Portfolio ANNA Architecture University of Oregon GREEN B. Arch 2015
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GUGGENHEIM HELSINKI
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HONORS THESIS
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LIVE | WORK | HOME
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A PLACE OF REFLECTION
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THE GASTROPODA
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120 HOURS COMPETITION
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LIVE|WORK CHAIR
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PLATFORM MARKET
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DETAIL DRAWINGS
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PRODUCT DESIGN
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RESUME
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Guggenheim Helsinki The Guggenheim Art Museum for the city of Helsinki, Finland is sited at the junction point of water, park, and city. The building acts as a connecting point for Helsinki’s diverse urban and natural landscapes. The proposed pedestrian walkway flows from the most southern tip of Helsinki’s peninsula to the Esplanade, Helsinki’s busiest street.
small cruise ships
With Finland’s rich architectural history in mind, the building’s form and enclosure is simple while the interior glows with warmth and activity. Visitors are enter from the pedestrian walkway or urban plaza while art galleries hang suspended above them.
SOUTH HARBOR
large cruise ships
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guggenheim water-front
path connecting helsinki waterfront
small fishing boats
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site components
build
park
building
tram line
terminal
city
harbor
outdoor
site components
encl
building components
park elevated walkways building
tram line
terminal
city
harbor outdoor rooms
site components
outdoor circulation
enclosure system
building components
park elevated walkways building
tram line
terminal
city
harbor outdoor rooms
site components
outdoor circulation
enclosure system
building components
containment
park elevated walkways building
tram line
terminal
city
harbor outdoor rooms
outdoor circulation
above: conceptual daigrams of existing site components, site responses, building program, and building concept
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interior rendering of atrium
conta
ESPLANADE
MARKET
third floor
market hall park
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guggenheim site
SOUTH HARBOR DESIGN DISTRICT +11
loading and transport
OBSERVATORY HILL
1:500
terminal +8
infill park +10
second floor
1:500
EMBASSY NEIGHBORHOOD
existing bike path
1:2000
site map of Helsinki neighborhoods
1:250
ground floor
exterior rendering of harbor front
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interior rendering of social stair and haning artwork
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1:200
traditional galleries suspended galleries
atrium 400 x 400 mm glulam column
third floor
traditional galleries suspended galleries
atrium
400 x 400 mm glulam beam
second floor
offices and art storage
public spaces atrium
program layout
ground floor
4-ply CLT roof
facade concpet
traditional galleries
horizontal light gauge steel stud suspended galleries vertical light gauge steel stud
atrium
third floor
traditional galleries atrium
suspended galleries
second floor
offices and art storage
structure heirarchy
site section
program layout
public spaces
fixing stud
atrium
4-ply CLT floor
ground floor
traditional galleries
suspended galleries
atrium
third floor
traditional galleries
suspended galleries
atrium
second floor
offices and art storage
public spaces
steel fixing bracket
atrium
program layout
ground floor
facade concpet
traditional galleries
suspended galleries
atrium
third floor
traditional galleries
suspended galleries
atrium
second floor
offices and art storage
public spaces
atrium
site section
program layout
axonometric box and column detail ground floor 1:50
concrete piling
facade concpet
steel piling connection
axonometric detail of box gallerie and interior grid structure
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above: south section showing pedestrian walkway and park connection below: west section showing suspended galleries and interior grid structure
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Honors College Undergraduate Thesis “Action Beyond The Plan: A Climate Template” Colleges and Universities are meant to propagate forward thinking and innovation through academic research, discourse, and social engagement. As our world strives towards building systems of sustainable energy generation and use, universities and colleges should be leading the way in the promotion and lifestyle of carbon neutrality. Most schools claim to be sustainable without clear metrics to demonstrate and prove success. While certain schools have gone as far as to commit to carbon neutrality by a certain date they have not yet invested in the necessary infrastructure to achieve this. Moreover, the ways in which these schools reach carbon neutrality vary based on financial availability, land availability, and student or faculty enthusiasm. The purpose of this thesis is to analyze why and how specific schools are not meeting “sustainable” standards and how, through a tailored and quantifiable solution, places of higher learning can become places of forward thought and positive role models of sustainability.
190 total institutions
Solar Energy % of Total kWh
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105 public institutions
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40
85 private institutions
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0-2,000
2,0005,000
5,00010,000
10,00015,000
15,00020,000
20,00030,000
Student Population
30,00040,000
40,00055,000
Solar Energy % of Total kWh
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0
90
60
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private
public
Ownership
I looked at 190 US colleges and universities...
currently... 4000 post-secondary institutions in the United States
190 total institutions NorthWest
105 public institutions
NorthEast
Mid-West West
8%
campuses w/ solar South
85 private institutions
326 campuses installed solar
...to determine which schools can meet their climate nuetrality goals using solar energy.
Example insititution:
Anna Maria College
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1,041
students
14 buildings
uses 2,510,120 kWh of energy annually it could use...
97,006 sqft
+
6,218
available rooftop space
panels
$5,684
@ installation
to generate...
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1,136,963 kWh @ 45% of total use
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1,041 @ $30,168 $31,426,005 students annually I found that private insitutions are more equippedtuition to generate solar energy to meet their goals than public annually insitutions due to their student population, campus size, and academic ideology. 40%
Solar kWh Gen.
installation
30%
10,000,000 29.0 %
7,000,000
20%
22.81 %
16.21 % 14.27 %
4,000,000
1,000,000
Solar Energy % of Total kWh
$5,684
38.19 %
West
Midwest Northeast
U.S. Region
South
Northwest
10%
0%
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0.02%
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Solar Energy % of Total kWh
13,000,000
of annual tuition
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80
40
0
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51 - 75
76 - 100
101 - 125 126 - 150
Number of Buildings
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Live, Work, Home | Low-income Housing Sited on 8th and Pearl in Downtown Eugene, Oregon, this project is meant to answer the question: What fundamental needs can a built structure provide? This mixed-use building, designed for low-income and formerly homeless residents, is composed of 54 units, community rooms and gardening spaces. The “L� shaped unit is repeated over the footprint of the building but rotated to optimize privacy, views, and connections to the community while maintaining simplicity of design and construction. The fundamental needs this building can provide are: security- through shelter, love and belonging- through communal spaces, and self esteem- through individualized living spaces.
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Square Extrusion
Two-Story Unit
Rotate Down for Single Level Unit
Divide Extrusion for Primary Spaces
Delete to Create Open Space
Rotate Unit Based on Necessities
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eugene districts
East/West Section 14
eugene textures
eugene grid
eugene nodes
eugene zoning
eugene transport
Courtyard Perspective
interior couryard
rentable art studios
lobby/exhibition space
Courtyard Design the interior courtyard is designed with the purpose of connecting residents with each other and the ongoings of the mixeduse spaces below. A series of skylights breach the dividing line between the art studios below and the residential zone above. The skylights create an intermediate zone on the second floor where residents can gather and interact with each other and the architecture. Through the courtyard the liveliness and creativity of the ground floor can move up through the building.
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Second Floor
Fourth Floor
First Floor
Third Floor
commercial space
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rentable studios
residential bike storage
apartment unit
circulation
community space
Unit Perspective
Unit ConďŹ guration the entirety of the floor plan is based on the nominal dimensions of plywood for building and cost effectiveness. The units themselves range in squarefootage between 250 to 450 sqft., and some are multi-storey. Each unit has private out door space with views to the street or park. The open floorplan allows for each tenant to constumize their own space. If the building changes function or tenants come to own multiple units, the spaces can be expanded.
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Impermanent Architecture | A Place for Reflection The culmination of scientific research and artistic expression is currently underrepresented as a goal for the Andrews Forest. A single structure that provides the basic necessities for both disciplines could act as representation of their ideals and bring writers and scientists together. The structure should be as interlocked with the forest as possible. Materiality should suggest a close kinship to the surrounding woods by using the vegetation. The site of the structure, Mack Creek, acts as a place for the study of decomposition. Drawing upon this, the structure itself decomposes with time.Because the architecture is impermanent and malleable, visiting writers have the ability and are encouraged to alter the structure based on their own ideas of necessity. This interaction connects the writers to the landscape and influences their prose.
AUTUMN
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The Gastropoda The Gastropoda was the winner of a studiowide competition, submitted by myself and Ben Loeliger, to be built in the campus courtyard. The project was to design a rigid surface structure that could be easily constructed by our studio. The spiral form is akin to that of a snail shell, the proejct’s namesake. The Gastropoda was done simultaneously with the Place of Reflection design project. This offered a good opportunity to test the construction methods and the realities of a more conceptual studio project.
plan
plan into space
compressions and release of space
CONSTRUCTION DIAGRAMS
KIT OF PARTS
WINTER
SUMMER
2” .75” 2” WOOD BEAMS
NUT AND BOLT FOR CONNECTIONS
3” HOLLOW STRUCTURAL STEEL
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future
present
120 Hours Competition
A Beacon for Sustainability
past
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Completed in 120 hours, the competition program was to design a gathering place that doubled as a “beacon for sustainability.â€? Sited at the Ă˜ya Music Festival in Norway, our project combines site-specific requirements with material-driven form. Our goal was to represent sustainability on a timeline to reinforce the relationship between human advancements and a sustainable future. The concrete structure represents our past- rooted underground in our history, the present- undefined and awkward and the future- the structure itself.
approach
interior
context
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Breakable Furniture | LiveWork Chair
The “Breakable Furniture” studio embraced today’s flat-packable, multi-funtional lifestyle. Breaking furniture is to create a piece whose function is as surprising as it is useful. While sitting at my studio desk, plagued by discomfort and backpain, I designed a multi-functional chair. A stool and lounge chair all in one- the LiveWork Chair supports working, resting, and your back. Technically, the chair needed to be light enough to rotate with ease, strong enough to support the horizontal and vertical orientations, and malleable enough to be comfortable. The frame is built with white Ash wood and the seat is woven with shaker tape- the traditional fabric used for Shaker furniture.
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s채yn채tsalo, alvar aalto finland
helsinki maritime museum, BIG denmark
stockholm
copenhagen
experimental house, alvar aalto finland
building
above: precedents taken from site visits throughout Scandinavia. The human scale and social interaction are the focus of these designs. right: quick sketches to capture certain qualities otherwise not shown.
east section
below: the design is rooted in the idea of growth based on human necessity of shelter, food, and light. The diagrams display how the space can change and grow according to the needs of the visitors. Initially, there exists only what is necessary to encourage gathering: platforms. As time passes, poles and sails are added for protection and spatial identity. Lastly, when necessary, a building can be erected to create a permanent shelter and food source.
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north section
Platform Market | oyster bar & market | copenhagen
Design should begin and end at the human scale, this project seeks to create places that inform activity and public gathering without imposing specific implications of use. In order to achieve this goal, a sequence of spaces created that would draw people in and allow them to stay while maintaining a sense of ambiguity. Within this ambiguity, people can begin to create their own dynamics of use and interactions. As the dynamics and interactions change and morph over time, the spaces can become more defined. By allowing the users to create their own definition for the market space, the human scale of design will always be maintained and continually developed.
platforms
sails
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Technical Drawings As the leading school in sustainble design, the University of Oregon College of Architecture focuses on combining aesthetic design principles with forward thinking and innovative building solutions. The required course, Enclosures, presents relevant building plans and asks students to design functional structural systems while keeping in mind sustainable building techniques. These two projects represent building enclosures designed using wood framing to Passive House standards and structural steel curtain wall system.
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Product Design Glassblowing Each blown piece is unique to the conditions of the moment. Each piece represents a different experiment with color and technique which I have learned and honed over the course of ten years.
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The Vessle Constructed using one 4’x4’ piece of plywood, the Vessle was designed to evoke the sensation of carrying water. Its form and weight are derived from the form of a rain drop.
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thank you.
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ANNA GREEN Objective
Work Experience
Education
Qualifications & Skills
Relevant Experiences
2955 Alder Street Eugene, Oregon 97405 +1 (858) 752-4048 annabirgittagreen@gmail.com
To work within the field of architecture as a liaison between the design world and our world at large. To better our means of living using conscientious and sensitive design techniques. Intern at Chambers Construction, Sep-Dec. 2014 Worked on-site during the construction of an apartment complex. worked directly with the project engineer to process and post RFIs, organized the spec books, and attended weekly meetings and site tours with the architect and subcontractors. Research Assistant in Environmental Science Department, 2012-2015 Developed a comprehensive database and website that graphs and represents the potential of colleges and universities across the United States to produce renewable energy technologies. Volunteer Tutor at Eugene Juvenile Detention Facility, Winter 2015 Worked one-on-one with at-risk teens in the juvenile detention facility. Helped students to develope better learning habits and basic math and science skills. Swedish 101w Teacher’s Assistant, 2011 Led 15 students in developing their spoken and written Swedish language skills. Reviewed homework, worked with individual students, and communicated with professor. Administrative Assistant at The Seany Foundation for Pediatric Cancer Research, 2008-2010 Made connections with potential donors, contributed to the organization and planning of charity events, and spread awareness of our cause to local organizations and businesses.
University of Oregon, Fall 2010-Spring 2015 Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) The Robert D. Clark Honors College Danish Institute of Study Abroad, Summer 2014
Strong Communication Skills: verbally and visually Multilingual: fluent in English and Swedish, conversational in Spanish Drafting: autoCAD, hand drafting 3D Modeling: Sketchup, Rhino, Grasshopper, Revit, physical model-making Layout/Presentation: Adobe Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator), sketching Team/Collaboration: team projects and competitions throughout education Additional: BlueBeam, Word, Excell, Powerpoint, Keynote, Google Spreadsheets
Research: Undergraduate thesis on renewable energy and sustainability on college campuses, Winter 2015 Thesis to be published in June 2015 with Springer Publishing Co. Presentation: Presented at the PSU Sustainability Conference, Fall 2013 Competitions: 120 Hours architecture competition, Winter 2014: entrant Envision the New School of Architecture, Winter 2015: judging ongoing Teaching: Mentor to first-year architecture students. Reviewed studio work and helped answer questions about design and student life.
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