Amanda
Gabriela Interior Architecture ( Adaptive Reuse )
Portfolio
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Contents: Architecture Hostel Design, Tattoo Hotel,
Providence, RI
Boston, MA
Socates Sculpture Garden, Social Housing,
Saint Ouen, FR
Student Chapel,
Providence, RI
Drawings / Paintings Gouache Series On-site graphite drawings Lighting / Fabrication Lamps
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Queens, NY
This portfolio contains selected projects from my undergraduate work at the Rhode Island School of Design in the department
of Interior-Architecture.
My
Though I focus on Adaptive Reuse and am
architecturally trained coming from RISD, I do not
name is Amanda and I am a Bay Area native.
like to think of myself solely as an “Interior Architect� because what I do involves so much more than architecture. Coming from a small department called IntAR, I am trained in being able to see the potential in anything and to know what to do with it, while always relating it back to the importance of the interior space.
A great portion of my design intrigue
and process of working falls into
free hand
sketching, object making, model making, photography, 3d printing, lighting design, and material studies. I find it incredibly rewarding to work with my hands as well as on the computer. I find that no matter what scale I am designing at, whether it be a building, a room, a chair, a lamp or a logo
process is continuous and
depth.
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Hostel Design The existing building I worked with was located on 133 Mathewson st.
downtown Providence RI. Concept: I was inspired by Providence’s rich history as a creative magnet, and wanted to express this as one of the (best) aspects of the city. Providence stands alone from New York and Boston, as a smaller and less developed city but none the less incredibly interesting. My goal was to N
connect travelers to the city and to promote appreciation for it’s rich history in the arts. Providence preserves old buildings often leaving the origi-
Tree - Existing Building
nal facades intact and uses them as ‘hosts’ for new architectural ideas
Hive - Interventions
without fully remodeling. The history of Providence seeps through when
Bee - Traveler
you walk down the street making it a desirable destination for any traveler. North / East Facade
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South / West Facade
Materials: Wood- Dark Teak is needed to handle water exposure and an all around damp environment in the bathrooms, while also being sturdy enough for the bed frames. Acrylic Fogged Blocks: (Allows me to build my hive rooms with a more resolved systematic approach). Fogged blocks allows for it to glow with soft light and warmth when in use.
Section-cut of first floor and living unit
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First Floor Program Communal space with Providence Events Information board. Check in desk Street view seating Projection room (wheel chair accessable) Computer lounge Communal kitchen Bar seating Two bathrooms.
First Floor Plan
Second & Third Floor Program 8 Hostel rooms in total (variation in size depending on the party staying) 7 Shared Restrooms 2 stairs Bay window seating Elevated laundry area
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View of multi-use communal kitchen with bar style seating and upper restaurant style seating. Other programatic elements shown are computer lounge and projection room underneith stairs.
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Section showing the pre-fabricated bathroom / bunk bed modules in use. Can house up to 6 people, with a shared bathroom. The unit penitrates through the floor plates creating a continuous hive-like form, made of stacked wood and plexi glass peices.
Exterior: Seating Shelving Bunk beds Object Nooks
Hallway view
Bedroom view
Interior: Shower Seating Toilet & Sink Nooks Shelves
Bathroom Fixtures: Hidden sinks and toilets allow for more ledges and counter space.
Plan of bunk bed
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Unit windows
The widths of the different layers wrap around the central form contracting to create different uses like shelving, lighting, & seating Staircase leading up to elevated seating / game area
Double Length / Width stairs for group gathering
Level change in projecton room
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Tattoo Hotel This site is located
22 Elkins street, Boston MA
Concept: The concept of creating shadow and patterns as an architectural device came to me after shadowing a tattoo artist and researching the history of tattooing. This building was very regulated and visually reserved, held in place by a grided facade system that gave
Exterior / Entrance
it a very predictible and utilitarian feel from the exterior. The potential I saw was in how open the floors were, and the use of light that could be incorporated to create a more dynamic hotel that reflected creatvity, dynamic art spaces, and lighting design. Instead of using the original Site plan
grid, I overlayed a new skewed grid based on the exterior bay grids.
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Interior view
Interior view of physical model showing room concept
New embedded dimmable fluorescent ground and ceiling light strips that extend into hotel rooms and out to balcony.
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Physical light model simulating the removal of the concrete exposing the structural rebar grid using the concrete eraser.
Interior shot of lighting concept using south facing window
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Basement plan
Second floor plan
First floor plan
Third+Fourth floor plan
Entrance
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1. Laundry 2+3. Restrooms 4. Lounge 5. Gym space 6. Staff restroom 7. Administration office 8. Shared office space
3D printed sketch model of the building.
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1. Front desk / Lobby 2. Elevator access 3. Restaurant kitchen 4. Restaurant seating 5. Bar 6+7. Restrooms 8. Reading lounge
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1. Elevator access 2. Tattoo aftercare & shop 3+4. Waiting areas & portfolio displays 5+6. Restrooms 7. Consultation drawing area 8. Tattoo room
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1. Elevator access 2. Communal lounge 3. Standard room (6) 4. Reading area 5+6. Bunk-bed rooms (2) 7. Deck TOTAL ROOMS: 16
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Tattoo Floor
Tattoo aftercare counter Private tattoo rooms Consultation light table Restrooms Stairs & Elevator Main central circulation Tattoo room entrance
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Interior daytime view 16
Single hotel room with balcony, and fogged glass bathroom.
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Socrates Sculpture Garden
Socrates Sculpture Garden 32-05 Vernon Boulevard Long Island City, NY
Concept: My goal was to create a visitors center and gathering place for artists and pedestrians.
Program includes:
The Socrates Scuplture Garden is a
• Interior and exterior seating
beautiful park with a killer location
• Rest rooms
with potential to house many differ-
• Outdoor theater
ent (things). It was originally used as
• Visitor information center • Open plan communal kitchen for visitors and artists
a dumpsite but was taken in by the
• Bicycle rental
artist Mark Disuvero and transformed
• Artist work/ live unit
into a showcase area for artists to build and display their work to the public in a park setting. I paid hommage to an old shelter designed my Mark himself that I felt was Iconic and resembled the kind of ideals that I wanted to keep strong. My project started by looking at the park as a whole and locating the circulation entrance/exits incorporating and enabling different modes of transportation to bring the public in and around the park. 18
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Outdoor theater
Repurposed shipping crates for artists to use as storage and work areas Visitors center
Movable structure used as bicycle shelter
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Sketch Models
Mark Di Suvero’s existing structure Since this structure is light enought to be movable, It could be used in the central part of the visitors center to cover outdoor seating, or removed and placed to the left of the visitors center as a shelter for rental bicycles.
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Aerial view of proposed visitor center with newly incorporated bike path through site
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Exterior Circulation
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Open communal kitchen with interior seating
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Cite Arago, Social Housing Cite Arago (HLM) Located in Saint Ouen, France. Built in 1975. By Paul Chemetov Concept: I focused on creating a system in which I could introduce more variation and connection to the outside world. Since this site is in France, I spent time researching and inserting myself as a pedestrian in order to glean information on the suburbs such as social data, main attractions, public spaces, schools, contemporary buildings, and development projects to come. After my research phase, I was able to improve upon this existing building in different ways, making it all around more enjoyable, utilizing the roof as a public space and creating a more dynamic facade. Section cut
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Saint Ouen, France is wedged in between the River and the Peripherique, which is a large circular highway the physically seperates it from Paris proper.
Image of front with folliage
Front elevation of South / East facade
Saint-Ouen Transportation
5 minutes 5 minutes by foot
10 minutes 10 minutes by foot
KATIE HITTINGER KATIE HITTINGER
CITÉ ARAGO, 1975
15 minutes 15 minutes by foot
JACQUELINE
ZHAO JACKIE ZHAO
AMANDA
RISD
RISING MEASURES SWAINRISING MEASURES AMANDA SWAIN Saint-Ouen
Paul Chemetov
Saint-Ouen Transportation
Saint Ouen is one of the only French suburbs to have it’s own transportation system within it’s city.
FACT: Saint Ouen has the biggest antique and fleamarket in the world, bringing in travelers and collectors from all over the world.
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Back elevation of North / West facade
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CITÉ ARAGO SITE PLAN 0
100 FEET
SITE
PAUL CHEMETOV BUILDINGS
OTHER BUILDINGS
SHADOWS
BOULEVARD PÉRIPHÉRIQUE
SOCCER FIELD 1
SOCCER FIELD 2
NURSERY PLAYGROUND
KATIE HITTINGER
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BASKETBALL COURT
PARK
JACKIE ZHAO
AMANDA SWAIN
RISING MEASURES Saint-Ouen
Way too small, resembles airplane window.
Building Specs: 7 floors 65 units In-house Nursery
(After formally drawing and analyzing the building the changes that I thought It needed were clear to me.) Window openings were too small, and did not allow for sufficient amount of light into apartments.
Kitchen window detail, very small and vertical letting very little light into the apartment. Street side elevation of North / East facade Site Plan
Balconies were too small and hidden Needed more positive interaction between neighbors. It’s nice to know who you live next to. So I chose to activate the rooftop and in some cases shared balconies. Facade was too regulated and flat Units were too small, and needed Image of front to with folliage be extended with a more open style floor plan so it could house small or growing families since there is a nursery in the building.
Front elevation of South / East facade
Image of back with entrance
Back elevation of North / West facade
EXISTING CONDITIONS: Cite Arago, 1975 Saint Ouen, France. Paul Chemetov
AMANDA SWAIN
RISING MEASURES RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN
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1'0"
Vertical circulation
7'4"
84'9-1/4"
9'4-3/4"
Horizontal circulation
Single unit
Triplex unit
Double unit
Original Flat Facade
Double unit
Vertica Vertical circulation
Horizon
Horizontal circulation
Existing Floor plan Single unit Single unit
Triplex Triplex unitunit
Double unit Double unit
Double unit
Double unit
Triplex unit
Triplex unit
Triplex unit
Single unit EXISTING CONDITIONS: Cite Arago, 1975 Saint Ouen, France. Paul Chemetov
Existing conditions & Suburb collage
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Single unit
EXISTING CONDITIONS: Cite Arago, 1975 Saint Ouen, France. Paul Chemetov
AMANDA SWAIN EXISTING CONDITIONS: Cite Arago, 1975 Saint Ouen, France. Paul Chemetov
RISING MEASURES RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Single unit
9'6-1/4"
4"
Single Narrow
New Single units New Single units
Single Narrow
1'0"
Duplex
Single Narrow
Single Normal
9'4-3/4"
7'4"
Duplex
Duplex
Single Normal
Single Normal
Triple Triple
Triple
Nursery Nursery
Nursery
9'6-1/4"
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My initial goal was to introduce a new alien structure that could easily be attached to the concrete one. I was inspired by the light and airy scaffolding structures and used it as a jumping off point.
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Vertical circulation 9'4-3/4"
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Vertical circulationHorizontal circulation 7'4"
Horizontal circulation
84'9-1/4"
9'4-3/4"
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Once the scaffolding system was in Vertical circulation place, it allowed me to cantilever the rooms out at different points, adding structural stability and a Horizontal circulation unique look to the facade.
84'9-1/4"
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4 Additional single units
84'9-1/4"
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New Single units
The scaffolding also extends to the top roof gardens allowing for shadow play during the day, and also a way to create shade with removable exterior fabric panels
New conditions & system inspiration
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EXISTING SINGLE NARROW UNIT
Floor Plans
8” CONCRETE WALLS
Shown including new pre-fabricated sunrooms. Extrusion length for each existing unit depended on the original square footage, and how much extra space each unit needed in order to improve living situations.
BEGINNING OF NEW FLOOR
TRIPLE UNIT DEPTH - 6’ SHARED BALCONY 2” GLASS DIVIDERS , 2’ PANELS
SINGLE UNIT - 10’
12'0"
DOUBLE UNIT DEPTH - 8’
4” SCAFFOLDING BARS
9’ 12'0"
6’
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AMANDA SWAIN
RISING MEASURES RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Triple Unit
8’
Double Unit
10’
Single Unit
12’
Single Narrow Unit
Existing Floor plan
Fifth Floor plan
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Section cut
New “Single Narrow” rooftop unit with skylight and garden access.
Section cut
Section cut
New “Single Narrow” rooftop unit with skylight and garden access.
New “Single Narrow” rooftop unit with skylight and garden access.
Materials:
Materials:
Extension of Single Narrow (rooftop) units & scaffolding Saint Ouen, France. Paul Chemetov
AMANDA SWAIN
RISING MEASURES
Extension of Single Narrow (rooftop) units & scaffolding Saint Ouen, France. Paul Chemetov
AMANDA SWAIN
RISING MEASURES
Section cut
New “Single Narrow” rooftop unit with skylight and garden access.
Materials:
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RISING MEASURES
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RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN
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RISING MEASURES RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Student Chapel
Building is located on Westminster St. Downtown Providence, RI Architect unknown. Existing use: Copy and Printing center.
Concept: Creating a spiritually charged building that uses an unconventional form. The form I used is derived from a circle, broken at different points and offset to allow a play on light and to create a feeling of different peices coming together to create a whole. Section cut For this project I was given a building near the RISD campus. I had just finished studying religious buildings and my job was to install a religious part of the building as well as the new programmatic elements needed. I made a student resource and work area, with a chapel in the back. The slits in the building were made to capture the sunlight in a specific way giving light and purpose to the direction of the interior objects like the alter, and making the experience of being in a spiritually charged place feel authentic, calming, otherworldly.
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Exterior shot of chapel
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Chapel window detail
Aerial View of Chapel
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Kava Massih Architects Title: Designer Project: 950 E. 3rd Street, LA. Arts District Unit count: Around 472 Sq. Feet: 400,000 / 21,000 for retail
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Program: Live / work spaces Fitness space Rec. space Pool +hot tub Bike lockers Mailroom Multilple gallery spaces Tool sharing spaces Internet cafe Public parking
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Paintings / Drawings
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La Iglesia 40
Graphite pencil on paper These drawings were completed on site at various Mayan Architectural ruins in Mexico. Places included: Tulum Ruins, Chichen Itza, & Uxmal.
Ball court, Chichen-Itza
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Lighting Design / Fabrication
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Tensegrity Lamp
Process Work: I started out exploring different forms and geometries with different stick lengths and rubber bands sizes. The first prototype I made was out of solid Bass wooden sticks and bungee cord. I inlayed the LED’s within the channel and used fogged acrylic peices to cover the light points.
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for My Third iteration I used electrical conduit piping for the exterior peice, and instead of overlaying acrylic, I inserted a sandblasted plastic tube where I placed the LED’s. This made it more resolved and easy to remove and change LED’s if needed.
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0-3/4" Amanda Swain Tensegrity Lamp
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Materials: Outer tubing: Electrical Conduit piping Inner Tube: Sand blasted plastic tube Inner membrane: Vellum India Ink stained Bungee cord
Materials
12V Batts
Outer Tubing: Electrical Conduit piping
3D printed end caps
Inner Tube: Plastic (sand blasted) End caps: 3D printed ABS plastic In Tube: Vellum Bungee Cord 12Volt batts
Materials Outer Tubing: Electrical Conduit piping Inner Tube: Plastic (sand blasted) End caps: 3D printed ABS plastic
Mock up using wood
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In Tube: Vellum Bungee Cord 12Volt batts
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Amanda Swain
Planter Lamp Plant + Lamp concept for desktop Materials Used • Plywood • • 1” Square plastic tubing • • Incandescent Lightbulb
Planter
Plastic Light bulb
Wooden base
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Fluorescent tube fixture This light is more permanent and can be used on the ceiling or as a wall fixture. It is Bright enough to be the single source of main light in a work area, bathroom, or room light.
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