Fall 2011 Portfolio by Veronica Acosta

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Veronica Acosta & Rebecca Fitzgerald//Design Studio 1//Nicole A. Robertson//2011//Fall//Dumpster Divas

INDEX DESIGN STUDIO 1

(PAGES 2-31) DUMPSTER DIVAS / PROJECT 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 RECYCLATOR / PROJECT 2 HARLEM EDGE / PROJECTS 3

REPRESENTATION & SPATIAL REASONING 1 (PAGES 32-39) CUBES / ANABLOG SEA RANCH / FINAL PROJECT

Veronica Acosta & Rebecca Fitzgerald//Design Studio 1//Nicole A. Robertson//2011//Fall//Dumpster Divas

PROJECT 1.0 TRASH CASTING

Partners: Veronica Acosta & Rebecca Fitzgerald Course Name: Design Studio 1 Faculty Instructor: Nicole A. Robertson Year: 2011 Semester: Fall Project Name: Dumpster Divas 1.0

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PROJECT 1.1 TRASH SECTION

Partners: Veronica Acosta & Rebecca Fitzgerald Course Name: Design Studio 1 Faculty Instructor: Nicole A. Robertson Year: 2011 Semester: Fall Project Name: Dumpster Divas 1.1

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PROJECT 1.2 TRASH INSPIRED STORING DEVICE

Partners: Veronica Acosta & Rebecca Fitzgerald Course Name: Design Studio 1 Faculty Instructor: Nicole A. Robertson Year: 2011 Semester: Fall Project Name: Dumpster Divas 1.2

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Diagrammatic study of paper qualities found in trash. (Studio paper recycling bin.)

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Veronica Acosta//Design Studio 1//Nicole A. Robertson//2011//Fall//Recyclator

Disposable Paper Coffee Cups Used

Number of Cups Used

In the US in 2010

23 billion

By Starbucks in 2006

2.3 billion

By Washington University

5000 per day

cups lids

BTU’s of Energy Used

Equivalent number of homes that could be powered

Gallons of water used

7 trillion

77 thousand

5.7 billion

700 billion

7.7 thousand

569 million

560 million

451 thousand

103’ (3.375” each)

e of 365 paper coffee cups per half a second.

Tons of Wood Consumed

Number of Trees Cut Down

1.4 million

9.4 million

137 thousand

944 thousand

109

750

The U.S. discards an estimated average

PROJECT 2 COFFEE CUP PROJECT Course Name: Design Studio 1 Faculty Instructor: Nicole A. Robertson Year: 2011 Semester: Fall Project Name: Recyclator

Pounds of solid waste created

8.5 thousand

363 million

859

36 million

29 thousand

45”

Equivalent in Olympic sized swimming pools

365 crushed cups

(0.125” each)

Veronica Acosta//Design Studio 1//Nicole A. Robertson//2011//Fall//Recyclator

1” = 1’-0”

Veronica Acosta//Design Studio 1//Nicole A. Robertson//2011//Fall//Recyclator

Upper West Side 146 Coffee Shops

23 Cups spotted in 10 minutes.

Union Square 65 Coffee Shops

30 Cups spotted in 10 minutes.

Financial District 73 Coffee Shops

32 Cups spotted in 10 minutes.

Veronica Acosta//Design Studio 1//Nicole A. Robertson//2011//Fall//Harlem Edge

PROJECT 3 THE HUDSON RIVER KEEPER EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH CENTER Course Name: Design Studio 1 Faculty Instructor: Nicole A. Robertson Year: 2011 Semester: Fall Project Name: Harlem Edge

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No space is described as a function of its use or by event, but of the qualitites it contains. Giving the form greater potential to be used di erently.

QUALITIES Intimacy

100%

-> Private

Public <- 100%

Saturation Wet <-

100%

Light

100%

Natural <-

-> Artificial

100%

Exposure Exposed <-

100%

-> Enclosed

100%

Speed Fast <-

-> Dry

100%

-> Slow

100%

Temporality Daily <- 100%

100%

-> Seasonal

Veronica Acosta//Design Studio 1//Nicole A. Robertson//2011//Fall//Harlem Edge

Manhattan, although an island, is very disconnected from the water that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surrounded by. The design of the HUDSON RIVERKEEPER aims to mend that relationship between the community and the water. This initiative is one that contributes to The Department of City Planningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vision 2020: New York City Comprehensive Waterfront Plan. This design exposes people to the realities of the Hudson River; the beauty, the tragic pollution, and the solutions.

EXPOSED

INTIMATE

EXPOSED

INTIMATE

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Veronica Acosta//Design Studio 1//Nicole A. Robertson//2011//Fall//Harlem Edge -> Private

CLASSROOMS

RESTROOMS

EXHIBITION SPACE

CLASSROOMS

LECTURE HALL

LECTURE HALL RESTAURANT/BAR/CAFE

WASTE MANAGEMENT RESTROOMS

Intimacy

EXHIBITION SPACE

ENTRANCE

GARDENS

RESTAURANT/BAR/CAFE

WASTE MANAGEMENT

GARDENS

ENTRANCE

POP-UP MARKETS

Public <-> Dry

CLASSROOMS

LECTURE HALL

EXHIBITION SPACE

RESTROOMS

LECTURE HALL

WASTE MANAGEMENT

WASTE MANAGEMENT RESTROOMS

ENTRANCE

Saturation

RESTAURANT/BAR/CAFE

ENTRANCE

CLASSROOMS

RESTAURANT/BAR/CAFE

EXHIBITION SPACE

GARDENS

POP-UP MARKETS

GARDENS

Wet <-> Artificial

CLASSROOMS

LECTURE HALL

EXHIBITION SPACE

RESTROOMS

LECTURE HALL

ENTRANCE

WASTE MANAGEMENT RESTROOMS

CLASSROOMS

Light

EXHIBITION SPACE

ENTRANCE

RESTAURANT/BAR/CAFE

WASTE MANAGEMENT

GARDENS

GARDENS POP-UP MARKETS

POP-UP MARKETS

Natural <-> Enclosed

CLASSROOMS

LECTURE HALL

EXHIBITION SPACE

RESTROOMS

LECTURE HALL

ENTRANCE

WASTE MANAGEMENT

CLASSROOMS

RESTROOMS

Exposure

EXHIBITION SPACE

ENTRANCE

RESTAURANT/BAR/CAFE

WASTE MANAGEMENT

GARDENS

POP-UP MARKETS

Exposed <-> Slow

CLASSROOMS

EXHIBITION SPACE

LECTURE HALL

EXHIBITION SPACE

WASTE MANAGEMENT

GARDENS

RESTROOMS

Speed

RESTROOMS

ENTRANCE

RESTAURANT/BAR/CAFE

ENTRANCE

GARDENS

WASTE MANAGEMENT

POP-UP MARKETS

Fast <-> Seasonal

CLASSROOMS

EXHIBITION SPACE

GARDENS

LECTURE HALL

EXHIBITION SPACE

WASTE MANAGEMENT RESTROOMS

LECTURE HALL

Temporality

ENTRANCE

RESTAURANT/BAR/CAFE

POP-UP MARKETS

GARDENS

WASTE MANAGEMENT

POP-UP MARKETS

RESTROOMS

Daily <-

Veronica Acosta//Design Studio 1//Nicole A. Robertson//2011//Fall//Harlem Edge

One way to fully participate within the Hudson Riverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s complex environment is to develop a spatial-temporal formation that negotiates the real-time response of the system that helps generate it. This specific design encourages a shift in thinking; from what architecture IS to what architecture DOES. This design process allows spatial diagrams to guide the form, by challenging conventional norms of expression and prescribed interpretations of program. Perpetual feedback between analysis, intervention, and exchange with the environment time and time again challenges the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flexibility, therefore, increasing its overall potential for year-round activities.

open

slow

cave tide waterfall

path guided by water fast wall window

small and small aperture Filtered light

Veronica Acosta//Design Studio 1//Nicole A. Robertson//2011//Fall//Harlem Edge

This is achieved by constantly negotiating with three different scales of feedback: 1. Scale examining feedback between building and the Hudson Riverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fluctuating tides. 2. Scale between events schedules and the qualities required for the events to take place. 3. Scale studying shifting scenarios that emerge on a daily, weekly, and seasonal basis.

n slow

large scale around

angled towards the sky

tide waterfall activity determined by tides

light defused through layer of water

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32 Veronica Acosta//Representation & Spatial Reasoning//Luben Dimcheff & Erica Goetz//2011//Fall//Cubes Anablog

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REPRESENTATION & SPATIAL REASONING 1 Course Name: Representation & Spatial Reasoning 1 Faculty Instructor: Luben Dimcheff & Erica Goetz Year: 2011 Semester: Fall Project Name: Cubes Anablog

Veronica Acosta//Representation & Spatial Reasoning//Luben Dimcheff & Erica Goetz//2011//Fall//Final Project

REPRESENTATION & SPATIAL REASONING 1 Course Name: Representation & Spatial Reasoning 1 Faculty Instructor: Luben Dimcheff & Erica Goetz Year: 2011 Semester: Fall Project Name: Sea Ranch Layers Exploration

Veronica Acosta//Representation & Spatial Reasoning//Luben Dimcheff & Erica Goetz//2011//Fall//Final Project

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