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ANNA LITTLETON architecture portfolio
2019
fourth year
a room & a garden fall 2017
This is a 100 square foot room on the edge of virginia tech’s campus. the small room serves as a place for someone to relax and enjoy the site.
the butterfly roof collects water to waterfall into a small fountain parallel to the creek on the site.
the main structure of the building is steel columns,
which support a studded wall clad in wood panels. the
columns’ support allows for ribbon windows along the
top and bottom of the wall, making the walls appear to be
floating off the ground, and the roof to be floating off the walls.
this “fragment� is a 1/2 full
scale model using true materi-
als. it represents an important connection in this building.
the connections explored in this fragment are at a corner condition, where the column meets the ground, where the
glass meets the ground, where the column meets the studs,
and where the glass meets the studs.
pin-up building Spring 2018 The given site for this project is next to cowgill hall, virginia tech’s current architecture building. the building must accommodate a cafe, a gallery, and 3 pin-up spaces. this building has an ivy-cov-
ered space underneath the pi-
lotis, creating a unique escape on campus.
the steel columns are the
main structure, supporting concrete walls which allow for ribbon windows along the top and bottom of the walls. the columns also support benches which serve a variety of purposes depending on the program of the space where they are located. along
with the column-supported
concrete walls, there are two other wall types- continuous concrete walls, and glass curtain walls.
europe fall travel Fall 2018 This past fall, i participated in virginia tech architecture school’s european travel
program. throughout the program we visited
37 cities
in germany, france, austria, switzerland, and spain.
every day we visited multiple buildings, gaining under-
standing of the architecture through sketching and pho-
tographing. my skills improved throughout the trip. i began to understand how to more clearly represent a building on paper and how to pick out
a main idea from the architecture and express it.
the program not only exposed me to new architecture but also new cultures and
new experiences. it taught be independence, patience, and adaptability.
new urbanist community Spring 2019 STUDIOS
this site in virginia beach is
currently a trailer park. this new master plan takes on a
new urbanist approach. the community has single family
homes. rowhomes, and mixed-
SINGLE FAMILY HOME LOTS MIXED USE- COMMUNUTY/ RETAIL/ APARTMENTS TOWN HOMES PEDESTRIAN/ BIKE PATH WATER PROPOSED STREETS EXISTING STREETS PARKING
use spaces with retail below and apartments above.
the central focus of this
community is a public park. in this area of virginia beach is
the vibe creative district. this collective puts on a mural fest each year where local artists paint the outside walls
of local businesses. the retail spaces bordering this park will serve as the walls for this event each year.
the community is set up to
bring the community together, and integrate into the surrounding neighborhoods.
1/200 scale