Andrea Hardy
927 E La Jolla Drive Tempe, AZ 85282 aehardy1@asu.edu
Master of Architecture Arizona State University
Academic Work
pool
- gathering spaces
- gathering spaces - walks & runs
- working in the garage bbq
- bike rides
- bike rides - public transit
- walks & runs - driving
- going out to dinner
nature loop
- going to work
- kids playing in the back yard - walk the dog
- going...
garden
- museums
- gardening
- bars
- farming
parking
- coee shops
- hiking
- sight seeing
- checking the mail
workshop
- checking the mail
coee shop
bus stop
[live]
[groups:urban]
[work]
[individual:suburban]
[Sub]urban is about combining the activities, spaces and the American Dream from both a typical suburban and urban neighborhood. By combining these two very well defined types of living, this site embraces the idea of outdoor living, social activities, density and amenities to create ideal spaces for outdoor living and social exchange. The goal of this project and site is to create a type of environment that caters to a variety of needs to attract the 75% of commuters in Tempe that travel from the edge to work. Ultimately, the project and site create more variety in types of housing, density, amenities, spaces for social exchange and opportunities for outdoor living.
[SUB]URBAN
Spring 2012
EXPLORATION OF “MORE IN THE MIDDLE”
CONNECTING FRAGMENTS
Design Excellence Nominee, Fall 2011
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DESIGN
a. View of Archive, interpretation Center and Plaza
URBAN ANCHOR
ALL ACTORS
ECONOMY
EDUCATION
TOURISM
COMMUNITY
ACTORS OF PUERTO GABOTO
GOVERNMENT
This project located in Argentina is based on the idea of developing a new plaza in the struggling town of Puerto Gaboto. The goal of this plaza is to reconnect fragmented programs and actors through a looped network in the community between the formal and informal settlements. The design is to encourage public interaction, traffic and commercial development along what will emerge as the town’s main-street. The project acts as the connection for the fragmented surrounding conditions of the excavation site of the newly discovered fort and the monument to the same fort, as well as the formal city grid and the informally settled water’s edge.
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Existing Actors Relation to Site
Existing Actors Circulation Through Site
URBAN CONNECTION
ACTORS & PROGRAM
SITE
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Movement of Actors Influencing Topography
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The program was formed through a study of the major nodes and buildings within network of the town. The site was then stratified and the topography was pushed along the existing trails to create a strong connection and usability for students, researchers, fisherman, and visitors. Site Network
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Site Program: 1. Residences for Archeologists
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2. Interpretation Center 3. Archive for Historical Documents 4. Technical School 5. Mythical Fort
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6. Excavation Site of Actual Fort 7. Parking for Site 8. New Plaza
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ON THE BOARDS: EXPOSED
Design Excellence Nominee, Spring 2011
THEATER AND RESIDENTIAL DESIGN
On The Boards: EXPOSED was a group project with two other graduate students. The type of theater that the group On The Boards practices is experimental and typical not understood by all audiences. Because of this misunderstanding of what political and experimental theater is all about, we chose to “expose” different aspects of the program to the community that typical are hidden within the traditional notion of a theater. On top of that, our goal was to create a community for the actors of the various shows by providing housing, practice spaces, galleries and retail spaces to support all the different elements of an actor’s life.
Gangplank is a coworking office that is structured through a webwork of social connections. Early studies in this project showed strong connections between Gangplank’s anchors, co-workers, events and community. This design takes the true social anchors in the program (soda machine, kitchen, and game room) then highlights these spaces through funnels of cavernous light. In addition, the flexibility of the space allows for informal connections while at the same time carefully organized circulation to further the possibilities of collaboration.
GANGPLANK COOPERATIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT
Fall 2010
LIGHTING AND ADAPTIVE REUSE
EARLL APARTMENTS
Design Excellence Nominee, Spring 2010
URBAN DEVELOPMENT DESIGN
MARTYNIA MONTESSORI SCHOOL
Design Excellence Nominee, Fall 2009
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DESIGN
Design began with an interview with the client, a school teacher, with specific needs. Being a Montessori School, one request was an outdoor space for each classroom. Then tying those needs into the site planning, I found similarities between the school’s needs and the community’s needs. This developed into a concept of weaving, which is applied to all aspects of the project. Connections between community and the school, building to the site, classroom to classroom, and classroom to outdoor space. These connections are defined through layered building assemblies and landscapes.
The challenge of this space was to take an existing parking lot and redirect its use for an outdoor children’s play and learning area. The organization of these outdoor spaces was crafted to block the views of the surrounding busy roads and create a more natural space. This is accomplished through classroom transition spaces between the classrooms and the playground. These spaces have features to stimulate children’s senses such as rain chains that connect a sail shade to a gravel trough that allows water to seep into the ground during the monsoon season. Supporting the sail is a concrete wall, which blocks the view of the parking lot. This directs views to the learning spaces: green house, gardens and play space.
SUNRIDGE SCHOOL OUTDOOR SPACE
Fall 2009
SITE PLANNING
Design Competitions
Suburban
- privately owned house - backyards - ease of individual transportation
ble for situations requiring a field verification or legal description. This information should not be relied upon without Urban
- public transportation - walkable streets - close amenities - groups of housing and other programs
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[sub] + [urban]
The objective of this project is to innovatively create “more in the middle” of Tempe, AZ. 75% of people working in Tempe commute, so by combining the spaces wanted for comfortable living on “the edge” with the needed amenities and conveniences of urban living this site provides a variety of housing and social spaces to support many styles of living. The variety of housing transitioning from urban to suburban, which is represented by a mesh system that connects one edge of the site with the other. Urban areas of the site are defined by an elevated circulation/backyard and shading staff verification. system, while the suburban sections individualize space by using gabion walls and fences. The scale of materials directly relates to the overall urban to suburban scale. This project not only increases density, but also provides a variety of living typologies and a work:live ecosystem by intertwining workspaces and other amenities within the struggling economy and vacant social spaces of Tempe.
- gathering spaces
pool
bbq
nature loop
garden
- checking the mail
- going...
- bars parking
- hiking
rification or legal description. This information should not be relied upon without staff verification.
- bike rides
- museums
- gardening - farming
- gathering spaces
- going out to dinner - going to work
- kids playing in the back yard - walk the dog
[live]
- public transit
- walks & runs - driving
Pattern of Entrances
- walks & runs
- working in the garage - bike rides
Public Plazas & Main Entrances
[groups:urban]
- coffee shops - sight seeing
workshop
- checking the mail
coffee shop
Analysis of Existing Site: Car Circulation
Schematic Design Proposal
Suburban Activities
bus stop
Urban Activities
Definition of Space through Metal Mesh
Secure/Gated Sections
moment for beginning of transition: urban to suburban
main site entrance: public plaza
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[work]
[individual:suburban]
2. Gabion walls transfer into a mesh system that define semi-private walkways both on the ground level and elevated private patio spaces for individual units.
3. The mesh system elevates more on the southern side of the site. This defines private spaces for each unit while introducing shaded public spaces which lead to the main public plazas.
4. In the most public and urban portions of the site, the elevated mesh system defines circulation in both elevated spaces and on the ground level. This system also provides shade and microclimates from the harsh climate of Arizona.
urban
suburban
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1. The use of metal mesh in the form of gabion walls define suburban spaces: backyards with smaller and individualized walkways. These gabion walls are layered throughout the site to divide spaces and create family-friendly spaces.
[site plan]
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[SUB]URBAN
suburban atmosphere: redefining the backyard
June 2012
INNOVATIVE MINDS DESIGN COMPETITION
The Arizona Challenge was a design competition that asked applicants to plan a community in the future where there were looming terrorists threats and very little resources here in our Arizona climate. Our group’s solution was to create self supporting communities and to decentralize amenities, services, transportation hubs, and government authorities of a typical town or city. Each level of each individual community had a different identity: urban, suburban and agriculture to embrace diversity and different life styles. Lastly, each community tied into a larger site planning scheme to get the most of out of the surrounding resources of the mountains and local agriculture.
O’ODHAM_ CONSCIOUS
May 2011
ARIZONA CHALLENGE
Professional Work
Andrea Hardy 927 E La Jolla Drive Tempe, AZ 85282 aehardy1@asu.edu
Master of Architecture Arizona State University