PORTFOLIO ALEXANDRA MAKSYMEC
UNDERGRADUATE 2015
PORTFOLIO ALEXANDRA MAKSYMEC
CONTENTS FALL 2014
SPRING 2013
SPRING 2014
SPRING 2014
FALL 2012
SPRING 2015
01 02 03 04 05 06 EXPORTERS
FACE-OFF
APPLES WAREHOUSE
THEATRE COMPLEX
MIRRORED SKYLINE
LINK HOUSE
STATEMENT 00 Why I Design Alexandra Maksymec
I have completed work in a variety of scales in studio projects: warehouses, to towers, to urban design and master planning. Through all of these, I have studied the perception of the experience that any space creates, spatial relationships, technological considerations, and division of programs. Miami Theatre Complex, for example, explored the process of designing a large public space for performance and a cultural center, starting with site analysis and ending with a thoroughly designed space. On a larger scale, the Exporters project required a certain amount of site consideration to accommodate a small town. In this, I have designed both interiors and over-all site logic, which came from a result of extensive research into the surrounding town and the theories and formal qualities of many urban visionary reference projects. I design because I see the value in enhancing lives through architecture. I design because during all these projects, I never bore of the ideas, sketching, logic, details, and completion, which this portfolio will demonstrate. I design because there is always room to grow.
EXPORTERS 01
Professor Alexander Eisenschmidt Fall 2014 : Historical Urbanisms
Location: Ilfracombe, UK This project uses the block as the core urban element WR FUHDWH D ß‘HOG RI XUEDQ FKDUDFWHUV WKDW DUH ERWK DXWRQRPRXV DQG FRQQHFWHG (DFK EORFN LV VSHFLß‘F WR one program, isolating all programs from each other and using bridges to export each program to nearby settlements and connect them to other existing road QHWZRUNV 7KH\ VWDQG DPLGVW WKH DJULFXOWXUDO ß‘HOGV DV icons of new types of urban areas, reinforcing a new relationship between the rural condition and the metropolis. This study is in response to a proposal by artist Damien Hirst, set to accomodate an additional 5,000 people just south of Ilfracombe. The exporters must navigate substantial changes in elevation. Programs include housing, entertainment, recreation, public VHUYLFHV D KRVSLWDO RIß‘FHV DQG HGXFDWLRQDO campuses. (Left) Ground level view of residential tower bridge.
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Site analysis: topography.
Recreation block section.
(Above) Site section (Below) Site Plan with bridge extents. (Right) Axonometric drawing of blocks and bridges.
Housing elements are located in three areas of the site as three typologies: towers, townhouses, and courtyard apartments (right). Due to the nature of a town on bridges, many of the residential areas are planned as rowhouses. The courtyard apartments, for example, allow for privacy within the units whle creating a public sphere on the top level (next page, center).
Interior plan-axonometric view of courtyard apartments with view of each level.
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(Left) Interior vignette of townhouse. (Center) Interior vignette of courtyard apartment. (Right) Interior vignette of educational facilities.
FACE-OFF 02 Professor Teddy Slowik Spring 2013 : About Face
Collaborative project with: Katmerka Ramic, Thomas Home, Kevin Boen, and Ivan Hinov. This small-scale 3’x3’x3’ cube is the result of precendent studies of notable Chicago buildings: Monadnock Building, Reliant Building, The Rookery, WKH 0LHV 3RVW 2IߑFH DQG &DUVRQ 3LULH 6FRWW %XLOGing, competing in a “face-off� to produce hierarchy of forms. Each team member had to compromise situations in which their study face met another for the EHQHߑW RI FRPELQLQJ SUHFHGHQWV LQWR RQH HQWLW\ $V a team, the cube was constructed of tubes, plane by plane, of White Birch plywood and dowel rods. The construction of the cube is accompanied by a detailed assembly diagram (next pages), which accounts for each unique piece that needed to be carefullly PDFKLQHG IRU WKH ߑQDO UHVXOW (Left) Detail photograph of built model.
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APPLES WAREHOUSE 03 Professor Dan Wheeler Spring 2014 : Architectural Technologies
Location: Chicago, IL Collaborative project with Kyoung Eun Park. The Apples Warehouse is a study in producing a set of construction documents according to Chicago Buiding Code. The drawings for the warehouse include a Truss Joist system and Concrete Masonry Unit exterior walls. The interior includes a truck loading zone, storage area, retail space for apples, DQG D IXOO RIߑFH LQ WKH PH]]DQLQH OHYHO :KLOH WKH warehouse itself must accomodate a certain space (50’ x 80’) and programming, the interior layout, staircase, and building facade was an issue of our own design. Exterior wood panels encompass the entire facade, interrupted by large windows on the front facade and entrances on either end. Warehouse is ADA compliant. (Left) Warehouse with site context. (Next pages) Construction documentation of warehouse.
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THEATRE COMPLEX 04 Professor Allison Newmeyer Spring 2014 : Bigness to Thickness
Location: Miami, FL This theatre complex is a result of inside-out GHVLJQ 7KH ß‘UVW SKDVHV RI WKH SURMHFW LQFOXGH material and furniture studies for use in interior VSDFHV $IWHU GRLQJ ß‘HOG UHVHDUFK LQ VRXWKHUQ Miami Cultural Center and gaining an understanding of theatre design logic, the interior elements were deployed throughout the design of the building. The complex, in addition to multi-sized theatre spaces, includes resaurants, galleries, a music school, DGPLQLVWUDWLYH RIß‘FHV DQG VWRUDJH 2QH FKDOOHQJH of designing a large mixed-use space is deciding on the right orientation of the entire complex, to allow for pedestrian entrances, access to underground parking, and truck access to a loading dock. The used of a sectional model provides a visual for the relationship of the vaulted spaces and the use of materials within them. (Left) Zoomed image of plan for detail.
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MIRRORED SKYLINE 05 Professor Julia Capomaggi Fall 2012 : The Sky’s the Limit
Location: Chicago, IL The Mirrored Skyline concept is that of a city split in two and plastered atop one another. Looking over Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive, the tower’s arms reach out to create many new views of the city. The multiuse tower is composed of homes, hotel rooms, retail, recreational spaces, and a small theatre, with the more public programs centralized to where the honeycomb windows grow largest. The tower has two access points: a main entrance at the base of the tower and another into one of the arms that crosses over the river and touches down to the ground. (Left) Tower renderings with Chicago site context.
Tower sections. (Right, top) Interior rendering, shopping plaza. (Right, bottom)Interior rendering, west-facing residence.
Tower rendering, view from lake.
LINK HOUSE 06 Professor Xavier Vendrell Spring 2015 : Tiny Houses
Location: Chicago, IL This home contains two separate units at 346 square feet each. The plan is situated within the backyard of a typical Chicago lot and contains its own common courtyard space for the occupants, as well as private terraces. A wooden outer shell contains a stark white interior, punctured with “cutouts” which are highlighted by a vibrant red. This system forms built-in furniture units, which is essential for saving room within a small site. Circular geometries and tangential lines work to identify the areas inside, in addition to sectioning off WKH VKDUHG JURXQG RQ WKH ߑUVW ߒRRU DQG FUHDWLQJ D OLJKW well above it. (Left) Aerial photograph of built model.
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+ EDUCATION University of Illinois at Chicago Bachelor of Science in Architecture
SKILLS SOFTWARE Rhino 5, AutoCAD 2014 Adobe CS5.5 (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
CREATIVE Drawings, Renderings, Model Making Photography, Illustration, Sketching, Woodworking Research, Editing Events Coordination, Public Speaking, Social Media
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AWARDS & ACADEMIC RECOGNITIONS spring 2013 : Architectural Talent Tuition Award fall 2013 : Architectural Talent Tuition Award spring 2014 : Architectural Talent Tuition Award fall 2014 : Architectural Talent Tuition Award spring 2015 : Architectural Talent Tuition Award
ACCOLADES dec. 2013 : CROPPED Show Winner dec. 2014 : CROPPED Show Winner apr. 2015 : “Exporters� project published on Archinect, under article title “‘Visionary Cities Project’ applies urbanist archetypes to Damien Hirst’s blank development site written,� author Amelia Taylor-Hochberg
Digital representation can be found at ajmaksymec.com
ABOUT
630.903.3934 ajmaksymec@gmail.com
Alexandra Maksymec studied architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She participated as the Vice President of the American Institute of Architecture Students at UIC, a group through which she was lucky enough to travel and experience the DUFKLWHFWXUH RI $PHULFDQ FLWLHV ß‘UVWKDQG LQ DGGLWLRQ WR learning through specialized workshops. At UIC, she received multiple Architectural Talent Tuition Awards for student excellence as recommended by faculty. Other coursework that she held important to her included urban planning, art history, history, philosophy, and architectural theory. She hopes to someday earn a M. $UFK GHJUHH DQG REWDLQ OLFHQVXUH LQ WKH ß‘HOG
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