TACTILE NARRATIVES University of Pennsylvania
Master of Architecture + Landscape Architecture 2021-2024
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Andreina Sojo Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania Dual-Degree: Master of Architecture + Master of Landscape Architecture
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Architecture
Industrial Palimpsest, Autoexpanding Urban Recycling Plant
The Grand Water Station, Urban Tower
Folding Moiré Patterns, Hidden Gem
Power Plant,
Landscape Architecture
Renewable Energy Production as Spectacle
The Transverse, Looping Rythm Garden
Work
CanoPIT,
Re-constructing Unavoidable Waste
Professional Work Urban Connection
Architecture
Encapsulating Dynamism, Performative Beacons
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01 INDUSTRIAL PALIMPSEST Autoexpanding Urban Recycling Plant
Understanding Callowhill’s industrial precedent in the brick manufacturing industry, how can we innovate the architectural space and contribute to the Callowhill neighborhood? Construction and demolition waste constitute approximately 17.5 percent of Pennsylvania’s municipal waste stream. In response to this issue, the 502 project proposes to reactivate the Reading Viaduct with a recycling facility. This facility aims to process concrete, plastic, and steel from the community and construction sites, with the goal of reducing waste sent to landfills and incinerators. SITE TERM COURSE INSTRUCTOR
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Callowhill, Philadelphia Spring 2023 ARCH 502 Ezio Blasetti
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01 l Section showing the collection of scrap and industrial remains to be treated.
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02 l Construction Waste Landscape and Material Deposit.
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03 l Geometry Design Process
Articulated Sectional Study based on MP4 format.
Vortex Development along surface.
Structural development following prior curves.
ARCH 502
01 Industrial Palimpsest Spring 2023
04 l Physical Model.
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05 l Material Study: Representing materials in constant change, utilize resin, colored concrete, and mesh to create dynamic architectural spaces.
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Classifying collected scrap and industrial remains
Processing waste materials and providing cultural spaces
Distributing transformed material for architectural expansion
ARCH 502
01 Industrial Palimpsest
04 l Physical Model.
Spring 2023
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ARCH 502
08 l Second Level Floor Plan.
07 l Informative Space for the Public.
Plastic
Steel
01 Industrial Palimpsest
Concrete
08 l Processing Spaces.
Spring 2023
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Recycled Steel
Treated Plastic Aggregate
Recycled
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d Concrete
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01 Industrial Palimpsest
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09 l Recycling operations in the Callowhill neighborhood.
Spring 2023
01_Industrial Waste Crusher Space 02_Construction Waste Treatment 03_Material Delivery 04_Stored Material Space 05_Experimentation Room 06_Material Relic’s Gallery
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02 THE GRAND WATER STATION, Urban Tower
5:00 PM 2:00 PM 4:00 PM
12:00 AM
3:00 PM
10:00 AM
11:00 AM
1:00 PM
11:00 AM
9:00 AM
Can a building on Park Avenue pay homage to the water infrastructure system by creating a landmark that celebrates water’s presence in the city? The proposal involves a tower connected to Water Tunnel No. 3 in Manhattan. This new intervention seeks to unveil New York City’s water infrastructure, which historically characterized the site as a cosmopolitan city. The project’s objective is to enhance the efficiency of energy usage, storage, and water transportation to serve the needs of New York City. SITE INSTITUTION TERM COURSE INSTRUCTOR GROUP
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Park Avenue & 30th St, New York City University of Florida Fall 2020 ARC4322 Architectural Design VII Peter Sprowls Jared Cook
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01 l Serving the City : Space Dedicated to Vendors
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Program 1. Multipurpose Space 2. Offices 3.Reception for Residents 4.Cafe 5. Storage 6. Continuation of Park Ave. 7. Gallery 8. Main Celebration of Water 9. Bathroom 10. Social Interaction and Water Drainage
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30th Street
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ARC4322
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02 The Grand Water Station
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32nd Street
Fall 2020
02 l Plan Study : Water in Space
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03 l The Urban Threshold: Continuing Park Avenue
04 l Retail Cloud and Connection with the Main Public Space
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ARC4322
This project will offer a space that celebrates New York’s water infrastructure achievement, often referred to by locals as the ‘champagne of drinking water.’
02 The Grand Water Station
05 l The Main Celebration of Water: Interior Public Space
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Housing
Primary Exterior Structure
Secondary Exterior Structure
Water Screen Structure
Water Screen
Oyster Bar
Housing
Dining Area
Theather
Gathering Space Commercial Cloud Main Space
06 l Longitudinal Section: Embodiment of Human Occupation
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ARC4322
02 The Grand Water Station Fall 2020
07 l The Grand Water Station from Park Avenue
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03 FOLDING MOIRÉ PATTERNS Hidden Gem
How can we experiment with light and shadows in a monumental chamber? The sculpted chamber is a multiscalar material study aimed at enhancing meshes as the primary material for creating space. The wooden skeleton accommodates three different mesh typologies that facilitate moments of tension, density, and motion, ultimately allowing for the Moiré Effect. This results in a playful space that utilizes flexible surfaces, light, and shadows as materials, providing an immersive experience for the user. SITE TERM COURSE INSTRUCTOR GROUP PROJECT
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Weitzman Plaza, Philadelphia Fall 2022 ARCH 501 Laia Mogas-Soldevila Hanzhong Luo John Tang Xia Luo
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01 l Physical Model
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Light as an architectural material: proyected abstract images, and emerging light embedded in a wooden skeleton.
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Typologies
Single Layer: Translucency
Double Layer: Density Magnifier
ARCH 501
Stripes: Minimal Moiré Overlap
03 Folding Moiré Patterns Fall 2022
03 l Understanding the Moiré Effect with Surface Typologies.
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POWER PLANT
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Energy Production as Spectacle
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Acknoledging the impact of Smelting Zinc operations, how can we create new industries based on Brownfield’s afterlife? After more than 200 years of energy production trajectory and the decline of coal production in the 1970s, the Power Plant project aims to address heavy metal pollution with phytoremediation and renewable energy by producing cellulosic ethanol. The project seeks to reclaim natural spaces from brownfields, transforming them into an energy landscape that originated from the New Jersey Zinc Company’s smelting operations in 1898. SITE TERM COURSE INSTRUCTOR
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West Smelting Zinc Plant, Palmerton Fall 2023 LARP 601 Ellen Neises
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01 l A Space for Transition: Exploring an Alternate Future for Poisonous Sites the Ongoing North Face Development.
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02 l Phytoremediation Strategies for Palmerton
Betula Pendula Zn
Street Trees
Sweet Magn Native tre
Broussonetia Papyfera Cd
Multimechanism Buffer
Green and Blue Roo
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Switchgrass Zn
Reseda Alba Zn
Big Bluestem Zn + Cd
Sugar Maple Native tree
LARP 601
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04 Power Plant
Filtering Green Roof
Migration Tree Stand
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03 l PLanting Selection to capture Heavy Metals
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Phytoremediation Strategies
04 l Phytoextraction: Cellulosic Ethanol Production
05 l Phytostabilization: Soil’s Erosion Reduction
After two decades of capturing heavy metals, the project aims to transform the West plant site from a poisonous site into valuable multipurpose green space, create connections for the community, and reclaim Palmerton’s industrial identity. Tactile Narratives Andreina Sojo
06 l Rhyzoexraction: Lehigh River’s Water Purification
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LARP 601
04 Power Plant Fall 2023
09 l Physical Model: Existing Topography and Alternate Warehouse Design.
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Fireproof Storage
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Harvested Biomass
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LARP 601
04 Power Plant Fall 2023
09 l Cellulosic Ethanol Pre-treatment
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05 LOOPING RYTHM Garden
Swainson’s Th
Behaviuor: Foliage Clea Habitat: Forest
Dece
Fall Migration
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How can a garden enhance Fairmount Park’s natural areas and foster connections between living and non-living elements within an extensive system? The project studies the feedback loop in relation to the Swainson Thrush, a fall and winter migrating bird species. The garden aims to understand the dynamics of this bird species within Fairmont Park’s ecosystem and its impact as an ecological corridor parallel to the Delaware River. SITE TERM COURSE INSTRUCTOR
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Fairmount Park, Philadelphia Fall 2021 LARP 501 Dorothy Jacobs
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Prey
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ember February Local Pretator
Insects
+ Design with invasive species + Spotted Laternfly Campaign + Space and function arrange for the human experience
Fruits
Seeds
Bug Hunting
Pecking
+Landing
Bathing Mineral For matio n
+Space for protection +Nesting period: 10-14 days +Vegetation as shelter: 3-20 feet above the ground +Acoustic experience
Fruits: +Elderberries +Blackberries +Rasberries +Twinberries
Case Study: Little Sparta + Material as a source for social response + Heavy vs. light + Natural vs. artificial
01 l The path connects to the existing routes, and the design gesture accentuates Fairmount Park’s beauty.
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01_Aggregate type 1 02_Aggregate type 2 03_Weathered Aluminum 04_Found Pelitic Schist
02 l Bathing: Sculpting Local Mineral Formations.
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Bathing
Nesting Boxes for Swainson’s Thrush
Structure for the Green Garden Spider to Catch Spotted Lanternfly
A Mineral Amphitheater for Swainson’s Thrush
Highlighting Umbrella Trees and Natural Arches
Connecting the Tree of Heaven with The Spiderweb‘s Exhibition
Refining Pelitic Schist and Gneiss Formations
Observing Through the Bird Blind
Appreciating Insects from a Different Perspective
Recognizing the Oasis for Migrating Birds
04 Looping Rythm
Bug Hunting
LARP 501
Nesting
Fall 2021
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06 CanoPIT
Re-constructing Unavoidable Waste
How can we design with permanence? The design prototype is based on avocado material and serves as a structural space to host the seasonal farmer’s market. The material’s surface is composed of pulverized avocado pit blended with lignin microfiber. The structural design operates with structural inertia, aiming to enhance the tensile capacities of the flexible organic material and assess its decay over time. SITE TERM RA POSITION GROUP PROJECT
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Seasonal Farmer’s Market, Philadelphia Fall 2023 DumoLab Yuanyi Cen Ji Yoon Bae Abby Weintein
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01 l Ondulating Canopy Tensile Testing.
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The foundational prototype for the structural design incorporated a single layer of avocado blend and a triple layer of lignin blend.
02 l Double-sided Clipping Joints, 3D Printed Lignin Reinforcement Toolpath. Tactile Narratives Andreina Sojo
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DumoLab
03 l Toolpath Explorations
06 CanoPIT Fall 2023
04 l Structural Design Aims to Amplify the Flexible Capacity of the Surface.
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07 Professional Work Field Operations
How do we encourage urban connection through landscape and architectural design? Throughout my summer internship with Field Operations, I worked closely with the design team to develop strategies aimed at minimizing green spaces’ fragmentation, thereby promoting urban development. These collaborative efforts were part of competition proposals for distinct sites—one located in S683 Seoul, South Korea, and the other in Zhejiang, China. SITE FIRM
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Seoul, South Korea + Zhejiang, China. Field Operations
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01 l Planting Strategy for Botanical Garden for Zhejiang’s Competition Entry.
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NORTH BUKHASAN
EUNGBONG MOUNTAIN
GALLERIA FORÊT
NAMSAN TOWER
NAM MOUNTAIN
JUNGHANGCHEON STREAM
ACRO SEOUL FOREST COMPLEX
WEST
EAST
LOTTE WORLD TOWER
GWAN-AK MOUNTAIN LOTTE WORLD
SEOUL FOREST PARK (ECO-FOREST)
GANGNAM
SEONGSU BRIDGE
HAN RIVER
SOUTH
Seoul’s context: Junghangcheon Stream, 02 l Understanding Eungbong Mountain Park, Surrounding Roads, and Historic Landmarks.
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Field Operations
07 Professional Work
03 l Residential and commercial development proposed by KPF, in conjunction with the park platform design, connecting to Seoul Forest. Summer 2023
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08 ENCAPSULATING DYNAMISM Perfomative Beacons
How can we reconceptualize museums as potential cultural institutions in the twenty-first century? Encapsulating Dynamism proposes an inhabitable sculpture that utilizes human motion as fuel to sustain the building, with the surplus energy benefiting the city. The approach to bring the building to life involves the integration of piezoelectricity embedded in the architecture. SITE TERM COURSE INSTRUCTOR
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Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia Fall 2022 ARCH 501 Laia Mogas-Soldevila
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01 l Cultural Center Adjacent for PMA Dedicated to Kinetic Explorations
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Piezoelectric Effect
Existing Sensors
Mechanically Responding
Absorbing Capsules
Transfering + Beaconing
Level One
02 l Defining Dynamics
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Undergro
03 l Transitioning from Steam Machinery to a Motion-Fueled Museum.
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Innovation Capsule
Piezoelectric Furniture
Cultural Cafe
Water Works
ARCH 501
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04 l Connection Between Central Energy Storage and Motion Capsules In the building proposal, human motion is perceived by piezoelectric sensors that capturevibration and pressure to create electricity. The energy is collected through the exploratory gallery and innovation lab capsules. Then, the energy is transferred to central energy storage during the day. At night, the harvested energy is magnified through the piezoelectric devices, and the primary energy storage lights up!
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Level One
Ground Level
Underground Level
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ARCH 501
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05 l Section
Fall 2022
During the day, the museum becomes a mechanical energy playground, and at night,it becomes an interactive light playground where each step can produce 10 watts.
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06 l Ground Level
07 l Underground Level
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08 l First Level
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ARCH 501
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Encapsulating Dynamism
Fall 2022
09 l Physical Model
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09 l Physical Chun
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Finally, Encapsulating Dynamics understands architecture’s performance as an educational element to create art, informs the public about renewable energy solutions, and continue Philadelphia’s innovation trajectory.
Playground
ARCH 501
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Reverbrating Pool
Receptive Poles
Kinetic Mesh
nk Model Fall 2022
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“Only traces lead to dreams“ (Char 1986, quoted by Debray 1999:t 41)
Piers
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ANDREINA SOJO Philadelphia, PA
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sojoa@upenn.edu
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954-701-7362
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www.linkedin.com/in/andreina-sojo
Education Masters in Landscape Architecture and Architecture
May 2025
Bachelor of Design in Architecture
May 2021
Associates in Arts in Architecture
May 2019
Study Abroad
May 2018
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Minor in Landscape Architecture Relevant Honors: First Place Witters Competition , Spring 2021; Dean’s List, Fall 2019/ Spring 2021.
Broward Community College, Fort Lauderdale, FL Relevant Honors: Highest Honors, Spring 2019; Jack Kent Cooke Semifinalist, Spring 2019; Architecture Design Studio Exhibit, Fall 2018/ Spring 2019. International College of Seville, Seville, Spain. Relevant Honors: William E.Greene Scholarship Alumni, Spring 2018.
Professional Experience Editorial Assistant, LA+ Journal
December 2021 - Present
Philadelphia, PA
Summer Intern, James Corner Field Operations New York, NY
Illustrator, “An Art of Instrumentality” by Richard Weller Philadelphia, PA
Summer Intern, PORT Urbanism Philadelphia, PA
December 2022 – February 2023
Summer Architectural Intern, HuntonBrady Architects Orlando, FL
May - July 2023
May - July 2022 June - July 2021
Academic Research Experience Research Assistant, DumoLab*
August 2023 - Present
Set Designer and Event Coordinator, Penn Looks
January – March 2023
Philadelphia, PA
Involvement and Services Philadelphia, PA
Tau Sigma National Honor Society Officer, Chair of Events
Weston, FL
June 2020 - June 2021
Proficiencies Graphics: Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, ArcGIS, Autodesk Autocad, Autodesk 3ds Max, Enscape, Illustrator, InDesign, Lumion 10 and V-Ray. 3D Modeling: ArchiCAD 22, Grasshopper, Keyshot,McNeel’s Rhinoceros, SketchUp, Revit and ZBrush. Fabrication: CNC Milling, Laser Cutting, Modeling (by hand) and 3-D Printing.
Languages Emgl;ish (fluent) and Spanish (fluent)
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