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ANJELICA
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Drexel University 2024
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A N J E L I C A
S O E S A N T O
A R C H I T E C T U R A L
D E S I G N E R
City, State
Philadelphia, PA
anjelicasoesanto
Phone Number
(267) 994 3910
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anjelicasoesanto
aas428@drexel.edu
Languages
English, Bahasa Indonesia
E D U C A T I O N
09/2018 -
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
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Major in Architecture, Minor in Interdisciplinary Problem Solving - GPA 3.6
W O R K E X P E R I E N C E
09/2019 -
Drexel University
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Student Ambassador Act as a campus tour guide to share my Drexel story with prospective students and families
09/2019 -
Saxbys Coffee
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Barista Prioritize guest experience and speed of service to create a culture of hospitality
R E S E A R C H
06/2019 -
STAR Scholars Program - Drexel University
09/2019
Undergraduate Design Researcher
E X P E R I E N C E
Work with Diana Nicholas in the Integral Living Research Lab with goals in helping urban families with stress through design thinking.
V O L U N T E E R
PRESENT
New Life Praise Center (Non-Profit Org.) Creative Director  & Indonesian-English Interpreter
09/2018 -
Center for Architecture & Design
11/2018
Event Assistant - Design Philadelphia
09/2018 -
E X P E R I E N C E
Smith Playhouse Renovation - Fairmount Park
07/2018 -
SMARCH Architecture Course
08/2018
Teacher Assistant - Summer Program Surabaya Urban Planning & Historical Architecture
S O F T W A R E S K I L L S
H O N O R S
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Autodesk CAD
Autodesk Revit
Rhino 3D Modeling
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Indesign
Dean's List 2019 - 2020
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Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) 2019
A W A R D S
Monash Architecture Workshop 2017: Most creative concept Flashcom Indonesia AUTOCAD Course Completion 2015: A+
01 POWELTON HUB FOR STUDENT CREATIVITY Collaboration, Community, Heavy & Light Community Design | West Philadelphia Studio Project | Spring Term 2019 - 2020
02 PHILADELPHIA ROW HOUSE Co-Living, Scene, Unity Residential Design | South Philadelphia Studio Project | Fall Term 2019 - 2020
03 TERRACE BOATHOUSE
Movement, Force, Occupy Public Use | Boathouse Row Studio Project | Spring Term 2018 - 2019
04 LANCASTER MUSIC NEXUS
Interaction, Privacy, System Residential + Commercial | West Philadelphia Studio Project | Fall Term 2019 - 2020
05 BELMONT LIBRARY + HOUSING Views, Massing, Context Education + Hospitality | West Philadelphia Studio Project | Winter Term 2019 - 2020
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06 EPISODIC EXPERIENCE
Intervention, Linear, Extension Landscape Design | Drexel University Campus Studio Project | Fall Term 2018 - 2019
07 CIPUTRA CENTER
Intervention, Privacy, System Arts and Cultural | Surabaya, Indonesia Representation Project | Winter Term 2019 - 2020
08 THE BARNES
Space, Transparency, Planning Formal Analysis | Benjamin Franklin Parkway Representation Project | Fall Term 2019 - 2020
09 DESIGN RESEARCH
Design Thinking, Analysis, Create Human Centered Design | Philadelphia STAR Scholars Program | Summer 2019
10 MINI PROJECTS
Technique, Growth, Exploration Research + Photography | Surabaya - Philadelphia Individual Work | 2016 - 2019
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01 POWELTON HUB FOR STUDENT CREATIVITY Collaboration, Community, Heavy & Light Community Design | West Philadelphia Studio Project | Spring Term 2019 - 2020
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The Powelton Hub for Student Creativity will be a catalyst in steering the students of the neighborhood towards success. With a design intent to collaborate, explore, and collect ideas and information, this hub for creative development will be a space for students to make memories, achieve, and grow. The organization of programs are carefully curated to push the limits for collaboration. The goal of this project is to use architecture as a teaching tool and a mode for creativity.
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University Housing Around the Site Drexel University Campus Building Lancaster Avenue Commercial Corridor Religious Centers Neighborhood Housing
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COOKING CLASS
LOUNGE AUDITORIUM CLASSROOMS INDOOR WORKSHOP & STUDIO
IMAGINATION PLAYHOUSE - BALL GROUND - CHALK WALK - DUNE PLAYGROUND
COMMUNITY PICNIC LAWN
TECH LOBBY
READING ROOM CONNECTION CORRIDOR COMMUNITY GATHERING GATE
INDOOR WORKSHOP & STUDIO
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CLASSROOMS
INDOOR WORKSHOP & STUDIO LABS
LABS
CLASSROOMS LOUNGE
LOBBY
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IMAGINATION PLAYGROUND PLAYGROUND
CENTRAL COURTYARD
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COMMUNITY CONNECTION - ZEN GARDEN
MULTI PURPOSE
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PATH TO PLACE
HEAVY | LIGHT
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MOMENTS
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Heavy and Light Interactions
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Before the Gateway
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Through the Gateway
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Heavy and Light Connections
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02 PHILADELPHIA ROW HOUSE Co-Living, Scene, Unity Residential Design | South Philadelphia Studio Project | Fall Term 2019 - 2020
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The Co-housing rowhouse is an engaging and multifunctional home for residents and their guests. The concept of the design is derived from two verbs, “balance” and “carve” with goals to fuse together interactions that foster a community. The verb “balance” originated a precedent study from the Live-Work unit design that had an issue of the insufficient light entering the mid spaces of the rowhouse. This resulted in the idea of balancing light and dark spaces as well with public and private spaces within each floor to ensure privacy for the residents. The house has four studio-style units allowing one or two people to live in each unit. Community kitchens are located on the first and third floors with a view and living space respectively. Furthermore, the third-floor kitchen is attached to a green outdoor terrace that not only allows a view of the skylight but also acts as a threshold between the public and private. While the backyard facilitates the neighbors with a linear walking path, the trail acts as a boundary between the backyards on 4th and Orianna street. The basement connects the backyard to 4th street multi-functioning a room for car storage, service space, relaxation spot, to an event venue to host variations of activities. It is the perfect space that opens up to the backyard awarding all of the residents a safe community garden.
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Red Brick
Concrete
C- Channel
Aluminium
Elevation
Wall Section Partial Section
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Internal Interactions
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Exteral Interactions
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03 TERRACE BOATHOUSE
Movement, Force, Occupy Public Use |Boathouse Row Studio Project | Spring Term 2018 - 2019
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The Terrace Boathouse is a three story training hub for the Philadelphia City Rowing Club. An open terrace place on every floor allows to foster community bonding within the dynamic space. The open training floor breaks the grid of the plan and angles to face the Philadephia skyline across the river. Its design focuses on framing views 360 degrees around the site. Through studies of human and natural forces around the boathouse, it inspires decisions made for its design form. The concept originates from the compression of pedestrian movement along Kelly Drive, rotation of waves in the Sckuykill River, and the interlock of wind forces throughout the site.
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Boathouse Vignettes Gathering in place
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Compression
Compression
Rotation
Rotation
Interlock
Interlock
Visitors
Gathering
Rowers and Coaches
Rowing
Boats
Serving
Vertical Circulation
Circulating
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Begin
Relax
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Enter
Experience
Wait
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Meet
Boathouse Vignettes Growth taking place
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Rowers
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Community
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04 LANCASTER MUSIC NEXUS
Interaction, Privacy, System Residential + Commercial| West Philadelphia Studio Project | Fall Term 2019 - 2020
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The facade holds many openings that gradually decrease in number and area to emphasize on the transition of public to private space from bottom to the top.
The facade is designed to be inviting for the pedestrians along Baring Street and Lancaster Av e n u e .
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Every floor is designed with a communal space in respect to their specific needs and frequency in usage. A narrow outdoor staircase to give the students a tiny adventure up to the music school while entering quietness that overlooks the stage through the windows above the indoor dining area.
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05 BELMONT LIBRARY + HOUSING Views, Massing, Context Education + Hospitality | West Philadelphia Studio Project | Winter Term 2019 - 2020
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SITE PLAN SCALE 1” = 20’
SHORTCUT CURRENT FENCE OF THE SITE DIRECTION OF STREET CANOPY TREES BUILDING FOOTPRINT
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Sneak Peek
Punched
Ribbon
Small Large
Signage
Carve
PARTIAL LIBRARY SECTION SCALE 1/4” = 1’0”
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06 EPISODIC EXPERIENCE
Intervention, Linear, Extension Landscape Design |Drexel University Campus Studio Project | Fall Term 2018 - 2019
Grid | Positive Negative | Spatial Sequence
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Dine and Chat
Sit and Watch
Linear Interventions
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Walk and Think
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08 THE BARNES
Space, Transparency, Planning Formal Analysis | Benjamin Franklin Parkway Representation | Fall Term 2019 - 2020
Transparency
Entrance | Exit
Natural Features
Reanalysis
Digital Analysis 01
Digital Analysis 02
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Anjelica Soesant
09 DESIGN RESEARCH
Design Thinking, Analysis, Create Human Centered Design | Philadelphia STAR Scholars Program | Summer 2019
As a STAR Scholars student, I worked with Professor Diana Nicholas in her Integral Living Research Lab with goals in helping urban families with stress through design thinking.
Diana Nicholas, Assistant Professor; NCIDQ, AIA,
ABSTRACT
FINDINGS
PERSONA ABIGAIL (ABI) PROJECT CREATIVE SPACES IN URBAN HOMES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
The personalized porches in Philadelphia have become a vital part of the neighborhood as they strengthen the community and blur the border between public and private. Neighborhood life is essential to the social life of many urban societies. However, . According to the 2017 American Community Survey, 63% of these homes host family households with 18,743 below the poverty line and about 55% of these families have children and a number of these homes do not have fully facilitated kitchens. Lack of a working kitchen can fuel poverty; the combination of poverty and poor-quality housing could result in a decrease in family well-being. This project was driven by generative and investigative research using a collection of secondary sources, qualitative surveys, and unstructured interviews. I synthesized the findings by engaging with methods like affinity and concept mapping. From there, a possible solution that emerged is a portable kitchen that holds various basic kitchen needs and creates a space for food prep wherever it is needed. Therefore, by having more people actively communicating and participating in the neighborhood, this will encourage conversations through the porches. Thus, this project develops a viable strategy to enhance cooking,
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ABIGAIL
IMAGE
OCCUPATION
Nurse
PLACE OF LIVING
Lives in her sister's home in Mantua, Philadelphia
DESCRIPTION
▸ A full time nurse and community builder. ▸ A mother of a 9 and 7 year old boy. AGE
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▸ She and her family temporarily live in Abigail house. ▸ She enjoys cooking for her family whenever
GENDER
after or before work.
Female
▸ She describes herself as tenacious and imag
MARITAL STATUS
PERSONAL GOALS
Married
▸ Create meaning and positive change in my community.
NATIONALITY
▸ To raise her two boys to love learning and in
African American LIVING CONDITION
▸ Abigail has a family of four people living with sister, her husband, and their son.
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has caused overheating and odor in the hous whenever they cook.
METHODOLOGIES
CONCEPT MAP
Project Title: Bringing The Inside Out: Creative Space and Well-being for Urban Families This project is driven by generative and investigative research using a collection of secondary sources, qualitative surveys, and unstructured user and expert interviews.
LUMA INSTITUTE TECHNIQUES
INTERACTIVE USER SURVEY
AFFINITY MAP
Residents living in insecure low qua overcrowded accommodations can hampered by making the healthy d Homelessness is not only the absen proper place to sleep but it also def lack of choice, risk of violence, and p living conditions that affect health. Today, a number of families live with non-working kitchens. Due to financ circumstances, they are unable to im well-being through their home.
ETHICS
The studies I am conducting to support my research include information that may be personal to the subjects. While conducting the interactive surveys I curated for my friends, I had to ensure that the subject is fully respected, informed about the research, and that this survey was completely voluntary. Secondly, protecting the privacy of subjects and maintaining the confidentiality of data was crucial in my research. I did this by coding the surveys and keeping their identifiable information in a separate and safe storage place. More so, as the research William Mangold, NCIDQ is involved in a low-resource setting. There were limitations I had to follow Assistant Professor, Associate Progr to how much contact I was able to attain with my subjects. I came to an Department of Architecture, Design understanding that the differences between multiple cultures might affect elements and factors in the research process.
ACKNOWLEDGEME
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BRINGING THE INSIDE OUT: ace and Well-being for Urban Families
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SOLUTION
PROTOTYPE
6.08.2019
Information from surveys have proven that the kitchen is one of the most valued spaces in a home. Studies show that this supports the significances of cohabitation which allows residents to attain a sense of belonging. Kitchens bring connection in a community as they give us a purpose in life. More exposure to human connection reveals our identity to ourselves and to the people around us. This will enhance the sense of belonging and self-efficacy for urban residents.
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A solution that I have configured will promote health living to families and students. The opportunity of interaction will encourage creative development as children will have an open place to grow and create alongside the kitchen with their parent, guardian, or neighbor. I envision the solution to exist in the communal spaces of the porches and blocks of the city building connections and express identity and culture through the contribution of skills and talents.
REFERENCES
NEXT STEPS
Mantua Demographics & Statistics—Employment, Education, Income Averages in Mantua. (n.d.). Retrieved August 7, 2019, from https://www.point2homes.com/US/Neighborhood/PA/Philadelphia/Mantua-Demographics.html García-Campayo, J., Puebla-Guedea, M., Herrera-Mercadal, P., & Daudén, E. (2016). Burnout Syndrome and Demotivation Among Health Care Personnel. Managing Stressful Situations: The Importance of Teamwork. Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas (English Edition), 107(5), 400–406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adengl.2016.03.003 Munro, M., & Livingston, M. (2012). Student Impacts on Urban Neighbourhoods: Policy Approaches, Discourses and Dilemmas. Urban Studies, 49(8), 1679–1694. https://doi. org/10.1177/0042098011419237 Sherraden, M., Sanders, C. K., & Sherraden, M. (2004). Kitchen Capitalism: Microenterprise in Low-Income Households. Retrieved from http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/drexel-ebooks/detail. action?docID=3408472 Read, A. G. (1986). Making a House a Home in a Philadelphia Neighborhood. Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture, 2, 192. https://doi.org/10.2307/3514330 Martin, L. (2008). Boredom, Drugs, and Schools: Protecting Children in Gentrifying Communities. City & Community, 7(4), 331–346. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6040.2008.00270.x LUMA Institute: Empowering innovation around the world. (n.d.). Retrieved August 28, 2019, from LUMA Institute website: https://www.luma-institute.com/
How might we improve the design of the portable kitchen to cater more specific needs of different families?
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How might we encourage student clubs and student residents living in the city to help build and assemble the kitchen alongside the families?
10 EAMES HOUSE & GALLERY
The concept of this design originates from the study of the Eames House minimalistic massing and the spatial sequence with the interplay of light through solid and voids.It’s design is to maintain the initimate view between nature and the life of the Eames House’s occupants. The gallery is made to maintain enclosure of the space while concurrently serving the guests and occupants a view of both beauty and architecture.
Technique, Growth, Exploration Revit Project | Los Angeles, California Representation Class | Spring Term 2019 - 2020
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10 IMAGINE
Technique, Growth, Exploration Hand Drafting | Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia Studio & Representation| Year One
The Extension
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Reimagined Tool
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Lancaster Avenue Narrative
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The Notre Dame Drawing
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10 GARDEN VILLA
Rest, Peace, Contrast Conceptual | Malang, Indonesia High School Work | 2017
This villa is designed for a family of four. As frequent gatherings and events are hosted at this house, the design intent is to design an appropriate organization of spaces to accomodate both the highly public and private needs of the family while maintaining a style of elegance and a place of rest.
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10 BOYD HOUSE II RECREATION
Craft, Technique, Detail Workshop + Competition | Surabaya, Indonesia High School Work | 2017
During high school, I participated in a workshop that taught us skills to architectural model making by recreating the Walsh Street House, also known as the Boyd House II.
10 HOME STUDIO
Vernacular, Mass, Level Formal Excerise |Bali, Indonesia High School Work | 2017
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ANJELICA A. SOESANTO Drexel University 2024 Architecture Portfolio 2015 - 2020