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selected works 2010-2014
ann ascherman 509 Dean Street Apartment 1R Brooklyn, NY 11217 e-mail: asascherman@gmail.com phone: 205-447-8826
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE GREGORY SHARP ARCHITECT, PC New York, NY Architectural Associate: August 2013-Present - Work directly under the principal on high-end residential architecture projects across all phases of design - Day-to-day duties include technical drawing production & coordination in AutoCad as well as the development of presentation work with 3d modeling software and Adobe Creative Suite - Assisted in the selection of materials, fixtures, hardware and finishes REBUILDING TOGETHER NEW ORLEANS, New Orleans, LA Intern: June 2012-August 2012 - Assisted the project development staff with the creation of construction drawings, work scope and budget documents for renovation projects throughout New Orleans NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART, New Orleans, LA Intern: June 2011-August 2011 - Worked directly with the Assistant Director of Art to research, design & install upcoming museum exhibits PARTNERS FOR LIVABLE COMMUNITIES, Washington, D.C. Intern: October 2009-May 2010 - Worked closely with the program staff in the research, development, and implementation of the Aging in Place and Economics of Sustainability programs AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION, Washington, D.C. Intern: January 2009-May 2009 - Researched case-studies related to the sustainability of communities around the country ROBERT KAHN ARCHITECT, PC New York, NY Intern: June 2006-August 2006 - Worked on design development and construction documents for high-end residential projects - Assisted in the selection of materials, fixtures, hardware and finishes
RELATED EXPERIENCE SCHOLASTIC BOOKS, New York, NY Freelance Graphic Designer: July 2013 - Present - Designed t-shirts, stair decals and posters for two different Scholastic conferences - Regularly assist with the design of web and e-mail templates TULANE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE WOOD SHOP, New Orleans, LA Employee: January 2011-May 2011 - Assisted students in the shop with power tools and related model building questions
CERTIFICATIONS LEED GREEN ASSOCIATE July 2013 Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI)
SKILLS DIGITAL: Autodesk Revit; Autocad; Adobe Indesign, Illustrator and Photoshop; Rhino 3-D and V-Ray; Sketchup TECHNICAL: experience with model building, small scale residential construction, glass blowing, laser cutting and wood shop equipment
DISTINCTIONS + AWARDS GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIP June 2010-May 2013 TULANE MERIT-BASED SCHOLARSHIP June 2010-May 2013 AIA MERIT AWARD - URBAN BUILD PROTOTYPE 7 2013 ARCHITECT’S WEEK PROJECT FEATURED ON ARCHDAILY February 2011
EDUCATION TULANE UNIVERSITY, New Orleans, LA Master of Architecture, May 2013 THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, Athens, GA Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art, Lamar Dodd School of Art, May 2009 Bachelor of Arts, French, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, May 2009 cum laude
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CONTENTS professional work 11 st lukes place
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107 south highland road
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academic work made in birmingham
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re-imagining the greenline
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new orleans culinary arts college
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chutes + ladders
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freret street arts center
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roundabout stairs
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built work urbanbuild 7
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color canopy
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selected artwork watercolors
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oil paintings
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11 St. Luke’s Place townhouse renovation location: new york, new york
ALEX’S BATH
ALEX’S BEDROOM
HALLWAY
BEDROOM
STELLA’S BEDROOM LAUNDRY ROOM
STELLA’S BATH
2ND FLOOR PLANS
1ST FLOOR PLANS
A complete interior renovation of this West Village townhouse is currently underway; the existing building was gutted and re-designed to meet the needs and modern aesthetic of the client and his young family. I have worked to document this project throughout construction and assisted in the overall drawing coordination. Additionally, I created a 3-D model to assist with the complicated geometry of the stair design and its lighting. Construction is expected to be complete in December 2014.
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LAUNDRY 303 - OPTION A
LAUNDRY 303 - OPTION A
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LAUNDRY 303 - OPTION B
LAUNDRY 303 - OPTION B
HALLWAY 306 - ELEVATION
JAMB DETAIL
SECTION THROUGH DOOR 305
Laundry Room 303 was redesigned to incorporate a closet area and additional mechanical space. I played a role in this change by drawing the interior elevations for the room. The cabinetry was picked to mimic the previous room design as closely as possible. Additionally, the entry pocket door was redesigned so that it would appear hidden when closed.
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On the interior, four floors of living space are connected by an angular stairway. As a result of the stair’s geometry, large openings are created to the floors below. Directly above the stair, at the roof level, a glass bulkhead and glass stair treads allow natural light to shine down through the open spaces, illuminating the lower levels of the home. During construction, the color of the stair railing was changed from white to black lacquer. As a result, the design had to be re-evaluated and new railings added along the west facing wall. The redesign ensured a seamless flow of material between stairs.
CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS
STAIR PLANS - 1ST TO 2ND FLOOR
STAIR ELEVATIONS - 1ST TO 2ND FLOOR
3-D STAIR STUDY
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107 South Highland Road ground-up construction location: garrison, new york
2ND FLOOR PLAN
Located in Putnam County, New York, 107 S. Highland Road sits atop a momentous stone cliff overlooking the surrounding Hudson Valley. The house, which is constructed of raw natural materials such as wood screen siding and COR-TEN Steel was built from the ground up for a young, active family of five. Formally, the unusual intersection of barn-like structures reflects the individual tastes of the homeowners and exploits the expansive views presented by the building’s unique site. My role included the development of construction documents for the home’s wine cellar, kitchen layout and living room fireplace. I also assisted in the design of the COR-TEN guard rail that surrounds much of the site.
1ST FLOOR PLAN
CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS
KEY PLAN
PHOTOS OF THE COMPLETED HOME
Because much of the land that surrounds this home is terraced, the fencing design was a very important aspect of the project. The design needed to be integrated with the aesthetics of the structure, but also provide adequate protection for the owners two mischievous young boys. I was part of conversations with the client and the rest of the project team to develop the concept for the railing design; I also assisted with decisions about the railing perforation size, finish and the drawings of the railing detailing. SECTION B
SECTION A
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RAILING DETAILS
OUTSIDE ELEVATION
INSIDE ELEVATION
1ST FLOOR TERRACE PLAN
2ND FLOOR TERRACE PLAN
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Made in Birmingham reclaiming voids within the urban landscape year 3: spring/fall semester professor Cordula Roser Gray master thesis
CONCEPTUAL DIAGRAM: PROBLEM: PROBLEM:
historicHISTORIC URBAN CORE urban core
SOLUTION: SOLUTION:
surrounding industrial SURROUNDING INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT development
contemporary city: CONTEMPORARY CITY: FRACTUREDfractured LANDSCAPE landscape
reclaim urban voids RECLAIM URBAN VOIDS
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BIRMINGHAM AS A PROTOTYPE:
BIRMINGHAM
In many American cities, the urban landscape has become cracked and disjointed. Deindustrialization in conjunction with the rapid development of outlying suburbs has left existing dense city centers full of blight and abandoned spaces. In Birmingham these issues are exasperated by the decline of the steel industry that once spurred the city’s physical and economic development. Still, the cultural and historical importance of the city’s industrial past remains a prominent aspect of the physical landscape. By re-imagining such areas of vacancy and physical waste, there is an opportunity to rethink the relationship between a city’s past and future needs. Rather than continuing to build on the periphery of the city’s existing development, the proposed intervention works as infill to reconnect the existing artifacts on the site to one another, as well as to the means of access that border it.
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
CIRCULATION DIAGRAM:
As it currently stands, the site lies abandoned and disconnected from the CSX Railway to the south and Robert Jemison Road to the north. The addition of parking and a new public entrance, visible from the street, grants visitors access to the site. Also, a new loading dock provides commercial access at the southern end of the building complex. As a result, raw materials can be unloaded from the connecting rail line for use in production. Public and commercial circulation merges in the central mass of the building. At this intersection, visitors are invited to engage in the process of production as they enter small artist work studios and production facilities that exist in this central corridor. Visitors then circulate back through the gift shop before exiting the site.
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ROBERT JEMISON ROAD
CSX RAILWAY
SITE PLAN
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By filling the site’s existing programmatic void with a new, boutique, manufacturing center, a new means of production is created which, contrary to past mining activities, is economically and environmentally sustainable. New glass structures weave through the existing concrete forms, fulfilling the needs of the new factory while leading visitors on a journey through time. The juxtaposition of new and old creates a dialogue between the object’s past industrial use and a more sustainable means of development for the future. INTERIOR RENDERING
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SEQUENTIAL SECTIONS
RENDERED SITE SECTION
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Re-imagining the Greenline an urban housing intervention year 3: fall semester professor Judith Kinnard 10 week design project
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TYPICAL HOLLYGROVE BLOCK: 21 UNITS
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In the low lying district of Hollygrove, New Orleans, a large swath of land known as the Greenline slices diagonally through the grid of the neighborhood blocks. This land is a by-product of the underground canal which lies below it. Consequently, this space also serves as a divide, separating housing units and adding a sense of emptiness to the already struggling neighborhood.
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Currently, efforts are underway to bring life back to this abandoned corridor, but still, stability must be brought to the surrounding urban blocks, which currently lie empty and blighted. By developing a phased housing typology for the vacant sites adjacent to the Greenline, Hollygrove can become a prosperous and desirable neighborhood over time.
MODIFIED BLOCK & GREENLINE: 38 UNITS
CONCEPTUAL DIAGRAM
typical “double shotgun”
units are split into two individual residences
each unit is modified to accommodate better circulation
private courtyards replace each unit’s front yard
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ESTCODE
ESTCODE
UNIT FLOOR PLANS
SITE SECTION
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Because of the scale of housing found on the surround blocks, a combination of detached and semi-detached units were chosen as the typology which would best fit the surrounding context. Units are organized with minimal space between them to create a feeling of porosity while still achieving a simultaneous sense of density. Pathways, which occur at a variety of scales, establish both physical and visual connections to the greenline. Because of this, it is important to establish clear boundaries between public and private outdoor space. Each unit has a walled courtyard, separating it from the public space of the Greenline.
RENDERED PERSPECTIVE FROM LEONIDAS STREET
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New Orleans Culinary Arts College creating a connection between school and existing community year 2: spring semester professor Jonathan Tate 14 week design project
SITE PLAN
PUBLIC ACCESS DIAGRAM
Daneel Street St. Andrew Street O.C Haley Boulevard
Josephine Street
service
academic
public
The New Orleans Culinary College is located on the historic O.C. Haley Boulevard in Central City, New Orleans. Although the area was once a bustling commercial center, today, the street is a quiet, protected corridor, undisturbed by neighboring downtown New Orleans. Drawing on the rich traditions of the city, a new culinary arts college is proposed as the building’s program. The design of this new structure aims to bring new life to the vacancy that currently exists along O.C. Haley Boulevard.
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FLOOR PLANS
SECTION FACING NORTH
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To encourage interaction between the school and the community, restaurants and a bake shop are located on the ground floor. These spaces operate as voids within the mass and can be opened up to the exterior seating areas during the spring and summer months. Private school spaces such as lecture halls and classrooms are contained on the upper levels, beyond the access of the general public. Students enter the building into a large, central forum space. Here, visual connections between the different levels encourage openness and interaction between students. Programmatically, there are places to meet or study, and students can be found moving to and from classes.
SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE
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Chutes + Ladders pavilion installation in Piazza St. Maria in Trastevere, Rome year 2: fall semester professor Tiffany Lin 10 week design project
SITE PLAN
PROGRAM ORGANIZATION
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EXISTING SITE LINES
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Santa Maria in Trastevere, like many piazza’s in Rome, is anchored by a central fountain that acts as a main hub of activity. Here, visitors have a place to stop, rest, meet others, and watch frequent street performers. By using the existing lines of site and movement in the piazza, a form was derived to extend the space of the fountain and encourage tourists and locals to stop and engage in many of the activities that are already taking place naturally. In this way, the form supplements the current flow of activity within the space, rather than interrupting it in any way. Three principle nodes form the structure of the new installation providing spaces for celebration/performance, shade/ repose, and gathering/viewing.
RENDERING: PUBLIC USE
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Freret Street Arts Center a mergence of private and public components on an urban block year 1: spring semester professor Marcella Del Signore 10 week design project
site
site located on the corner of Freret and Soniat street in a commercial district
volume
entry
courtyard
activate
available site massing
typical New Orleans courtyard condition
the rest of the massing is pushed back making the entry more prominent
ramps enhance the experience as visitors circulate through the building
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FLOOR PLANS
SECTION
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SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE
Historically, many New Orleans buildings contain interior courtyards that provide a private outdoor space for the building. Drawing on this rich tradition, the central courtyard of the Freret Street Art Center also allows light and air to enter the building, while providing a place for visitors and residents of the complex to mingle,. This open, educational atmosphere is beneficial to both parties, but does not inhibit the privacy of the residents in any way.
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INTERIOR RENDERING
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freret street arts center
Until recently, the site of the Freret Street Arts Center, just blocks from the city’s University District, was littered with vacant properties and struggled with crime rates. Within the last decade, however, the this important corridor has undergone a total transformation and is now the home of many new bars, restaurants and community resources. To encourage the young, creative spirit that currently exists in the neighborhood, the program calls for a vibrant space for visitors to view the work of local artists. The public gallery space is highlighted by a ramp system that leads visitors through a series of corridors and into the rest of the building. Louvres on the facade activate the interior space and create playful patterns of light and shadow. Additionally, work spaces and dorm-style housing is provided for 10 artists to live on the premises.
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Roundabout Stairs formal investigation year 1: spring semester professor Thaddeus Zarse 1 week design assignment
CONTOUR SECTION
PLAN
Roundabout stairs shows the formal and technical investigation of a single set of stairs using the “loft” and “sweep” tools in Rhino. Because there were no program requirements other that the stairs resemble standard dimensions and be functional, a large amount of creative freedom was permissible in this design. The final product was created by first deforming a simple doughnut shape into a new form that acts as a single step. This shape was then stacked over and over to create the full set of stairs.
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URBANbuild 7 construction of a new home in Central City, New Orleans year 2: spring semester 18 week build project program directors: Byron Mouton, Tom Holloman, Sam Richards **recipient of a 2013 AIA Merit Award for Residential Design
FLOOR PLAN
PROJECT TEAM Hannah Ambrose, Ann Ascherman, Aude Becheret, Chris Berends, Melinda Cohen, Katherine Delacey, Jonas Flax, Andrew Graham, Tyler Guidroz, Sophie Guilbault, Caleb Hicks, Kevin Jackson, Clayton Kaul, Sam Levin, Jordan Matthews, Jake Mcgregor, Aaron Mittman, Caroline Meyer, Jared Morganstein, Mike Murray, Ian O’Cain, Jenny O’Leary, Art Ostrowski, Jennifer Palumbo, Alex Ratliff, Abigail Readinger, Alexandra Seiersen, Mark Stauning, Guan Wang, Grant Whittaker, Chris Wells photos copyright urbanBUILD website, 2011
CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS
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Color Canopy temporary installation created for school-wide competition year 1: spring semester built work: temporary installation 1 week design and build project **competition finalists, featured on archdaily.com
CONCEPTUAL RENDERING PROJECT TEAM
Andrew Graham, Ann Ascherman, Xiaoyun Li, Sanaa Shaikh, Charles Weimer, Olivia Pontiff, Alison Rodberg, David Campanella, Allie Shabouk, Chris Berends and Megan Webb
Architect’s Week (A-Week), a long-standing tradition at Tulane School of Architecture, is a week-long design-build competition held every spring. Color Canopy was one of 8 total installations designed and constructed by Tulane students for the 2011 A-Week competition. This installation was awarded honors as a finalist after being judged by a group of Tulane faculty and visiting designers from the New York based firm SO - IL.
DIAGRAMMATIC PLAN
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Each Architect’s Week student group was asked to create an installation based on sensory interaction, and encouraged to consider green options. The design of each installation was limited to a footprint of 64 square feet and a volume of 1,000 cubic feet. Additionally, each group was allotted $350 to cover material and construction costs. CONCEPTUAL RENDERING
PHOTOS OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS
PHOTO TAKEN BY NORA SCHWALLER
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PHOTO TAKEN BY NORA SCHWALLER PHOTOS OF THE FINAL INSTALLATION
By using only food coloring, water, fishing line, PVC pipes, and recycled plastic bottles collected from students within the school of architecture, our group created an environment that mimics the surrounding landscape. Bottles placed low to the ground and filled with a jarring red liquid bring the existing bench to students’ attention as they walk across the quad. These warm tones, organized in a highly dense arrangement disperse slowly as they move up and become cooler in tone, until they finally merge with the sky.
“SCREEN SHOT” TAKEN FROM ARCHDAILY.COM
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Selected Artwork a selection of oil and watercolor paintings spring 2009 through present
WATERCOLOR ON PAPER
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WATERCOLOR ON PAPER
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selected artwork
ABOVE: OIL ON CANVAS LEFT: OIL ON WOOD
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ann ascherman 205.447.8826 asascherman@gmail.com