Andreina Sojo Portfolio

ANDREINA SOJO SELECTED WORKS

Master of Architecture + Landscape Architecture University of Pennsylvania

Work in Progress

Spring 2024

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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Industrial Palimpsest, Autoexpanding Urban Recycling Plant

The Grand Water Station, Urban Tower

Landscape Architecture

03 05 06

Power Plant, Renewable Energy Production as Spectacle

04

The Transverse, Looping Rythm Garden

CanoPIT, Re-constructing Unavoidable Waste

Construction II, Building Information Modeling

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Encapsulating Dynamism, Performative Beacons Architecture Architecture

Work + BIM Course

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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

Callowhill, Philadelphia

Spring 2023

ARCH 502

Ezio Blasetti

01 l Section showing the collection of scrap and industrial remains to be treated.

Articulated Sectional Study based on MP4 format.

Structural development following prior curves.

Vortex Development along surface.

Material Study: Representing materials in constant change, utilize resin, colored concrete, and mesh to create dynamic architectural spaces.

Classifying collected scrap and industrial remains

Processing waste materials and providing cultural spaces

Distributing transformed material for architectural expansion

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Concrete

Plastic Steel

Recycled Steel

Treated Plastic Aggregate

Recycled

02

THE GRAND WATER STATION,

Urban Tower

Can a building on Park Avenue pay homage to the water infra structure 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 Park Avenue & 30th St, New York City

INSTITUTION

University of Florida

TERM Fall 2020

COURSE

ARC4322 Architectural Design VII

INSTRUCTOR Peter Sprowls

GROUP Jared Cook

04 l Retail Cloud and Connection with the Main Public Space

03 l The Urban Threshold: Continuing Park Avenue

05 l The Main Celebration of Water: Interior Public Space

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.’

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

03

POWER PLANT

Energy Production as Spectacle

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

Ellen Neises

01 l A Space for Transition: Exploring an Alternate Future for Poisonous Sites the Ongoing North Face Development.

Multimechanism Buffer

Green and Blue Roof

Sweet Magnolia Native tree

Broussonetia Papyfera Cd

Betula Pendula Zn

Street Trees

02 l Phytoremediation Strategies for Palmerton

Sugar Maple Native tree

Big Bluestem Zn + Cd

Reseda Alba Zn

Switchgrass Zn

Magnolia tree

Filtering Green Roof Migration Tree Stand

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.

04 l Phytoextraction: Cellulosic Ethanol Production

06 l Rhyzoexraction: Lehigh River’s Water Purification

05 l Phytostabilization: Soil’s Erosion Reduction

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Physical Model: Existing Topography and Alternate Warehouse Design.

Andreina

Harvested Biomass

Fireproof Storage

LOOPING RYTHM

Garden

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

Fairmount Park, Philadelphia

TERM Fall 2021

COURSE

INSTRUCTOR

LARP 501

Dorothy Jacobs

Habitat: Forest

Swainson’s Thrush December

Fall Migration

Behaviuor: Foliage Cleaner

+Connection to existing

December

February

+ Design with invasive species

+ Spotted Laternfly Campaign

+ Space and function arrange for the human experience

Bug Hunting

Pecking

+Landing

Bathing

Mineral Formation

+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.

01_Aggregate type 1

02_Aggregate type 2

03_Weathered Aluminum

04_Found Pelitic Schist

Mineral Formations.

02 l Bathing: Sculpting Local

Nesting

Bug Hunting

Bathing

Connecting the Tree of Heaven with

Structure for the Green Garden Spi der to Catch Spotted Lanternfly

Observing Through the Bird Blind

Appreciating Insects from a Different Perspective

Recognizing the Oasis for Migrating Birds

A Mineral Amphitheater for Swainson’s Thrush

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. In this project, I was in charge of the structural design for the CanoPit.

SITE

Seasonal Farmer’s Market, Philadelphia

TERM Fall 2023

RA POSITION DumoLab

GROUP PROJECT

Yuanyi Cen

Ji Yoon Bae

Abby Weintein

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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.

Yuanyi Cen and Ji Yoon Bae’s blend was my starting point to design a structure that enhances the qualities of the material through the canopy design; joinery design with 3-D printed clips and steel rods.

02 l Double-sided Clipping Joints, Steel Rods, 3D Printed Lignin Reinforcement Toolpath.

04 l Structural Design Aims to Amplify the Flexible Capacity of the Surface.

03 l Toolpath Explorations by Yuanyi Cen and Ji Yoon Bae

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CONSTRUCTION II

Building Information Modeling

This course aimed to expand our modeling and drawing skills in the Revit engine. The project consisted of introducing an office space and street by designing an office/ loft building in Center City Philadelphia. We aimed to incorporate an accessible lob- by from Walnut St, office space, and an entire building atrium within 13,600 ft².

SITE Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia

TERM Spring 2023

COURSE ARCH 5320

INSTRUCTOR Patrick Morgan + Franca Trubiano

Typical Cavity Wall, Typical Foundation, Typical Curtain Wall

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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

Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia

TERM Fall 2022

COURSE

INSTRUCTOR

ARCH 501

Laia Mogas-Soldevila

01 l Cultural Center Adjacent for PMA Dedicated to Kinetic Explorations

03 l Transitioning from Steam Machinery to a Motion-Fueled Museum.

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!

Innovation Capsule

Cultural Cafe

Water Works

Piezoelectric Furniture

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.

Selected Works Andreina Sojo

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

Chunk Model

Reverbrating Pool

Receptive Poles

Kinetic Mesh

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