth, statics, heat protection and durability. The old plexiglass has been replaced with a doubleshell acrylic glass cover with separately ventilated space.


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AAKRUITI VAIDYA

The Botanical garden is embedded in the tissue of the city. Therefore our concept was to extract an expansion from the pre-existing structure of the garden while enhancing the characteristics that define it. As it serves as one of the primary recreational spaces of the University of Zurich we embodied this activity in the form of a Public Space/ Garden Cafe dome. Another emerging activity at the garden is a patch of Community Garden in the vicinty of the domes. By expanding on this program we were able to formalize and promote this activity, in a new Community Garden dome.


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RUIQI LU (OLIVER)

For the structure of the expansion, we decided to maintain the original transparent domes in order to blend in more suitably with the existing domes. Our concept was to have a cafe at the entrance followed by multiple levels of lounge space which would house the local collection of Zurich. It aims at making the people feel at home and giving them the flexibility to explore the flora while enjoying a cup of coffee through different levels.


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JONATHAN MARANVILLE

A careful expansion to the Tropicarium greenhouse at Frankfurt’s Palmengarten respects the original intent while making a creative departure. The repeating unit in the 1980s complex is a stellated octagram, inspired by the self-shading ribs of a cactus. Secondary spaces are simple octagons. The south building houses the dry tropics and contains three of each shape. The north building houses the wet tropics and contains four of each shape. Each building is subdivided by continent of origin. Expansion looks beyond the binary of wet versus dry, and adds the important high-altitude tropical biome. The addition follows the existing grid in plan, while introducing a mountain profile in elevation. Containing two stellated octagrams and two octagons, it is subdivided by continent as well, with one mountain face representing eastern Africa and the other displaying species from the Andes.


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JACOB JONES

The above image pictures elevations of a greenhouse named the Tropicarium, and its proposed expansion, located in the Palmengarten in Frankfurt, Germany. As this greenhouse splits its space between housing plants from both dry and wet tropics, we proposed a third structure filled with alpine tropical plants from mountainous regions such as Mt. Kilimanjaro. The structure and construction of the expansion and roof mimic that of the interior mountain topography, yet thoughtfully reuse elements of the existing greenhouse and its timeless design. Further, the program of the expansion is that of a “sanctuary”, contrasting with the busyness of the Palmengarten’s other various programs. Through a project like this, we see that architecture is not limited to an entirely new or novel idea, but is always a sum of the constraints or ideas that came before. This expansion is a hopeful synthesis of those preexisting ideas and new ways to design a more than just a glass box for plants.


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JULIAN ZAMMIT-LUPI

Our proposal enriches the existing tropical collection in Palmengarten, Frankfurt, as it provides an alpine tropical house that complements the dry and wet tropical houses. In terms of its structure, the new building obeys the existing grid and overall dimensions. However, the roof and facade profiles are altered to meet the needs of the internal space. It is said that the former director and architect of the Palmengarten: Gustav Schoser’s chief metaphor for the existing shape of the single greenhouses of the Tropicarium was “inspired by the morphology of cacti, with pronounced ribs that would produce, at least to some extent, some [sort] of self-shading.” In contrast, the expansion’s metaphor symbolises that of a mountain. Furthermore, the scheme’s chosen primary program is to be a sanctuary: a semiisolated, intimate, social space, which also contrasts with the current secondary programs of food and beverage, shops, gardens, a private library, a herbarium, recreation lawns and playgrounds. The plan is to mimic the qualities of a reflective and thought-provoking space, where its users can escape from the business of life and the rest of the Palmengarten.


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ALAN ESTRADA

The conservatory is named after Princess Augusta, who founded Kew Gardens in 1759 and inaugurated by princess Diana in 1987. The new building replaced 26 smaller buildings in Kew gardens. A conservatory’s orientation and form are the key issues for a successful design and the search for an appropriate, optimum form should be rigorous. PWC is located in the Kew gardens and has ten different climatic zones and a huge variety of plants. We tried to blend in and connect our cocoon idea with the existing building using the same 18’ common grid to space out the trusses. Also, keeping the same truss angle of 26.5 in certain areas and other angles are 13.25, 53 and 30 which is depending on the needs of program and design. We wanted to keep a consistency of material with the existing building. It was crucial to make a connection without overwhelming the existing design or programs.


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The focus for our expansion was to develop a new space that is unique but maintains a strong connection to the site and to the existing conservatory. Our proposed addition would contribute a butterfly garden and display, interactive lab experience, giftshop, and event space. Great care was taken to conserve the iconic linear aesthetic. Gordon Wilson, the original architect, chose to express the structural elements on the exterior of the building in order to preserve the delicate and awe-inspiring nature of the interior. Continuing his design intent, the expansion emulates the structural expression and planning. This addition will not only add to the ten botanical exhibits but will also provide an exciting connection to the city and to the historic Kew Gardens.

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ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL STUDIO I PROFESSOR: Phil Horton


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NICOLE ALGIEN

This semester, my team and I took on an adaptive reuse of the United States Embassy in Dublin, Ireland. The “building that turns it’s back on noone”, designed by architect John M. Johansen, is an iconic landmark that sits on a small corner site within an expanding business district. As the city grows, the embassy building is nearing the end of its lifecycle. As a result, we proposed a hotel design that transforms the building into a prominent destination for diplomats and business travelers. Inspired by the unique diagrid structure, we expanded vertically, adding 15 new floors that overlook the city. Each floor provides a different perspective of the site. The lower levels connect visitors to the adjacent historic buildings and the higher levels reveal the expansion of the city. In addition, each level contains 3 public, double-high balconies that immerse visitors in nature and engage with Dublin’s rainy climate by directing stormwater runoff into the overlapping green spaces.


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ABHIPSA DEY

The project was Adaptive Re-use of US Embassy Building. The selected building was US Embassy of Dublin, Ireland which is reused as a Business Hotel. Carbon emission is one of the major factors in Ireland with 3.7 billion tons CO2 produced by Dublin alone in 1 year. To deal with this issue Ireland has set a target for decreasing the carbon footprint by 48% by the time we reach 2030, with the help of NZEB Policy (Near Zero Energy Building). In the new design of the building, to meet the NZEB we incorporated green break-out spaces in each floor which acts as the carbon filter as well as a source of daylighting into the building. We also designed a double heighted green tranquility space for guests to relax, unwind, and detoxify from daily life.


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BRIAN MAROUSEK

Our group selected the U.S. Embassy in Dublin, Ireland and adapted the existing 3 story building by adding 15 floors and changing the program into a hotel. Each floor of the new structure includes three outdoor green space as well as a void, in between hotel rooms, that shift radially to create a linked garden space from ground to sky. These outdoor green spaces allow light to enter the interior atrium as the building grows. The cuts in the floor plate allow for rain to fall on the floors below, watering the plants and engaging the rainy climate of Dublin. This rotation and cut in the floor plate also create a visual vertical connection for the users to interact, creating a sense of community. In conclusion, the main idea of outdoor green spaces solved existing issues of lack of interior light, connecting to the climate, and public spaces for users to inhabit.


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TANNER BARANSKI

Hotel Colombo has been derived from a 1960’s U.S. embassy. At the time of construction much of the surrounding land had been undeveleloped. Sri Lanka’s current building codes are the result of a tightly confined cityscape. The groups decision then became how to break this ideology by bringing back the natural environment for both public and private use. The projects original building sits adjacent to the ocean, but it fails to capture the views or the breezes. As the concept further developed, we introduced a second building with a rotation to maximize views and create a wind scoop that would aid air circulation throughout the hotel. In considering how the building would then be connected back into the city, a landscape bridge was developed. This bridge connects from the project to a nearby train station allowing guests and the public daily use. The bridge has been designed to allow for users to stop and enjoy scenery as they traverse the different spaces.


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PARTH KHATRI

Prior to our design modifications on the U.S. Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka, the embassy’s structural intentions were very unique. The architect Victor Lundy used teak wood vertical slats to create privacy and added opportunities for cross ventilation and successfully shaded the building from the region’s humid climate. Reconfiguring the new program consisted of bringing it from private to a more public structure to draw the public to the building and its site. We used the buildings’ adjacency to the ocean and train railway station to our advantage and concluded that a bigger hotel would be beneficial to the area. With the addition to the existing building, we worked to create a variety of spaces dividing private spaces for hotel users and the public areas which welcome all guests. The ground floor would serve the public consisting of restaurants to encourage activation of the site and outdoor dining to take advantage of the landscape and proximity to the ocean.


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REBECA RIVERA

After analyzing the context surrounding the U.S. Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka, our team discovered that the area had become highly compact and urbanized since the construction of the building in 1985. Small businesses, office buildings, and small hotels populate most of the surrounding context. We used the buildings’ adjacency to the ocean and train railway station to our advantage and concluded that a bigger hotel would be beneficial to the area. The lack of green spaces in the city drove the concept of our design. The goal was to create an urban park with various gathering spaces to welcome not just tourists but also the local people of the area. The ground floor of the hotel consists of public restaurants to activate the site, and our design serves as a prototype to create more public parks throughout the city and to make this hotel and urban park part of their community.


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NICHOLAS BECERRA

The retired United States Embassy located in Accra, Ghana was used to re-envision a diplomatic structure to become a residential living expansion. My group chose to create Scholar Housing for buit environment students attending a college within walking distance in Accra. The eight thousand square foot elevated form became the central communal space for the students. With the lack of green spaces located in the heart of this very humid climate region of Ghana, our group decided to make a mini oasis by expanding our design based on the original grid system to the edges of the site. To house the students seven pods were created which are raised eight feet above the ground. To travel through the site a ramp and catwalk system was used along with placing three species of trees to shade the site and allow students to feel as if they are experiencing a tree house atmosphere in the fast moving city of Accra.


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SHUBIKSHA GANESH

US Embassy, Accra, Ghana - Originally designed by Chicago born Architect Harry Weese, this embassy had a strong language to it. The aptly balanced interplay between concrete and African mahogany wood intrigued me the most. The forty five degree grid system channelised our expansion approach. After diligent research, we finalized on the adaptive reuse of the embassy into scholar housing for the built environment majors of Accra Technical University. I saw this as an opportunity to integrate nature and the built form. The open planning, passive design strategies and structural dynamism of the existing building were enhanced. A new roof system was introduced. I feel our ‘expansion game’ is strong, as we intended to create what it feels like to live under a tree canopy. My first grad semester was most interesting with

hands on concrete casting, field

trips, 3D printing and laser cutting. I also thank my teammates Nick and Jesse for the hassle-free team effort.


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JESSE MARTIN

Accra, Ghana: Scholarly Housing Once used for diplomatic excellence, this newly adapted dwelling serves as a live-play-learn space for scholars of the built environment. Staggered amongst a landscape of trees in a nearly concrete jungle, users are emerged in a micro climate of green-space. This experience, intends to better serve the users as they are nestled away in a canopy of vegetation noted to benefit users both physically and mentally. These dwellings, while separate from the original structure, relate to it by featuring a similar structural grid and material palette. It was our intention to develop a residential environment that allowed for

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outdoor living and refuge from a nation facing environmental-vandalism. This development would serve as a case study in developing future microenvironments to better tackle the issues of climate change and the positive benefits of implementing green space into environmental hardscape.


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DECLAN DEMILLE

We have been asked to adapt and expand the New Delhi Embassy for residential use. We proposed an eco-hotel and art workshop that embody India’s culture attracting both locals and tourists. We began with the site and surrounding urban landscape, redesigning

the

topography

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accommodate

increasing flood risks and provide essential habitat for native flora and fauna. An existing interior pool and courtyard that only perpetuated humidity issues was removed while the existing breeze block façade was modified with planters to hold vegetation. Lastly we shifted the courtyard to open up into the landscape, allowing trees and vegetation to begin to push into the building creating a unique microclimate. The old embassy building and site has been redesigned as an eco-hotel and wildlife sanctuary that foster native flora and fauna as an example of ways India can utilize their own ecosystems to better manage rising climate issues.


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SANJEETA NEUPANE

We have been asked to adapt and expand the New Delhi Embassy for residential use. We proposed an eco-hotel and art workshop that embody India’s culture attracting both locals and tourists. We began with the site and surrounding urban landscape, redesigning

the

topography

to

accommodate

increasing flood risks and provide essential habitat for native flora and fauna. An existing interior pool and courtyard that only perpetuated humidity issues was removed while the existing breeze block façade was modified with planters to hold vegetation. Lastly we shifted the courtyard to open up into the landscape, allowing trees and vegetation to begin to push into the building creating a unique microclimate. The old embassy building and site has been redesigned as an eco-hotel and wildlife sanctuary that foster native flora and fauna as an example of ways India can utilize their own ecosystems to better manage rising climate issues.


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RENEE SAAVEDRA

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We have been asked to adapt and expand the New Delhi Embassy for residential use. We proposed an eco-hotel and art workshop that embody India’s culture attracting both locals and tourists. We began with the site and surrounding urban landscape, redesigning

the

topography

to

accommodate

increasing flood risks and provide essential habitat for native flora and fauna. An existing interior pool and courtyard that only perpetuated humidity issues was removed while the existing breeze block façade was modified with planters to hold vegetation. Lastly we shifted the courtyard to open up into the landscape, allowing trees and vegetation to begin to push into the building creating a unique microclimate. The old embassy building and site has been redesigned as an eco-hotel and wildlife sanctuary that foster native flora and fauna as an example of ways India can utilize their own ecosystems to better manage rising climate issues.


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ALEXIS DIAZ

The Oslo Hotel and Hostel combines the two different programs into two interconnected structures. The original triangular structure houses the luxurious, more private hotel experience, keeping pre-existing aspects that gave it grandeur. The additional structure beside it houses the hostel experience where guests share rooms, shaping a more sociable atmosphere. Drawing the line between luxury and affordability, our project creates a comfortable connection between the two using a pathway that connects the hostel to the hotel atrium and a bridge connecting the 4th floor of the hotel to the rooftop event and bar space of the hostel. The first floor of both are entirely dedicated to amenities and lobbies while the upper floors are all rooms for guests. Using the hotel atrium and hostel rooftop as key areas, we encourage guests to travel to and from as they wish, while still giving them the option of privacy. Using this we complete our goal of achieving a comfortable coexistence between privacy and connectivity.


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RUTUJA Y. LANDGE

The proposal for adaptive reuse and expansion of the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway, provides a new outlook in terms of tourism and experience. It makes room for the co-existence of two polar experiences- a luxury hotel and an affordable hostel while preserving the historical and architectural significance of the original structure. The structure is a significant part of Oslo’s history, making the stay a part of the tourism one comes to experience. The addition complements the original idea of the structure and respects the palace surrounding, making it a balance between respecting the proximity yet having an independent monumental expression. The addition is a slice of an extended triangle that completes the shape, creating a light canyon between the structure and its addition serving as a middle ground between luxury and affordability keeping the function of daylight intact. This proposal is a small effort in bridging the gap between luxury and affordability without compromising the experience.


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MARIA ELENA PALMA

The original four-story triangle shaped embassy building in Oslo, Norway was redesigned and given a new purpose as a combination of a hotel and hostel. The structure also consists of an exposed basement due to the ground level sloping down sixteen feet as moving from North to South. One of the main goals was to combine the hotel and hostel in a way both experience their visit in a tourist friendly part of Oslo. The hotel still gets a more luxurious feel, since the hostel focuses on affordability. The hotel is located in the original structure, while a newly designed structure dedicated for the hostel sits next to it. Both hotel and hostel structures are the same height and connect by a bridge on the fourth floor, which for the hostel was designed a rooftop bar where guests can admire the views of the Royal Palace and park surroundings located across the street.


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RITESH DESHAWARE

Our project is an adaptive reuse of a U.S. Embassy building by converting it into spaces for residential as well as daily market. The Embassy is located in Havana, Cuba. The major Design move in the building was to move the existing corridor from inside to the outside of the building exterior wall. Having these open-air outdoor corridors gave us an opportunity to have open floor-plates allowing cross ventilation and views for each apartment unit. The balconies created on the west façade act as communal balconies, while the balconies on the east facade are more private. The private balcony facade was shaped to block direct sunlight, block direct view from neighbors, and oriented to focus towards the sea. At ground level all the exterior/interior walls were removed and replaced with precas columns, which can store harvested rainwater. Access at grade was opened from all directions, allowing high connectivity with the building’s immediate surroundings, including the neighboring plaza.


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OLIVIA MENDOZA

The adaptive reuse for the U.S. Embassy building in Havana, Cuba, is providing a mixed-use building for residential housing with an open market which also extends into the existing plaza. The addition of ramps to the site provides better access to the 1st floor which sits on an existing plinth 5-feet above the street level. We opened up the groun floor, and designed an arcade which can be used as a public marketplace for a farmers’ market and/or for local food vendors. The second floor features semiprivate spaces with a rooftop deck and other amenities for the residents. We have added exterior structures to each side of the building to provide shading. One side will be circulation and patio spaces, while the opposite side will be private balconies. Each residential floor plan will be an open floor plan in order to provide passive cooling and flexibility for the lifestyle and needs of each resident.


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ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL STUDIO I PROFESSOR: Amit Upadhye


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AMADEUS CRUZ HERNANDEZ

Given this local site, I am tasked with thinking globally while acting locally when dealing with the global crisis of sustainability and climate change. The site’s context informs that a void of a true center for the performing arts needs to be filled. The underutilized, single-purpose spaces of the existing theater are transformed to redefine art and performance in the local town of Scottsdale. Art and performance is brought to the common man through the study of regionalism, vernacular, and traditions, where old narratives resurface through transformation. An architectural palimpsest is created, bridging a connection to previous moments in history. Performance occurs outside of the theater, communicating that art may be informal and in the act of processing through a space. Metaphorically, this conveys that performance is created by the common man and should never be exclusive.


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ANDRES DE LA ROCHA

Our challenge for this semester was to transform an existing outdoor space into an outdoor art exbition adjacent to the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art located in the heart of downtown Scottsdale, Arizona . The programming includes the outdoor art exhibition spaces, multi-use studios, outdoor cafes, and live/work studios to help homeless local artists to rebuild their careers and start fresh. One of the main objectives in this project was to come up with sutainable ideas that would help the environment by not being its main source of materials and refusing ways for the planet to not be digged up any further So we had to come up with ways we could reuse materials from the site and recycled them into the project itself.


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BROOKE BURDGE

The Scottsdale Civic Center is in the heart of Old Town Scottsdale, but a neglected site that sees little community interaction and activity throughout the year. I was tasked with the food and beverage strip in which I transformed four separate buildings, creating an art central environment where local artists can come to live, work and play. The main concept of my project is the service road, ocated between the parking garage and all four of my buildings, that serves as the main access point into the overall site. As you proceed into the main site, I created a space in this service road where local artists can hang art installation and make an inviting space that people will want to experience as they wonder throughout the Civic Center. Metal screens are to be installed on both the parking garage and along the rear walls of the food and beverage strip to enclose the service road, creating a more welcoming environment as the Scottsdale community interacts with the newly transformed site.


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CASSIE MARTINEZ

We are drawn to cities and nature for the same reason, life. Life is plants growing, animals thriving, and cities are people, smells, sounds, and connections we make. Transforming the existing parking garage first needed life brought into this fading art centric area. Tiny City transforms the existing parking garage into a multi-use space that houses an amphitheater for music and theater performances, a food market to bring vendors to sell their goods, artist studios that has a work, live, and exhibit space, common spaces, and a ground level park. Earth is used in many different forms, rammed earth, terracotta tiles, and brick pavers, to create this sustainable building. Tiny City has revitalized this area, bringing communities together to enjoy art and food.


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CHRISTY NILAN

Influenced by the current state of the world, catastrophic human behavior and art, The Food and Bevereage Strip transformational design is intended to create a sense of harmony. A sense that each distinct piece belongs together in some way, even if it is not identical to anything else. The newly formed Food and Beverage Strip, located at the Civic Center Park in Scottsdale Arizona, incorporates artists living spaces, art gallery/exhibition space, public gathering spaces, private gathering spaces, pop-up retail huts in addition to construction features such as living roof-top, bioswell, and recycled beams. The design goal is to create a transformation of the site through harmony to the landscape, people, recycled material, and art. The connection to the surrounding environment,

and

beyond,

showcases

natures

ability to center us each as individuals and allow for harmony between user and environment.


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JACOB SOBELMAN

Performing arts includes more than just drama, music, and dance; however, the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts does not reflect this. Unless there is a performance being held, the building remains essentially unused. How can the performing arts center evolve to truly be a central hub for the performing arts? My intervention seeks to redefine what performing arts truly means by expanding its definition. By removing unnecessary spaces, I have added to the building various performance spaces which did not exist prior, including a dance studio, circus acrobatics, culinary arts restaurant, and a sports performance arena. Additionally, I have physically opened the building to the adjacent park, and I have invited the nature of the park into the prefunction space. I have also added a building facade made from sustainable materials which acts as a performance itself, waving up and down as it wraps around the building’s exterior.


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JESSICA HOLLOCK

The Scottsdale Canvas Center (SCC) supports artists of all demographics in the heart of the art district in Scottsdale, Arizona. Previously a uninhabited and unexploited parking garage, this now artcentric structure houses collaborative live-work studios, sustainable entertainment spaces, inclusive exhibition display areas, food and retail stores, and open-concept spaces for stand alone artists to showcase individual and group work. Convenient for its location, this building encompasses the architectural details with its immediate environment. From T-beams, pre-cast concrete, and unique column placement, the SCC accomplishes a transformation of program but still encompasses the raw structure this parking garage once was.


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KRUPALI SUTARIYA

Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art already has A Theatre, A museum and food courts. Most of the museums are expensive and the local artiest cannot afford it. My proposal is to provide a space where local artiests can exhibit and sell their work with minimum expenses. On the top floor of the existing parking structure, I have provided two connected art galleries. It is designed in such a way that it consumes minimum artificial light. To make it more economical and sustainable, I have designed natural light diffusers in such a way that no harsh sunlight can come in. Parking structure curtain walls are also designed with vertical vegetation on it so that when the wind blows, cold breeze can come through and maintain decent temperature. The approaching road to the parking structure is not in that much of use right now. So, I developed it for street festivals and to make it more usable and livelier.


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LIUDMILA SEMENOVA

The restoration and modification of the existing parking structure building, located inside the SMOCA are in the Downtown of Scottsdale. The project is an architectural experiment about how the radical re-use of existing buildings can make a vivid and appropriate ‘place’ and a space for contemporary art. Providing a variety of spaces for art, installations and sculpture both inside and out, the existing building has been sensitively restored and combined with contemporary interventions in the form of one-story extension with the hill to form an aggregate of the manmade and the nature. My design was influenced by Arizona nature (with deserts, cacti, gorgeous plants and canyons) and I decided to cover the parking structure with a channelglass façade, like an unmelted ice cube with the sound of creaking inside.


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MIA SALAZAR

Prior to development and construciton, the historical culture that has existed along the existing site has neared its end. Community, music, collaboration, and the traditions of latin-american history are begging to be revived in this space. This project proposes a form of biotecture where what goes in must come out. A cycle of sustainability emerges to revive and encourage artist living, art development, and art showcase. The south structure along the food and beverage strip becomes an open, inviting area for plant shopping, studio and sell spaces, flea markets, and private affordable living spaces for struggling artists. Connected on the north end lies the revival of a Latin-American cuisine which provides a culinary and dance environment with an added greenhouse as its rooftop for residents and culinary artists to grow and harvest their ingredients. A pedestrian prioritized alleyway eliminates the backs of biuildings while a flow is now created throughout the strip to encourage a consistent cycle of collaboration.


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MUKESH GOUD KALALI

The studio was about proposing expansion for the existing museum and restaurant at Scottsdale using sustainable materials. The site is divided into 6 zones, museum, sculpture garden, culinary institute, restaurant, co-lab, and open arena. The main idea for the design is to create a platform for the artist where they can work, collaborate and display their art. The terrace of Los Olivos is designed as cultural space, it can be accessed through ramp which starts at the sidewalk. It is carved from the glass wall which is mimicked from glass scrim wall designed by James Carpenter. The ramp goes over the sculpture garden which is between the museum and restaurant. Sculptures can be viewed from the ground level and along the ramp. Sculpture garden is covered with a jute fiber canopy which creates an interesting play of light and shadow.


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PAOLA SILVA PERDOMO

The intent of this project was to revitalize the food and beverage strip area that serves the Scottsdale Civic Mall, and provide dynamic interventions to encourage community interaction. This was done by unifying the existing context through form and establishing connections to the park. The adaptive reuse approach of the project allowed for the exploratioin of the relationship between existing (mass) and the new unifying intervention, portrayed by the lighter tectonic pieces that infilled the void. The project also explored the ramifications of extending the edges of the park, which consisted of providing interior green spaces in the building and intentional interventions within the new park diagram. This allowed the interior program to be broken up in favor of spaces to foster creative interactions and human connections, but also for the incorporations of sustainbale methods and practices to reduce the pereceived heat and heat island affect.


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RITA MOMIKA

“A building that has become a ruin again is free from the bondage of use.” - Louis Khan. We humans transform landscapes and leave our unmistakable marks on the world. When we move out, nature quickly moves in to stake its claim once more. Proposing the idea of the connectivity of nature and humans occupying spaces simultaneously leading to the bigger idea of understanding sustainability in a different way. For nature and humans to have a dialogue. Studying the idea of minimizing humancentric architecture and allowing the environment to take over. Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts starts to mimic nature as it is constantly holding performances within and on top of its organically occupied roof therefore allowing nature to break through and perform freely.


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SHAMALI BHANUSHALI

The goal was to revitalize SMoCA in Scottsdale’s historic Art District which acts as a beacon of art and culture and to restore it back to its previous glory. This project proposes expansion, modification and adaptive reuse to the existing buildings of Los Olivos and Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. The expansion is a Children’s Art Museum that aims to diversify their awareness of the world and promote their creative explorations through various immersive experiences. It encourages people to think of art museums as not just bastions of hushed voices but as places where everyone could explore and understand art in their own way. The design takes into consideration the harsh Arizona sun and focuses on minimizing the number of openings on the south and west side while also letting the art displays grab all the attention and light up the dull streets.


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SUSHMITHA BUDIDETI

Centre for Performing Arts is located in the Centre of Scottsdale. With the intention to challenge the transformation of the building by the “ Open To All” approach. Focusing on Arts for multigeneration and social gatherings. The project enhanced me to look into the existing spaces and how I could make the spaces more inclusive for all generations and connect each space together. The transformed building is designed in levels and each floor has different art forms like Performing arts, Theatre, Immersive arts, that can be seen and looked into other spaces providing a connection. The Influence from the surrounding spaces is integrated within the design to create an environment that is inclusive and open for all by creating tall operative walls that open up to surrounding spaces to experience active collaboration and interaction.


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SUTTON O’NEILL

Wells Fargo Avenue is in dire need of transformation, one that would shift the scale towards a humancentric perspective. Spaces should be shaped by the needs of the people who occupy them. The new reality existing between SMOCA and Los Olivos must then juxtapose temporary activities against permanent spaces. Inspired by middle eastern bazaar’s, half of Los Olivos will be torn down; its debris shape towering gabion walls in order to accommodate a thriving marketplace throughout the day and night. Where roadway once existed across the site, a xeriscaped park is introduced. SMOCA and its interior will be left alone for the sake of sustainability (why change what isn’t broken), however a new second story will be constructed out of new growth timber for gallery spaces, leaving the first floor open to any variety of artistic pursuit. Experience a new reality, where your own curiosity and creativity shape the needs of this new site.


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TESSA DESROCHE

Scottsdale Civic Mall exists as a site with little respite from the desert’s sun and was in need of a transformation that encouraged higher levels of pedestrian activity. The reimagined lawn includes various spaces intended for local artists, such as studios, storage facilities, pavilion and playground. Metal shade structures float above the entire length of the lawn to provide shade for users and a visually playful appearance. The shades use amoeba forms that coexist with the geometric forms found throughout the site’s built environment. This is a direct reference to the original architect of Civic Center, Bennie Gonzales, who often blanched fluid and angular forms with one another. The Northern facade of the bridge was kept intact and carved into to provide a viewing space atop the bridge; the journey to the top of the bridge includes stairs, ramps, greenery and seating intended to host spectators at the pavilion. The site becomes an interactive campus for social connection while being inclusive to artists.


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VERONICA PLESCIA

Los Olivos and Smoca are two buildings in Scottsdale that are genuinely monotonous to the visual eye. With a lack of community engagement, they challenge to hold any importance. To keep the concept sustainable, we maintain the buildings’ structures by developing a second floor to hold a cafe and greenhouse that encourages community engagement precious to Scottsdale. We hope that the two disconnected entities could pacify their disassociation by joining together and “meet halfway.” This complements the structure of the project by having the community circulate throughout the spaces.


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ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL STUDIO I PROFESSOR: Elizabeth McLean


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SHEIFALI BANSAL

Built in 1953, by Raleigh architect G. Milton Small, Jr., Burlington Nuclear Laboratories at North Carolina State University is the first of its kind to include a nuclear reactor on a university campus. In the expansion of the lab building, the aim was to design a space where students, faculty, and researchers could collaborate and share ideas. The laboratories transform to centralize and focus on group opportunities instead of individual work. Introducing a fusion power plant in the building brings back the heart and purpose of the building. The roof is redesigned and expanded to accommodate the new reactor, adding a bioclimatic response. A substantial amount of heat dissipates from the reactor, so the ventilation system is converted to a mist system. The proposed roof is a steel and glass frame, with ball and socket joints. There are four structural columns; two columns hold harvested rainwater, one is for mist circulation, and one is for electrical.


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LYLAINE FLORES

Burlington Laboratories, circa 1953, was designed by the architect G. Milton Small, Jr. The expansion design allowed us to reintroduce a fusion power plant into the building. The space was expanded to allow the heat to radiate upwards and cool the room passively. The newly installed reactor is taller than the original reactor; therefore, expansion of the roof is necessary. The reactor room emits a considerable amount of heat; therefore, the roof was expanded to allow heat to radiate upwards and cool the room passively. There are gutters on the bottom exterior that harvest and collect rainwater which will then be used to reduce the water demand and cool the reactor room. In terms of education, the nuclear reactor can network experts in the field with research scholars and with students. By having this machinery available, the collaboration spectrum is wider and more beneficial for all people involved.


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GORAN RAJESH OJHA

The Burlington Nuclear Labs was the first of its kind to have a peacetime research nuclear reactor. The original design was highly dictated by the reactor and a strong sense of hierarchy, contrary to what is needed today. The proposed redesign focuses on breaking the boundaries of learning and creating a coworking space. Students will now be able to collaborate freely with their peers and mentors. The proposed expansion is also a nod to the idea of ‘development in nuclear future’ and aimed at introducing a new, greener, and more efficient reactor. Where once there was a discussion of the ‘use of nuclear energy’, there now will be a discussion of ‘integrating the nuclear energy for daily use’. Like the new nuclear reactor, the structure also aims to be greener by including sustainable design strategies, including solar panels, rainwater harvesting, and the use of the reactor’s heat and energy.


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NILO EXAR

In 1951, Marcel Breuer built the Ferry House Cooperative Dormitory at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. While his original goal included space for a communal spirit to flourish, he could not foresee the 21st-century needs for a rapidly growing college campus. In addition to adopting the bedrooms to be more pandemicfriendly, one of my studio project group’s goals was to create more environmentally friendly communal space on the grounds of Marcel Breuer’s Ferry House. Our design solution consisted of a communal garden and greenhouse for the students of Ferry House, who grow and cook their own meals. Ideally, the students of Ferry House could host a farmer’s market to sell any excess crops and further fund the needs of the cooperative dormitory. Additionally, you will find a multipurpose relaxation area on the right side of the render, where students can do yoga, homework, or catch up with their friends.


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MIA HAMMERSTROM

Marcel Breuer’s design for the Ferry House was constructed in 1951 on the Vassar College campus in Poughkeepsie, New York. As a cooperative dormitory housing twenty-four students, it was necessary to transform the design to better suit 21stcentury living and learning. One glaring issue is that the existing design was not physically accessible, as the bedrooms were located on the second floor with only a staircase to reach them; thus, an elevator has been added. Existing built-in beds were raised, further restricting accessibility. To combat this issue and apply lessons from the recent global pandemic, we decided to implement bunked beds that align to a sliding door and allow the bedrooms to divide into equal halves. In our proposed design, half of the beds become accessible to all, and the bedrooms have the option to transform for single occupancy if the need arises. These changes work together to make the overall structure more equitable and user-friendly.


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MATHEW VARGHESE JOHN

The kitchen for the dormitory was reviewed as one of the major shared spaces for which an update was vital. Ideally, this area would have been a space to facilitate qualitative time-sharing and interactions among students beyond cooking. However, the former kitchen was outdated, and its design failed to incorporate the openness and expanse that could transform cooking from being a labour into a range of recreational pursuits. The proposed design demolishes the outdated kitchen to revamp it into a 360-degree kitchen with a bar counter. The new version would enable students to connect to the kitchen but also facilitate catering to the public using the bar counter. The design opens the dorm to the students and public simultaneously, reinforcing Marcel Breuer intent to create a multi-layered interaction space for everyone who visits.


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SOLANA PEARSON

Dexter M. Ferry Jr. Cooperative House at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York was designed to be a very innovative building for its time in the 1950s. The twenty-four students who would live in the house would learn basic life skills such as cooking, cleaning, and maintaining the building. The proposed design maintains the dorm program but expands on the innovative thoughts behind the original design. The proposed large garden space with greenhouse will allow the residents to grow their own produce yearround as well as implemented a rain and greywater harvesting area that will provide them with clean irrigation water. The proposed design expands both the ground level and upper level and introduces more communal spaces throughout. Unique bedrooms that allow students to close a sliding door in between their double rooms to create single room spaces with at least 50 percent accessible beds.


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RADHIKA UDAY DHANDE

Mies van der Rohe designed the IIT boiler plant, built in 1950. It was formerly known as the boiler plant and the steam generating plant. He designed the ground floor and first floor plan in the modern architectural style. The proposed expansion changes the building into an academic building where students can perform various activities and interact with students and professors. The proposed design incorporates green building as concept. The most intriguing aspect of the existing structure is the smokestack, proposed to convert to a new stair with access at each floor. Previously the IIT building had polluted the area, but by implementing a green building concept, it can become a building that promotes green energy and help combat pollution. The proposed design gives a new facility to IIT environmental science majors and adds a community resource to the campus.


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BRADY HETTINGER

The Boiler Plant, located on the southwest corner of the Illinois Institute of Technology campus, began as an earth pollutant. Shortly after it was built, the plant was shut down and forgotten. The vision for the proposed expansion is to transform the existing building into a green research center used to promote green energy. The design introduces microalgae panels on the west facade to capture carbon emissions from the adjacent Metro line and freeway and to reduce pollution and potentially repurpose it into fuel for the campus micro-grid. Using the shell of the boiler plant, the team expanded the south side of the site to include amenities for students and create spaces to engage the surrounding neighborhood community. The building consists of labs, library, galleries, and a public rooftop green space. A Metro station was also included in the design to create a distinct interaction point between the campus and community.


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AUSTIN LIND

IIT SOUTH SECTION 1/8” = 1’

The existing building began as a humble boiler plant tucked away in the corner of the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. The goal with this project was to transform this building, previously used to pollute the planet, into a green research center used to promote green energy and push it further. Using the shell of the boiler plant, we expanded out to add space for the surrounding community and college students to gather and work. The proposed expansion consists of labs, galleries, and public green spaces for open access to nature. The design includes a connected train platform for people to get on and off, increasing the public exposure of the building. The west facade is covered in micro-algae panels used to capture carbon emissions from the adjacent train and freeway, to reduce pollution and potentially repurpose it into fuel.


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HELEN ROSS

Transforming a 1950s humble, previously defunct, energy-inefficient boiler plant at the Illinois Institute of Technology designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a labor of love. It did not start out that way. We witnessed a caterpillar’s metamorphosis into a beautiful butterfly. This metaphorical description attests to the innate, inherent aspirations of the caterpillar—moth, or butterfly; it cannot be anything else. Our caterpillar, the boiler plant, is destined to realize its potential that lies dormant; potential waiting to be made manifest by caring hearts and hands. Our elegant, yet humble boxy boiler plant has been waiting to fulfill its potential-to bring 21st century thoughtful, considerate, and sustainable design and technology to our schools, colleges, and universities. Our design proposal includes attention and efforts towards designing for integration, equitable communities, economy/energy, wise water usage/ecosystems, resources/materials, location, climate, abundance, health and well-being and discovery. We believe we succeeded.


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MIGUEL CENISEROS NUNEZ

Yale University Art Gallery houses a major encyclopedic collection of art in interconnected buildings on the university campus in New Haven, Connecticut. Louis Kahn’s museum design was the first modernist structure at Yale. Structural innovation permitted Kahn to treat the galleries as flexible, open exhibition spaces, easily transformed by modular walls designed to move in any direction along the grid of the ceiling. The proposed expansion is an attempt to break this pattern which could result in museum fatigue. The objective is to provide visitors with an interactive environment for well-being. A cut is made into the existing building on the southwest side for a roof garden area with an exposed façade that stimulates the sense of smell, a skylight between the new and old art gallery, and a classroom with a view of the previously underused sculpture garden. The proposed path with breaks gives the opportunity of exiting the gallery before it becomes exhaustive or overstimulating while remaining in the museum.


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NIHARIKA KURUVADA

The YUAG is an engaging art museum, with three interconnected buildings, constructed in various architectural styles. Having a timeless appearance, they tell us their own tale from their unique eras. The architectural legacy and design of these buildings have been extending out into the community, welcoming visitors of all backgrounds to experience art firsthand. After analyzing the activities within the Louis Kahn building, which engages people and art on multiple levels on the interior and exterior, various connectivity patterns in the exhibition spaces were discovered, leading to a problem called “Visual Overstimulation and Museum Fatigue,” which many people experience inside the gallery. This design is an attempt to take practical efforts to address this problem, such as staying on a set path and taking pauses when necessary to create such a space inside the gallery. ‘HERE, IT’S NOT ART. IT’S ARCHITECTURE. PLEASE TOUCH’ is a phrase that inspired us to create an interactive design.


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PRIYANKA NAKKELLA

Louis Khan, architect, and Yale professor designed New Gallery, in 1953, which is the focus of the proposed design expansion. The building was refurbished by Ennead Architects in 2004. The lack of calm and breakaway spaces in the building, according to our research, contributes to museum weariness and sensory overstimulation. The proposed design breaks up the exhibit space, creates new openings on the southwest side of the building to allow sunlight into the gallery, and provides a new classroom with a view to the previously underused sculpture garden (for the sense of sight) and terrace garden (for the sense of smell) to balance the visual overstimulation inside the gallery by keeping original contextual forces and existing building logics in mind. The majority of the gallery’s exhibits are permanent, so the proposal does not disrupt the building’s circulation flow, instead it connects newly introduced spaces with a trail outside the building that resembles a snake to surround and protect the structure.


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PURVABEN KISHORKUMAR PANSURIYA

The Yale Art Gallery is in New Haven, Connecticut. The gallery occupies Street Hall, old Yale Art Gallery, and the New Gallery designed by Louis Kahn. The challenge was to find problem in the existing building and give a solution for it. From all the research we concluded that the museum lacks a calm place for people suffering from museum fatigue and sensory overstimulation. The best solution was to create warm, open, welcomed, silent spaces in the gallery, which was much needed for the people coming from active/noisy spaces. We tried to connect the interior spaces with the exterior spaces by giving an open classroom with the clear view of sculpture garden. We created a roof garden which allows the natural light to enter the building and gives the spaces a feel of calmness. Every aspect was designed while keeping original contextual forces and existing building logics in mind.


ADE 521

NICHOLAS KALAS-HERNANDEZ

Our proposal for Meredith Hall at Drake University is centered around creating a holistic class environment. Proposed changes focus on the integration of “Cohorts”, which are groups of 20 to 30 students who spend their whole student careers amongst each other with a single mentoring professor. The classrooms are built to allow more open discussions among both teachers and the students, and spaces nearby emphasize group study. There are also separate dedicated group-study spaces for each individual cohort, designed to allow them to study and work together even if they aren’t in the same classes. The proposed building design features a cut through its center, for the purpose of improving the building’s circulation, and providing a place to gather and collect excess rainwater. All proposed changes attempt to mimic the original architect’s vision by staying in line with the building’s original structural grid.


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CLARA RIESS

Miesian style integrates seamlessly into assemblyline education, where students listen, memorize, regurgitate, then quickly forget. To reintegrate depth and retention in the learning process we have suggested the programmatic change of cohorts to Mies’ glass box at Drake University. This new program suggests a learning style reflective of mentorship, where small groups of twenty or more students learn together under a head professor for the entirety of their higher education program. To accommodate this conversation-based program we have added circular conference rooms in place of flat lecture halls and private cohort study spaces. The ambient environment is given a higher hierarchy with sound-reflecting panels, a cut of green space through the circulation path, and visually stimulating additions like the new building skin. All proposed additions draw students into conversation, creative contemplation, and give space to learn within the cohort system.


ADE 521

JAKE ROSENBERGER

For this project our group applied a cohort approach to the design, rather than completely change the existing building. The proposed design tackles the program of the space rather than the physical appearance. Cohort principles shaped the building by molding it into circular spaces. Circular spaces are an ideal shape for the design because some research suggests that classrooms work best in circular forms. The approach to learning, and the approach to space work in tandem. The proposed design creates open spaces, circular desks, and organic programmatic spaces within the existing building. We propose to add a façade to the building to make the organic spaces more functional. The façade creates an open space in between the existing façade and the new, to add landscaping and create a new pocket of life.


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ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL STUDIO I PROFESSOR: Claudia Hapenciuc


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ANDREW BERES

Studio is always full of ups and downs. While this studio was no different, I was able to share the highs and lows with a great team. We failed and learned together through a challenging project. I am proud of the work that was made possible by the chemistry and collaboration of the group. We were faced with the tough task of imagining what a future renovation would look like on an already new building with little or no flaws. It was difficult for me to imagine what this renovation might look like. Through sketches, revit, and other means of design communication, I was able to assist our group in creating a design solution. I learned how to effectively collaborate with a group to work through problems, turn in assignments, and improve design thinking. Finally, while learning from each other, our group was able to also form a great friendship.


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ALONZO CABRERA

This semester, we learned by focusing on an existing

case

study

building

typology.

We

developed an innovative expansion while exploring bioclimatic design approaches within the modern built environment. Throughout the semester, we researched the House of Wisdom Library and produced existing drawings for the library located in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Further, we explored, surveyed, and transformed the public library into an innovative expansion. Our expansion, as shown in the above image, is a parametric structure that serves as a green roof to an underground bath house. This enclosed but open structure provides spaces for relaxation and user circulation throughout the site. The inspiration behind this structure is an important existing art installation known as the Scroll which sits at one end of the site. The parametric structure is a contemporary interpretation of the ancient Arabic scrolls. It provides an innovative expansion to the House of Wisdom Library.


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CHIA-KANG CHANG

The knowledge that was once privately stored and unreachable to public has become accessible to all fingertips. As a result, the energy of creativity expands. I believe in a future in which all forms of documentary media will become limitless. ANY KIND of experiences can be uploaded to all platforms including the modern library be it a podcast or a song. Seattle Central Library, finished in 2004, is already a well designed building. Based on our main concept of digitialization, we have decided to create new spaces within the atrium of the existing library for recording and producing acoustic media content and to provide spaces for practice. After many sketches and extensive model making, we came up with our final expantion. During the semester, I did most of my design by hand. This is the first time that I stepped away from the computure and enjoyed the pureness of feeling. This helped me to expand my knowledge of design.


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MOHIT CHAUDHARY

Extending the black diamond was a very intriguing process. The studio brief was clearly designed and expected the students to work on the design in a collaborative way. Coming from different backgrounds with different software skills, all of us worked together to bring effective design solutions to each and every module. We were each instructed to work on different aspects of the design with a focus on program, form and material. As a team, we all had a very distinctive approach and differing ideas of what the expansion should become in the end. We were able to gain more experience in collaboration. As a transition space, the atrium became a significant area in which the expansion could take place. A gathering and multipurpose space was essential in the library of today and the future. People need space for gathering and for collaboration. We took these needs into account and made a multilevel expansion that provided different areas of context and connectivity.


ADE 521

RAYANE DJAFFAFLA

With a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture and Urban Design, I further pursued a degree in Interior Design and a Master’s degree in Bioclimatic Architecture. I have participated in a few environmental competitions with HSBC Bank and I have been working as a Junior Architect on the Horizon 2030 Project within the capital city of my home country. I have also worked as a private architect and for the military services before joining ASU as a Fulbright Scholar. During my first semester in studio, I had the opportunity to work in a team and dealt with the ups and downs of group work. Working in a team allowed me to strengthen my experience in group work while, again, going through the process of dividing tasks equally and improving coordination between the work done by various members of the team following the concise guidelines provided by our studio instructor. In summary, the semester ended on a good note in which we were glad to present all of the work we have completed in the fall of 2021 semester.


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RAFAEL GONZALEZ

The House of Wisdom Library + Cultural Center focuses on bringing the community together and providing all necessary services for the future. While respecting the history behind its name, this expansi1on is driven by the vast landscape that captures the library as a meeting point and addresses its lack of outdoor shade. The parametric structure is inspired by a piece of public art located on-site made by Gerry Judah, the Scroll. This amplifies the cultural aspect of the library and provides new circulation. Furthermore, it enhances the rectilinear façade and complements a new green space with an emphasis on bringing the interior space of the library into the exterior. The bathhouse acts as a sanctuary space that recalls the ancient imperial bath complex. Placed below the large parametric structure, this space provides a source of humidity and escape from the harsh climate of the UAE within a relaxing rammedearth environment and gathering space. This acts as an invitation to connect in a setting where sensual absorption replaces small talk.


ADE 521

CONNOR GRAHAM

This semester’s project goal was to expand upon the Bunjil Public library in a way that enhances the experience of future library occupants. Our goal was to bring a new function to the library based on media content creation as we feel that this area of expertise is ready to expand in the upcoming years. What I learned this semester is how to interact and design an expansion based on an already existing building. Studying the existing functions of a building and analyzing how to improve the building based on the needs of the user further expanded my architectural thinking skill. Also, creating physical models helped form a clearer picture of the project and helped me make better decisions based on the existing conditions. Overall, working in a team and working with an existing building were valuable experiences that I gained throughout this semester.


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FAEZEH HOSSEINI

This semester was about understanding a specific existing library building and the conditions of its construction through research before designing a new expansion that improves the conditions of the existing building. Our project was the Seattle Central Library. Our team consisted of four students who research, reconstructed and redesigned everything within this existing building and our new expansion. I have had just one experience in research since obtaining my undergraduate degree and found this semester interesting and challenging within the scope of researching everything about a fabulous existing building. Our project focused on an expansion to the atrium space within the middle of the library. We designed pods which served as recording rooms and reading spaces. It was an opportunity to think of this fabulous building and to try to improve one specific space. I liked exploring construction details and choosing material for the expansion.


ADE 521

YASMINE KATTAN

A library is an institution of knowledge and a connection center for people all over the world. The purpose of this semester was to collaborate with one another in order to create an expansion to an existing case study library. Our library was the Bunjil Place Library located in Narre Warren, Australia. The goal of our expansion was to create space where individuals can gather and create different types of content including music, film, and documentary material. We decided to renovate an entire secondfloor wing as the current space was underutilized and used for study space. By adding this new program to an existing space, we expanded upon an already mix-use building and took the current library into the future by better utilizing space and technology in adaptive ways. Overall, this semester strengthened my collaboration skill and taught me about the importance of researching the existing structure when creating an expansion.


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SANSKRITI KULSHRESTHA

Working on the Deichman Library expansion took us through many different phases. The process started with research and with making a collage to show our individual ideas. Later, as a team, we tried to take the best of everyone’s ideas and decided to add an auditorium, sunroom, and a green roof to our existing library. My main area of focus was the material of our expansion. My teammate Jasmin focused on the program and my teammate Kyle focused on the form of our expansion. Because we were all given a specific aspect to focus on, I was able to go into the details of material which helped me to learn a lot. Working on a design project in a group had both its perks and its challenges. But, overall, the important part was coming up with a solution together. We all tried to give our best during the semester but always had a feeling that our design could be pushed further. I look forward to apply the knowledge I gained throughout this semester to future projects and to continued learning and growth.


ADE 521

NANDHINI MAYATHEVAR

This semester, our expansion of the Royal Library gave us a feeling of compunction. The existing building was recently completed in 1999. We were challenged to make an expansion to a modern building that further explores the interconnected programmatic nature of the internet. Through the course of the semester, we were able to explore, survey, and transform this public library building into a community space utilizing three parameters – Form, Material, and Program. We focused on a form that pushed us to learn about intricate construction details for glass and metal structures. Our concept developed from the nickname of the existing building, the Black Diamond. We strove to represent the physical characteristics of the diamond facets through a development of the facade. Our team had diverse individual design strengths which helped us to achieve the desired outcome in the given time frame. I’m grateful to our professor for guidance and to my teammates for our collaboration.


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OLIVIA MCKAY

Above is a floorplan from the second phase of our project this semester in which we had to research and reproduce existing drawings for our case study library. We chose to look primarily at the first floor because our expansion would begin at the ground level. We inspected the existing circulation between four main structures to determine our exact design. Our expansion was affected by both a water feature around the auditorium and its circular shape. We sought to enhance both rather than to detract from either. I believe that we achieved an overall balance between existing conditions and our programmatic scope with our decisions regarding the layout of stairs as well as the selection of materials. My favorite thing about this semester was the opportunity to finally explore the campus woodshop and to learn how to use new design materials and tools. We used wood and aluminum for our physical site model. It was a delightful experience getting to hand saw, laser cut, and physically assemble all the pieces together into a final product.


ADE 521

JASMIN MORENO

Throughout the studio, I learned the significance of collaboration. It was a great experience to be able to bounce ideas off of one another and to help increase our skill levels through shared personal knowledge. We were able to assist one another in areas where one individual might be lacking in proficiency. One thing that I enjoyed the most was the open discussion within our studio regarding possible developments that might improve individual expansions. This was a time in which we all sat together as a collective team and discussed how we could improve our project rather than having our professor solely critique our final presentations. It created an open dialogue between every student and the professor. In this way, each expansion that was designed by a team of three people had the added insight of an entire studio group. It gave us a sense of collaboration within an architectural firm in which we are each working on multiple projects and coming together regularly to motivate and to inspire one another.


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ESTHER NG

While paying homage to the history of the site, our expansion of the House of Wisdom centers around its program and the community it serves as well as a drive to challenge the traditional functions of a library. The new bathhouse represents the practice of bringing strangers together while also creating a quiet place in which an individual can reflect. The new outdoor parametric structure blends the modern facade of the building with the timeless grace of the Scroll, an artistic installation within the landscape. Acting as a transitional form into an existing outdoor space, it complements the openness of the new rooftop garden while contrasting the refuge of the new bathhouse below ground. The collaborative experience of working in a team for this project was a true glimpse into the professional reality of working within an architectural firm. I believe that our expansion project successfully wove together individual concepts while reflecting the inspirations of all three team members. It challenged our skill and our imagination while showing us the meaning of architectural design.


ADE 521

DAN O’NEILL

This studio was an energizing examination of the library - past, present and future. As a member of a three person team, I researched, reconstructed and expanded upon the Royal Library in Copenhagen, Demark and the Black Diamond addition that was completed in 1999. The intention of the studio was to imagine an expansion that would serve the library program of 2100. The studio work was an engaging review of the existing site as well as an analysis of program, material and form for the new expansion. I utilized each directive to shape my basis for assessing contextual drivers that effect the typology of the public library and define innovation. The basis for the final expansion was the sustainability initiatives implemented by Copenhagen in recent decades. For me, the real learning experience came from the creation of various illustrated site plans and the construction of physical models. I grew in my ability to represent architectural design through iterative studio work this semester.


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NIDHI PARIKH

As I started this semester, I was curious and excited to learn new things on my journey. This semester, studio was about collaboration. The course focused specifically on the expansion of an existing case study library building. Above is an isometric drawing completed

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our

reconstruction

assignment

representing many conditions of the existing form. It displays the sustainable architectural techniques utilized by the architect to shape orientation, materiality and structure. Solar panels on a concrete roof shade the glass skylight underneath and an open atrium below. The south facade is made of reinforced concrete acting as a thermal mass to regulate interior temperature. While learning from the existing building, I also learned how to utilize new software. I enjoyed making several physical models and exchanging ideas with teammates. Every module was different teaching me how to utilize research, collage, analysis and iteration in the design process.


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KYLE RYDER

To start, I would like to thank the faculty for making an in-person experience possible this semester. It has been a true blessing. As a student within the 3+ Year Master of Architecture program, I come from a differing background in Urban Planning. While architecture is new to me, I have absorbed information like a spone since my first day at ASU nearly a year and a half ago. This semester has been an extension of that learning experience. However, it is the first time that I have felt comfortable and confident in my ability. I attribute this new found mindset to finally take risk and to being okay with failure. I learned that I cannot learn from experience if I don’t push beyond the boundary of perceived failure. Design is an iterative process. As designers, we need to be able to accept our shortcomings and be able to move beyond them. I have finally accepted failure as a natural part of design. I attribute this to my growth this semester.


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DAVE TANNER

The Bunjil Place Library in Narre Warren, Australia is an impressive structure with many programmatic uses. In our expansion project, we added another use that we feel will benefit the community in the future based on trends we see today. With so many people finding career paths within digital content creation, even early in life, they often find themselves limited by a lack of quality equipment or space in which to create. Our expansion will make these things accessible to anyone. We created a new wing filled with equipment and space that encourages and accommodates creative individuals to self organize. In a system of pods, they will have access to anything they need to become a professional digital content creator. Throughout the semester, I learned new skills and strengthened others. This project helped me to learn to look outside of my natural instincts and to create something in which individuals of the community can find value and follow their passion.


ADE 521

MEGAN VAN HORN

This semester has been one of my most collaborative studios to date. I appreciated the collective nature and group focus of the studio because it provided the opportunity for shared brainstorming along with the ability to produce a project to completion in greater detail. Our group was assigned an expansion to the Library Brasiliana in Sao Paulo, Brazil. After case study research and existing drawing reconstruction, we were able to design and produce a simple modular idea for our expansion. The Library Brasiliana houses thousands of rare national books as well as being home to the Institute for Brazilian History at the university. Our group took this as an opportunity to organize topical information from various collections into modular rooms of focused interdisciplinary study. We also created a space not typically found in most libraries by designing a meditative rooftop greenhouse. One area of the expansion concentrates thought toward focused study while the other encourages a mindful break.


6th Year


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ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL STUDIO III PROFESSOR: Ian Dickenson


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AMALIA DESARDI

The single family home, suburban grid and car centric society are a glimpse of architectural responses derived from The Second Industrial Revolution in the late 19th Century. These responses are rooted in values around commodification, domestication, individualism and the selling of “The American Dream”.

These values were a catalyst for the

horizontal sprawl and suburbia as we know it today. What if we began to redefine our values away from the individual and car centric society, to one rooted in community and accessibility? I therefore challenge and desire to reshape the suburban grid, rooted in the context of Los Angeles, California. Through small, community, grassroots efforts, we as a collective, can begin to break down physical barriers and property lines to allow communal spaces to be shared. The soft infrastructure, of a customizable pergola system, is to act as a physical and metaphorical framework which not only holds space to gather but weaves the once individualistic communities back together.


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HANNAH CHAVEZ

Rethinking

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infrastructure and socially responsive architecture with city planning. To create a flexible network system that services the needs of the people in a sustainable way in improving society and the built environment. My mission for this project is to provide a sense of comfort and reliable spaces throughout Los Angeles by providing residential amenities for the public. By separating residential amenities, it gives a user walking by the opportunity to have a temporary place to eat, sleep, or bathe. Simultaneously, the stacking of the structures is economical and creates gaps that provide natural airflow throughout the space and walkways. Overall, human necessities are important for one’s mental and physical health.


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RUIMING ZENG

This project is aimed at homeless individuals and the general public. It also featured the landscape, residential units and infrastructure as part of the communal housing project. As a result, the Los Angeles State Historic Park was chosen as the location, as it offers a tranquil environment near the downtown area. The immediate notion is, what about housing homeless individuals in temporary flats that are not intended for long-term use? The homeless shelter should be portable, with temporary mobility, inexpensive, and lightweight. Inflatable structures, as a result, are an ideal answer. It offers a competitive feature set at an inexpensive price. The living unit is set up on a wood slad. It can be inflated when in use and deflated when stored under the ground. Each unit provides a single air bed. Two infrastructures were set up close to the entrance to provide a landuary and a toilet inside of it. My project’s main goal is to be used not only by homeless people, but also by people who want to spend the night there.


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CARLA CALLEJAS

SECOND FLOOR CIRCULATION

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POP-UP SHOP POP-UP SHOP

My Fall 2021 studio project explores a new solution for social housing in city of Watts, Los Angeles. The location I am choosing is the Imperial Courts which is a major social housing project that already existing in Watts. The proposal is based on the laws that were established and reinforced housing segregation that are still present till this day. This is turn cause many

POP-UP SHOP

issues that my proposal looks to tackle including systemic POP-UP SHOP racism, the lack of economic opportunity, walkability and the cycle of poverty. The question arises does location and architecture help facilitate social exclusion? If so, how can we combat this problem in this proposal we begin to see how. The idea is to add this new structure that intersects the front yard of the units that can start to hold new programing such as communal kitchens, pop-up shop, etc. This new structure would be based on what the community needs and can change over time to reflect those needs. For the units I am proposing to remodel the existing and removing some to create new spaces.

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NIVEDITA VENKATAPRASAD

Los Angeles is a place where social housing has become a serious problem and needs more attention and provide better solutions. My proposal was to provide a community space living for the homeless mainly concentrating upon the chronically homeless and families who are in need of a housing.The proposed site is located in in the Elysian Valley also called the frog town and it also has LA river on one side and the community on the other side. This communty spaces inculde single bedroom , double bedroom houses along with a common communty courtyard where all the residents can interact with each other. On the ground floor of each residential block is the retail store also providing employement for the homeless people living in the community. I have also designed a grid space that acts as a market space where anyone can install stalls and sell goods and materials again increases the interaction between the community and the public.


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RONGTING OSCAR JIN

This project was dedicated to creating an inclusive and adaptive community to consider homeless people as part of the neighborhood. The space is designed for everyone to bring more social resources to homeless people as transitional housing to get homeless people back to society and help them stand on their own feet. Instead of hoping to change and make them back to the community, this project brings us to the homeless people and encourages us to change first and then influence them. The modularity and flexibility of thearchitectural elements give everyone lots of freedom to choose how much they want to pay and what living conditions they wish to have. The poor people who cannot afford a house will get a dwelling unit and lots of infrastructures facilitating this social housing. The wealthy people can have their houses by putting units together to create their own functional homes. We don’t have any ideology about homeless people and truly consider them as part of the community, love them and care for them.


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AISHWARYA YEDAVALLY

Los Angeles has a lot of abandoned buildings and parking garages and giving a new purpose to these structures by housing single mothers is my proposal for this project. The site I chose is an abandoned parking garage next to the Hawthorne plaza in Hawthorne city, LA. The concept of my design is informed by the urban location and division of zoning of programs within my site. It also houses a shared community space along with space for case workers, training rooms and a shop. Individual terrace gardens are provided for organic farming that would give the women an opportunity to engage in community activities outside of the space and also earn money by selling the produce in the open spaces provided within the site. The inner courtyard space is the heart of my design that showcases a pavilion shaped as wings of a falcon which symbolically represents resilience and the desire to fly and break barriers.


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VENKAT BATHINA

HOMELESSNESS in Los Angeles. The need for shelter is a basic human need. In the United States, the number of homeless people grew in the 1980s, as welfare cuts increased. Considering the city of Los Angeles. Youth homelessness is different from adult homelessness, Homeless young people are at higher risk of exploitation and trafficking on the streets. Young people in particular share an inherent optimism about the possibilities that lie ahead. We must leverage this opportunity. Almost 50% of homeless adults in our community experience homelessness for the first time before the age of 25. Helping young people move forward is our most effective strategy in preventing and ending adult homelessness. Connection with culture gives a major drive to develop youth into the right direction using people and culture around them and inspiring them to get into their respective fields and lead a life.


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SUMEDHA SINGH

The Social Void aims to create a new way of living for homeless single mothers in the city of Los Angeles. It promotes social interaction in small and large communities; creates possibilities for the residents to inhabit spaces outside of their own private realm while still feeling secure. The building must meet the demands of the community and provide the residents with a sense of belongingness, safety, security, permanency, and comfort. Furthermore, its goal is to integrate structure, people, and nature. The latter two are constantly evolving. The proposed design is an attempt to reconstruct living spaces, by using diverse configurations of solid and void for multiple functions and diverse social implications; a framework for living in the city where people shape their own environment. This place is their stepping stone to be reintroduced back into society through a place with a strong identity so the residents can identify with it and a new model for life in the city - a home which is their right.


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PARASTOO LOTFI

Social housing in Los Angeles needs some serious attention and even bigger solutions. My approach was to use the underutilized existing structures in the downtown of Los Angeles - located in Fashion District to provide affordable, transitional housing for single mothers who are severely affected by homelessness. The proposed site is adjacent to Santee Alley that is buzzing with employement opportunities for these residents and is in close proximity to their accomodation and other amenities around them. The prefabricated units are placed in such a manner that each unit has a private balcony or outdoor space for use. This spatial organisation promotes active utilisation of space and social interaction amongst the residents. They have communal shared spaces such as mental health care, job training, common eating areas, and more to aid them with medical aid needed, procure skill sets they require to continue their journey towards stability and create a dependable relationship with those around them.


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KERRI CLAYTON

L-Line Housing Project is a multiple building apartment complex focusing on the needs to help independent women, single mothers, and families regain their footing within the community after they have been displaced from their homes. It is located next to the LA State Historical Park, the LA river, and within walking distance of the Chinatown Light rail, and the LA Dodgers Stadium. The project hopes to aid economic mobility to families by providing living spaces, community spaces, allowing access to classrooms, daycare, jobs within the community, easy access to transportation, and many other amenities. The Women’s Building across from the apartments, connected by a shared outdoor space, will host many events and fund-raisers to help promote work and gain experience as well as making connections. There are shared spaces within the apartments that will allow women that have been involved in a domestic violence situation to connect with others that may have been in a similar situation and regain their confidence.


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MACKENZIE B. KRALL

Located in the wedge of the Elysian Valley, commonly known as Frogtown, Los Angeles, a formerly displaced community has built itself into a lively, evolving space. The ever-expanding community has progressed by creating connection through community events, local hospitality, and the comfortable feeling of the place - yet the neighborhood is lacking basic amenities that are needed to continue to grow and flourish. The goal of The Central Market is to bring all the key amenities to a singular location, allowing for ease of access to all spaces, resources, food opportunities, and business ideas into a singular space. Another key purpose for the market is to create connection from the Frogtown neighborhood to the LA River and local bike path. The Central Market allows for easy access from both ends of the site, with a meandering, leisurely walking path through the courtyards, from space to space connecting one expanding one to another.


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BANNING MUCHA

The Union Station housing redevelopment aims to provide a mixture of residential and public amenities to a variety of demographics. The project connects the existing Union Station to a mixed-income residential complex across from the concourse with public green space and amenities that float above. This residential community includes market-rate, hotel, affordable, and interim housing. The green bridge aims to give public space back to an area dominated by infrastructure, while also providing direct access to transportation to the residential community.


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MACKENZIE B. KRALL

Homelessness and affordable homes are critical in America, especially in the cities that are facing high raise in rent like Los Angeles. Throughout the semester and our trip to Los Angeles, California this concern and issues came full front to most of us as students. Therefore, for my project I did not focus only to providing space or homes for the homeless, but a place where anyone can find a place to raise his/her family. I took what I observed throughout the trip, and what I read to come with my project’s concepts. I focused on inclusive community since my project site is in a community with a diverse culture. The high rent pricing in California is affecting a lot of people more/or so on minorities. I chose my site because of the location and purpose. The site itself has a history within the Los Angeles neighborhoods or southern side of California. Leimert park is known for its afro culture, as well as, a community of artists and musicians, therefore; I wanted to focus on the culture and the artistic of the community to bring my ideas and project to life.


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HENRY ERIVES

My fall project is about understanding the way we view space and the edges of the city. Then this connected to the way we treat people and the ones who occupied those edges in the city. In this case, the homeless are pushed to the edges because we dont confront the stigma developed against them. My proposal is about healing the city and proposing Transitional Housing. This healing occurs by taking back the barriers in the city, in this case, the 101 freeway in Los Angeles. This healing occurs by first understanding the importance of knowing how La Plaza was at one point the heart of Los Angeles. However, with time it became detached by different actions. Actions that are concocted to the different events have shaped the people who live there.


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ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL STUDIO III PROFESSOR: Claudio Vekstein


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ABDULAZIZ ABDULLAH S ALGHAMDI

INTENTION, EXTENSION AND ISOLATION Maps and inscriptions have always inspired land artists with their ability to inform along with the game of intention and extension. Between intention and extension, the comprehensive idea of artworks and land arts is constructed. This project explores the

relationship

between

these

elements

and

elaborates the factors of using isolation in enhancing comprehension. The project site is in the vibrant downtown of Flagstaff and travels in time back into the old history of Sunset Crater and its relationship to the city. The form represents the reversed travel in time and the rough nature of Sunset Crater. The ramps take a person from the street level going through all spaces, following the principles of intention, extension, and isolation, to create unprecedented experience and a landmark. Finally, inspired by Rodden Crater’s bowl, the ramp journey ends with a broad and isolated space that provides an immersive feeling of connectivity between a person and the universe.


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IRYNA DEMIANIUK

EMBRACING ENTROPY: CHOREOGRAPHING ATMOSPHERES OF CHANGE AND DECAY There is nothing static in the world; everything is constantly changing. If you follow an object, you may find a story.

Embracing Entropy is an attempt to choreograph atmospheres referring to 4 components that unite history, nature, and artistic works: ancient, natural, vast, and curated. Spaces are created with the use of the following materials: soil, concrete, wood, metal, fabric, combined sequentially and overlayed with the impact of entropic forces during the gradual evolution of the project. Specific construction methods are applied for every atmosphere with the intention to initiate the process of natural decay, like exposing rebar, weathering wood, crumbling concrete, supporting Robert Smithson’s statement that “a work of art is not frozen at the moment of its completion”.


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EDGAR DURAN

DISTRIBUTION OF SCALE IN TIME & SPACE TRANSCENDING HUMAN IMPACT What makes a spatial experience reach a level of sublime? Through the Land Art movement these elements of sublime can be seen as artists such as a James Turrell, Walter de Maria, Charles Ross, amongst others, use their spatial understanding of how architectural elements can serve as tools that can help reach these dream-like effects. An element that they all have in common is their distribution of scale (big and small), along with its relationship with time and space that can reach a human impact. For this proposal of the James Turrell Research Institute, the project insists on incorporating these elements of perspective, scale, and time that were studied from several Land Art projects, as a recipe that can achieve a higher spatial experience that is far from conventional, but yet integrates well with the Flagstaff’s cultural and urban context.


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OMAR GONZALEZ-NAVA

Through the discovery of movement in land art, this project inhabits a hidden opportunity in flagstaff by creating a floating gallery of James Turrell’s work over the years that is above an alleyway in Downtown Flagstaff. Adaptive reuse of local buildings to use as the research departments each hidden with their own James Turrell piece. Each research department building will preserve the facade. A cantilever system to branch off each preexisting building to allow the gallery walk to appear as if it is floating above the ground. This cantilever allows the project to span over four city blocks. The building becomes a land art in the middle of Downtown Flagstaff by being immersive with the land and creating a hidden progressive moment through the city.


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YUANYU LIU

PROTECTION, SHELTER AND EXPOSURE Space conversion has always been an important link in architectural design. The relationship between different spaces, including the relationship between internal and external spaces. Has always affected human emotions in space. James Turrell illustrates this well in his art project Roden Crater. Different art spaces are connected in series with deep passages. What inspires people to work comfortably in the sheltered space or to talk to the surrounding environment in an open space? I think my design creates a leisurely sheltered space. It attracts people to communicate in a laid-back condition. The open platform brings people the opportunity to experience the city and nature. A special channel connects the two in series. In the process of space transfer, people seem to shuttle in another world.


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SALEM MALIBARY

LIVING THE MAP We take maps for granted that maps are simple drawings or diagrams that show direction or information. However, maps are far more complex than that. The map is an abstraction of reality that illustrates someone’s perspective by transforming information and experiences. Maps are a tool of communication. This tool is loaded with a lot of information and experiences. It could be 2D, 3D, a space, an artwork, or a building. Where the building itself is a map that communicates with us. The James Turrell Research Institute is a building that represents multiple concepts in one giant map that we discovered during our studio’s trip. These concepts are taken from various places such as land artworks (Roden Crater, Lightning Field, Star Axis), artists (Donald Judd’s house, Antoine Predock’s studio), national parks (Grand Falls, White Sands, Marfa Lights), Native American habitats (Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Culture), or towns ( Marfa, Santa Fe) .


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HOLDEN MATONAK

MIDDLE GROUND, BACKGROUND, & FOREGROUND refers to the elements that typically make up a photo. This project sets out to frame views of Flagstaff, Arizona but has what one would expect each element to be in a different location or have it changed. Some views frame a mountain but are interrupted by a train that regularly passes by. Some views frame the sky but through a tinted skylight. To respond to the archaic, the exterior is wrapped in stones held back by rebar to give it the feel of ancient ruins. To respond to the sublime, the hallways will be lit up by the sun and colored glass, this relates to studies done into Dan Flavin and his artworks. Another sublime element would be the light room and dark room in the center courtyard. The light room is the inverse of the dark room whereas what is a shadow in one is light in the other. The plans were generated by combining the outline of buildings in downtown Flagstaff into one and scaling it to the program requirements. The inverse of this was used as the site plan and makes for site features such as sidewalks and a bus stop.


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ANTHONY OKINS

INVISIBLE/AXIS The project is a linear story. The cross, the cruciform, 2 lines intersect. The buildings are based on duality: above

below

sound

silence

secular

sacred

4 quadrants. James Turrell’s studio is the ideological anchor point. Logic contains administration on the first floor. 4 empty sealed rooms occupy the second floor. Infinite contains the origin, the zero point, the point of emerging consciousness, and symbolic balance. Into the silence.


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AJA PANICKER

PERSPECTIVE AND PROCESSION Perspective influences how people interact within a space. Procession leads people on a valuable journey. Without both, the adventure is lifeless. Through examining land art pieces like Double Negative, I developed a deeper understanding of perspective and how it affects people. This led to my journey of studying Roden Crater and the aspect of procession people experience in the various spaces and how their perspective is altered. This design for The James Turrell Research Institute promotes an environment that connects with the chosen site in Flagstaff and allows the user to go on a journey within the space. Each path brings about a series of processions, and each room has a varying perspective. After much exploration of these spaces, the journey progresses through a tunnel ending at the Greater Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce, concluding the adventurer’s journey of obtaining a new perspective through the procession. The end goal is achieved.


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DELLAN RAISH

TRUTH IN LIGHT Vast landscapes transition to an even larger canvas, the open sky. Both have no focal point. Both are too vast to truly comprehend with a quick glance. To capture and use these landscapes as art, requires the artist to understand both near and distant landscapes, through windows and frames. No object, no image, and no focus. By frustrating our habitual manner of actually perceive that re-sults in the imperfections and discontinuity of perception. While Turrell’s art can be appreciated simply as art, it is at the same time an occasion for self-reflection and self-discovery. We all have prejudiced perception - by which I mean that what we perceive is limited by the kind of perception that creatures like us have. It’s the way we actually perceive that results in the im-perfections and discontinuity of perception. The truth of seeing, perception, and framing. To use light itself as the object, the material, is revealing the truth to our own being and the world around us.


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KRITIKA SHARMA

LOST AND REGAINED TIME IN VISUAL PERCEPTION The Land Art movement, along with itself, brought various ideas that challenged and redefined the meaning of Art. Many artists and their works were focused on the perception of time. A lot of new ideas, that challenged Newtonian time were brought forward. Time started to become a qualitative element in this new definition of Art. The Sun Tunnels by Nancy Holt are one such example where real time was challenged by the perception of cosmic time. The idea of slowing down or accelerating time so the observer re-members the magnificence of the cosmos, while interacting with the Art, is the basis of the meaning of archaic and sublime.


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ANSHULI VAIDYA

NONSITE: A PARALLAX OF THOUGHTS A three-dimensional logical picture that is abstract yet represents reality is what constitutes the nonsite. The apparent displacement of an object with respect to the observer creates a shift in the point of view. This ever-changing and varied experience is sought to be achieved through this pro-ject by refracting the multiple ideas gained and reproducing them symbolically. The ramp, a stationary object, generates movement and a sublime experience. It is visualized as an unfolded and re-twisted Spiral Jetty. The design evolved by drawing inspiration from astrogeology which is a study of planetary objects. It was developed into a sectional configuration, moving the orbits in the z-axis and developing into a ramp. Projection pieces by James Turrell are re-imagined into the polygonal projections that pop out of the structure and to house the special rooms in-spired by Turrell’s Roden Crater.


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ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL STUDIO III PROFESSORS: Karin Santiago & Diane Jacobs


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STEPHEN ADRIAN

La Onda - The Ripple Effect. Few words can accurately describe the Puerto Rican community. At least not in the way that would do it justice in the form that it most deserves it. Resilient is just one of many that can come remotely close. In the short week that we were able to experience the lifestyle, the culture, the food, and the people that call it home, it was easy to see how Puerto Rico has such a unique richness. La Onda is a community center born from what once was Martin Brumbaugh Elementary School, located in San Juan. Intended to be a permeable and very open space, the center offers utilities for the surrounding population to take advantage of and to foster that strong community that already exists. The challenge was to give something back to the community that has already given so much and to develop an idea that would shed light on the ways we can repurpose existing structures such as this one. It was a challenge that would hopefully be the start of a ripple effect.


KASIANI BEJA

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ANGELA BULKOWSKI

When Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, many communities didn’t receive proper recovery services. Communities had to ban together to provide for themselves. This design aims to provide a community center to the area of Cataño that doubles as a place of refuge in the case of an emergency. A large central courtyard on the North side of the property allows for gathering of all kinds of programs while being flanked by classrooms, fitness, medical, childcare, and disaster recovery. Meanwhile, the South side of the property is completely devoted to growing crops, packaging, storing, and allocating food for families in need. A lush wash connects the two areas and also works as a means of collecting flooding rainwater from the courtyard to be used for emergency irrigation. Rainwater is also collected from the exaggerated roofs and stored in cisterns particularly for hand-washing, toilet flushing, and showering in an emergency. Altogether, this design aims to create a place of community gathering and emergency response that puts people first.


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LONG DO

The Cataño Community Center is an adaptive reuse of the Escuela de Teodoro Roosevelt and aims to be a central resource to the surrounding neighbourhoods for everyday utility, large gatherings, and emergency situations. The space fosters community by designing an ecosystem for people to interact with one other, the culture, and the land. Small, intimate threshold spaces between programs are balanced out by a large, open courtyard - picture your weekly farmer’s market, movie nights, and cultural festivals. Through workshops, people will learn about the importance of rainwater harvesting, energy conservation, and horticulture at the on-site farm. Harvests from the farm can then be used to create fresh recipes at the restaurant or can be packaged for the food bank. This project uses everyday interactions to build a resilient community that can fully support itself in the event of future emergencies.


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ALLISON EDWARDS

Creating a community center requires navigating a number of vulnerable moments and interactions. In the hands of the designer these experiences must be treated with respect and dignity. This is something that was taken into consideration when we were designing our community wellness spaces. For example, to change the narrative of receiving food from the food bank, we placed this space centrally in the project. This space was given the feel of a grocery store to enable community members to feel more comfortable accessing this resource. These small paradigm shifts allow the spaces to be more empathetic to their users.


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ALLISON FERNANDEZ

This site is on the grounds of the former Escuela Teodoro Roosevelt in Cataño, Puerto Rico, and is located in the center of the local neighborhood. In total, this is a 3-story building. However, the 3-story components are contained on the southern side of the project, away from the road that connects the neighborhood. The upper story of the northern facade is intentionally left open to create a subtle transition from the standard building height of the surrounding neighborhood houses to the 3-story height of the new addition. The purpose of this expansion and renovation is to create a communityfocused resource center where people can come and have access to public amenities while also creating a space capable of handling large crowds for public events. This is achieved by an open 2-story courtyard that creates vertical connections to utilize the upper level as a secondary gathering space that is also able to take advantage of the view over the neighborhood and out onto the marsh.


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JUAN LUIS FERNÁNDEZ VALENZUELA

Espacio Escénico is located in the Puerta de Tierra neighborhood of San Juan. The project explores the concept of juxtaposition, where old and new meet. Espacio Escénico consists of a series of open spaces that interact, coming together in a central performance space contained in the shape of an ellipse. The program functions as a performance center, where the community gathers to interact (wellness,

fitness,

social),

discuss

(innovation,

creation spaces, conferences, etc.), to celebrate (weddings, private events) and enjoy (theater, concerts, sports). The program incorporates flexible spaces that double as a shelter, mostly at the core of the project (lower level), to keep the residents of Puerta de Tierra and old San Juan safe in the event of a hurricane or other natural disasters. The former public school Martin Brumbaugh and an adjacent commercial space were intervened for this project, seeking to become an example of what the island can do with their unused edifices looking into the future.


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ALEXANDRA FLORES

Our project is based around the adaptive reuse of an abandoned school in a neighborhood in Puerto Rico. It transforms the site from a barely used plot of land and leftover buildings into a hub for socialization and wellness in the community. Featuring a food bank, classrooms, a clinic, and other similar programmatic elements, the center has many functions and can be utilized by families, and community members of all ages. The exterior of the project features a green wall, and there are three water collection points throughout the site.


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SAI SREELEKHA GANDIKOTA

This Community Center Building is designed to meet the present needs of the community without deviating from the building’s original identity. The concept of the design is to create a space for the community which is beneficial not only economically but also biologically. A new Biophilic material called Living Concrete is used for the new expanded building. This encourages the growth of moss on the exterior walls. This filters the air by taking in the pollution and givign out oxygen. The existing building is left untouched in most parts. Spaces are placed to increase the amount of visitors. Placing a roof farm on top of the existing buildings brings the fusion of the mateirals. The fusion of the OLD and the NEW.


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NENWE GEESO

Old San Juan possesses different types of spaces for the community to conduct their distinctive performances. Espacio Escenico provides a space for the community to gather and interact, discuss, celebrate, and enjoy the many performances of their culture. The building is located on the north shore of Old San Juan in the Puerta de Tierra neighborhood at the former public school “Martin Brumbaugh” which was built in 1906 and closed in 2018. The site encompasses the rectilinear form of this building along with the adjacent structure to the west. In order to rekindle this abandoned space and connect it to the community’s needs, Espacio Escenico is designed through the exploration of the theatrical expression of juxtaposition where the tension of the old and new finds common ground in the focal of a central ellipse courtyard space and its single connection. The project adapts and reuses the existing building in an effort to maintain cultural heritage and contribute to the sustainable development of Puerto Rico.


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SKYE GILLSON

In a residential area of Cataño, Puerto Rico there lies a little piece of history, history of growth, preservation, and hope. Antigua Escuela Elemental Teodore Roosevelt was a beacon of happiness for the surrounding community, they were able to see the future grow at their doorsteps. All of this changed in 2017 when Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico head-on as a result the whole Island suffered massive utility outages. Some parts were so bad that they never fully recovered, sadly, Elemental Teodore Roosevelt was one of them. Our group proposed an idea, to keep the history of this site and develop it, all while having a minimal footprint on the existing fabric. This resulted in a lifted platform that house living modules and adaptative spaces. We aimed to have the building itself be a tool for the community, in that thought, we pitched the roofs to capture rainwater and solar energy. In times of emergency, this building will bring people together and again be the beacon of hope once more.


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NANCY HAMILTON

At the conclusion of the Advanced Studio III trip to Puerto Rico, I was vexed to produce a design for a community center. The result was a design with a museum to showcase Puerto Rican art, which you see in the watercolor painting above. The building comprised of the museum, a restaurant, an auditorium, and housing for visitors. The entire visit to Puerto Rico allowed us to see the vernacular of the island. Many decorative railings and balconies were seen in Puerto Rico. The people cooked on open barbeques and spoke about their desire for independence from America. I felt the need to do so and was amazed at the reception I received. We went there on a mission to learn the “identity” of Puerto Rico. I feel I have but I am now known not to be an architect of buildings but, perhaps, an architect of intellectual thought.


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HENRY HUNTER

Due to extreme weather and poor fiscal management, Escuela Elemental Theodore Roosevelt in Cataño, Puerto Rico was shut down alongside many other public schools in Puerto Rico. This former school campus, which shares its boundary with marsh and wetland areas, is now mostly empty, abandoned, and forgotten. The project’s mission is to create a resilient off-the-grid community hub, providing useful shelter; solar power; water; education; fitness, medical, and laundry facilities; farm-to-table gardening; a food pantry and farmers market; and a bio pool. The new addition sits on columns elevated above the former campus, abating damage from rising sea levels. Reconnecting this campus with the community and returning to farming practice that respect the ecology is essential in order to create a more resilient Puerto Rico.


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SHREEGOURI KATAKOL

This semester our studio visited Puerto Rico. Our focus was abandoned buildings, a prevalent problem on the island. More specifically, we looked at elementary school buildings that have been recently closed due to austerity measures and the sluggish recovery from disasters and demographic shifts. My team’s site was the Martin Brumbaugh School in Puerta de Tierra, San Juan. Our team took on the transformation of the building. All interventions needed to include strategies to lend resilience and sustainability for a new concept in the community center typology - one that provides spaces for community gathering, training, and youth activities; but also can serve as an emergency hub where power, water, and shelter are provided during disaster events. We developed a new porous facade that incorporated micro wind turbines, unified the project, and conceptually worked to reenvision the building’s identity.


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FAITH MCGEE

This site is in Cataño Puerto Rico, it used to be an elementary school that was destroyed in hurricane Maria. This is a renovation project of eleven buildings on the site. We changed the site into a space for the community to gather to have fun and relax. It will also act as a centre for emergencies such as during a storm or hurricane. We chose to preserve most of the original eleven buildings on site. We demolished the Two in the middle to better open that space up for a giant courtyard that will be the centre of activity for the building and community. The rest of the buildings have been gutted and re-purposed as hotel suites. The added second floor to the site is for the rest of the program to our community centre that go along with the category’s; play, food, work, and nurturing.


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PATRICIA MOLINA

The community center introduces new outdoor opportunities to tie the cultural value of nature with the people of Puerto Rico. An elliptical void is placed in the center of the design allowing a courtyard space to form for daylight to reach the central areas of the second floor while revealing a sort of backyard for the hoteling units on the first floor. A programmable ramp procession is used to physically connect and unite the community into the project, link the existing buildings with the new addition, and knit the key community spaces together. The ramp starts by continuing the streetwide procession into the building as the new Welcome center flex space. This then transforms into the sloping, outdoor Farmer’s market which leads to the food hub. The next hubs in the procession focus on play and wellness, work, and spaces for nurture and growth including a learning center and emergency resources storage.


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DAYA NIKOLIC

Due to extreme weather and poor fiscal management, Escuela Elemental Theodore Roosevelt in Cataño, Puerto Rico was shut down alongside many other public schools in Puerto Rico. This former school campus, which shares its boundary with marsh and wetland areas, is now mostly empty, abandoned, and forgotten. The project’s mission is to create a resilient off-the-grid community hub, providing useful shelter; solar power; water; education; fitness, medical, and laundry facilities; farm-to-table gardening; a food pantry and farmers market; and a bio pool (shown in the image above). The new addition sits on columns elevated above the former campus, abating damage from rising sea levels. Reconnecting this campus with the community and returning to farming practice that respect the ecology is essential in order to create a more resilient Puerto Rico.


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PURVA HITESHKUMAR PARIKH

Located in Puerto Rico, the project is developed as a community space that is inclusive. It is a new approach that tries to trace the existing built but generate a new sense of belongingness for the people of Puerto Rico. It is the redevelopment of an old school which is now given a new function of a multipurpose community centre that enhances local artists and their art works and provides them a common platform which later will generate the revenue for the space. A space dedicated for the people and that is run by the people collectively. An artistic look, a sense of poetry is tried to depict through the massing and the connections through the built mass.


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MALLORY PAYNE

La Onda (The Ripple effect) is a proposal to dissect and reform an abandoned school to become a resource for the community. The project resides in Puerta de Tierra, Puerto Rico. The impact of multiple natural disasters, political, and economic issues have deprived the community. Through these tribulations, the public has become resilient and empowered by their strong sense of community and pride. We wanted to propose a project that matches their efforts in resiliency, sustainability, and adaptability. To design for an equitable community the project houses multiple programs focused around health, well-being, enriching the community, helping the economy, and providing disaster relief resources. To enclose these programs, we imposed a permeable façade best suited for Puerto Rico’s climatic conditions. The louvres serve as a protective barrier yet create a welcoming expression to invite the public in. We hope this proposal enriches the community’s lives and makes this building one they fight to preserve.


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BRENNAN RICHARDS

The Martin Brumbaugh school and surrounding community contain traces of the pre-American invasion Spanish culture in the language and the built environment. While in Puerto Rico the people that we spoke to express a desire to acknowledge the past of the place for what it is while moving forward. This concept of a new critical identity for the site is what we wanted to accomplish with this building, expressed through a paradigm shift in the built environment and a shift in the typology of a community center. This paradigm shift needs to be sensitive to both the old and the new, a yin and yang of forces that may be seen as contrary but actually become complementary. This new harmony requires an interchange of information. Executing this concept on the built environment involved a strategy of using the existing site while connecting to a mass on the adjacent site with a bridge extending above the road.


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ALISA SANTIAGO

Over the years, Puerto Rico has faced many challenges ranging from conquerors to treacherous hurricanes. In visiting this island for our travel studio, we could see how terribly these challenges impacted Puerto Rico. Because of this, for our project of turning an abandoned school into a community center, the mission of our group’s work revolved around re-establishing connection: connecting the community to the site, connecting the site to the community, connecting the site to nature, connecting vertical and horizontal circulation, and connecting the site to people from all walks of life. This work entranced with connection resulted in forming a deeper connection with me to my motherland. Being Puerto Rican and visiting the island for the first time with this studio was amazing and humbling. I will continue to work towards creating positive change in Puerto Rico within my career. It was an honor to have had this opportunity.


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ARIK SPAULDING

Located on the island of Puerto Rico. My rendering showcases the north side of our site. A kinetic scrim brings shape to strong winds that come off the ocean just across the street of this site. The scrim helps to convert this old school building that was forced to close in 2018 by the government, into a usable space that promotes engagement, and community wellbeing using the AIA framework for design excellence. This dynamic façade also collects wind energy to reduce the carbon footprint of the building and to give back to the community by providing energy during hurricanes and outages which are common to the area. A roof garden, balconies, and a courtyard framed view the ocean and public spaces. While the café on the south end of the building will create access points to the community. Leveled plazas create outdoor spaces for eating and making connections with others in the community.


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MICHAEL STEARS

After the devastation of the Roosevelt school in Cataño, Puerto Rico, it was abandoned. In an adaptive reuse attempt to transform the abandoned school into a community center, the facades of the existing building were left to honor its previous life. By raising the mass of the community center above the existing buildings, we allow small connections and private areas for the new hotel spaces below. With the utilization of one of the existing buildings as a pathway, we created a ramp with both vertical and horizontal procession. This procession acts as a flex space for local events such as art exhibitions and classes. Encapsulating the building is a facade system made of vertical concrete slats that filters the aggressive Puerto Rican sun. It also acts as a skeletal frame for vegetation to grow, creating unique everchanging moments all around the building.


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CARLY TOMKO

Our team designed a community center that aimed to empower the people of Puerto Rico by setting them up with the tools and education necessary to create a self-sustaining lifestyle. The site was located in an informally built neighborhood in Cataño that lacked resources, amenities, and educational facilities. There was no sense of arrival, it felt closed off from the community and there was no real gathering space on the campus. We created an open-air entry leading to a large central courtyard and agricultural area that residents will have access to around the clock. The residents can learn how to grow local crops to later be used in the farm-to-table restaurant on site. The site has all the high foot traffic areas located near the north entry with plenty of seating and shade to activate the street scape and draw in more community members. The center also makes use of solar power, rainwater harvesting and passive strategies to mitigate the need to be on the grid.


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JESAL SALIL VANIAWALA

Recognizing the building’s existing East entrance as well as the central and adjacent vehicular access, an axis was attempted to link them. A central common space is developed, which connects all the building’s entrances. The court joins the axis, the court, and the café, providing a dynamic setting in which everyone can play and enjoy themselves. Creating open terraces on the north façade that connect individual areas to the ocean and allow users to enjoy both the internal and outdoor surroundings in order to offer shade through the trees. In response to the city’s environment, we wanted to create a permeable facade that would allow for optimal ventilation while also acting as a protective barrier against the weather.


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ERIK VEJAR

Located in Cataño, Puerto Rico, is an opportunity for community growth and involvement. In the middle of the neighborhood sits a school that was forced to close and left with no occupants. To enhance the community, we inserted structures within the existing walls of the school to pay tribute to what once was on the property and contrast what was proposed. Most of the existing buildings were left as is from the exterior side of things, but where we found new opportunity, the roofs were removed to create a different experience. To offer relief against the hurricanes or other disasters on the island; modular living units were incorporated to aid those in need. The re-use of this site was to enhance the tools it will provide to maintain the surrounding community and potentially heal within the neighborhoods. A central hub for the people.


Design Excellence Award Winners


Fall 2021 Design Fundamentals I Alexandra Flores Andres Anguiano Kasiani Beja Tate King Amalia DeSardi Sophie Aprotosoaie-Kardos Devi Sri Sudha Unnav Kaden Woodruff Aishwarya Yadavally Jacob Hollingsworth Anshuli Vaidya Israel Mutach Patricia Molina Maikel Aharonov Architectural Studio I Darren Petrucci Bradley Bowman Joe Pritchard Beau Dromiack Thomas Hancock Taraneh Darvish

Molood Tahmasebi and Cheng Nam Ho Jaydn Anderson and Daniil Hristiuc Kevin Taylor and Lana Sadeldeen Nicholas Sierocki and Avery Moric Jaden Lui and Sean Sime Desmond Smith and Sean Young

Architectural Studio II Max Underwood Magdalena Mayer and Ryan Mayer Peter Rutti / Dan Clevenger Andrea Brophy and Miguel Estrada Brent Armstrong / Christina Noble Jingyi Gui Jeehyun Choi Philip Leveque Jr. Kobina Banning Alberto Escudero Studio I Kate Dudzik-Smith Spencer Crouder Brayra Podeyn Amanda Pflughoeft Steve Valev Chinne Okoronkwo Zoe Cope Chloe Kisela Cristina Solis Brian Motz Natalie Severy Deanna Ho Advanced Architectural Studio I Felipe Mesa Phil Horton Amit Upadhye Elizabeth McLean Claudia Hapenciuc

Julia López, Alejandro Raya-Ibarra, and Thiresia Sir Brian Marousek, Nicole Algien, and Abhipsa Dey Liudmila Semenova Miguel Ceniseros Nunez, Niharika Kuruvada, Priyanka Nakkella, and Purvaben Kishorkumar Pansuriya Megan Van Horn, Olivia McKay, and Nidhi Parikh

Advanced Architectural Studio II Ian Dickenson Claudio Vekstein Karin Santiago / Diane Jacobs Karin Santiago / Diane Jacobs

Rongtin Jin Edgar Duran D’Gyves Kasiani Beja, Nenwe Geeso, and Juan Luis Fernández Mallory Payne, Stephen Adrian, and Jesal Vaniawala


Paola Sanguinetti Director, The Design School Marc J Neveu Architecture Program Head

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Graphic Design Pascale Vonier Faculty Aishwarya Yadavally Amalia DeSardi Amit Upadhye Anshuli Vaidya Barbara Crisp Ben Mullings Bradley Bowman Brayra Podeyn Brent Armstrong Catherine Spellman Christina Noble Claudia Hapenciuc Claudio Vekstein Cristina Solis Darren Petrucci David Graspas Devi Sri Sudha Unnav Diane Jacobs Dromiak, Beau Elena Rocchi Elizabeth McLean Felipe Mesa Ian Dickenson Jason Yeom Jeehyun Choi Joe Pritchard Karìn Santiago Kasiani Beja Kate Dudzik-Smith Kobina Banning Marc J Neveu Max Underwood Michael Underhill Natalie Severy Patricia Molina Paul Zygas Peter Rutti Phil Horton Rachel Frail Renata Hejduk

Scott Murff Steve Valev Taraneh Darvish Thomas Hancock Yeom, Jason Zach Crocker Zoë Cope Staff Christy Brown Corie Cisco Jacklyn Collens Jesus Orozco Kalani Pickhart Madelyn Paz Margaret Murphy-Tillis Mark Fromeyer Mini Maestas Raymundo Cabrera Samantha Perkins Advising Matthew Ransom Anna West This publication was made possible by the support of the Architecture Partners Program.



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