ELIZABETH ELLEN BIRD ECKELS
WORKS
2005 - 2009
URBAN APIARY
UNIVERSIT Y OF PENNSYLVANIA FALL 2007 ARCH 401
REPRESENTATION
UNIVERSIT Y OF PENNSYLVANIA FALL 2005 ARCH 201
VISUALIZ ATION
UNIVERSIT Y OF PENNSYLVANIA FALL 2005 ARCH 201
FABRIC ATION
UNIVERSIT Y OF PENNSYLVANIA SPRING 2006 ARCH 202
HOUSING A HABIT
UNIVERSIT Y OF PENNSYLVANIA FALL 2006 ARCH 301
RITUAL NARRATIVE
UNIVERSIT Y OF PENNSYLVANIA SPRING 2007 ARCH 302
DOUBLE HOUSE
UNIVERSIT Y OF PENNSYLVANIA SPRING 2008 ARCH 402
BLINK BOX
TEMPORARY OUTDOOR GALLERY SPACE COMPETITION 2009
BARNARD NE XUS
WEISS/MANFREDI ARCHITECTURE/LANDSCAPE/URBANISM
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Concept Model Studies: Layering and rotating grids
FALL 2007
Fishtown’s Penn Treaty Park is transformed into an into an intermediary landscape connecting the urban neighborhood to the waterfront. A theater of bees serves as a pivot point, driving a reorientation from the city grid to a grid tangent to the Delaware River. The terracing and overlap of park elements engage ecological processes, activate views, and enhance community access.
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City Park Perspective Section: Pedestrian bridges and extensions of the cross streets connect the park to the city physically and visually. High retaining walls and trees preserve the role of the park as a refuge.
Apiary Perspective Section: As the landscape descends to the water, terraces orient views and provide seating for watching the river and the beekeeping activities.
Park River Perspective Section: Routes from the park extend over and under the water, suggesting a reconciliation of the built and natural environments. A stepping inlet indexes the level of the river.
REPRESENTATION
FALL 2005
A temporal analysis of position and movement in the Class of ’59 Plaza at varying scales reveals traces of human interaction with the campus space.
Conditions studied for pencil drawings
Plan Orthographic Projection, pencil
VISUALIZ ATION
FALL 2005
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Section Orthographic Projection, pencil
FABRIC ATION
SPRING 2006
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Mount Vernon Drive, Mantua
DOUBLE HOUSE
SPRING 2008 WITH HERNAN GARCIA AND ANETA PARIASZEVSKI
A shared internal courtyard drives the design of the affordable residential project for People’s Emergency Center in Mantua, Philadelphia. Glazed staircases face one another across the shared exterior space, encouraging interaction between neighbors and providing additional daylight. The Double House entry engages the street and the adjacent vacant lot, with the courtyard raised and set back to preserve safety and privacy.
Perspective View: Looking from courtyard out to street
Operable louvered skylights over the core aid in ventilation and daylight control.
Runoff is reduced by green roof absorption and a rainwater storage tank beneath the house.
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A solid concrete base serves as a thermal mass for passive heating and cooling.
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Autumn
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Site Plan and Perspective Sequence: Benches and trees along the vacant lot to the west frame a temporary park, conserving space for future houses
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The double height atria along Broadway reveal Barnard’s diverse activities to the city and support cross-disciplinary dialogue within the student center Photo by Esto/Albert Vecerka
BARNARD NEXUS
CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION & INTERIORS 2008-2010 WITH WEISS/MANFREDI ARCHITECTS
In the new multipurpose arts center at Barnard College, views through slipped atria and a glazed unfolded stair link diverse social and cultural activities, encouraging interdisciplinary interaction. In addition to weekly site visits and CA sketches, my role included LEED documentation, design of signage and graphics, and studies and prototypes for custom furniture.
BOOKCASES
FILE CABINETS
WORKSPACE LOUNGE REFERENCE AREA
BOOKCASES
FILE CABINETS
WORKSPACE LOUNGE LOUNGE
BOOKCASES
REFERENCE AREA
WORKSPACE LOUNGE
BOOKCASES
WORKSPACE LOUNGE
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BARNARD COLLEGE THANKS THESE GENEROUS DONORS TO THE DIANA CENTER, A LANDMARK PROJECT IN THE HISTORY OF THE COLLEGE
DIANA TOULIATOU VAGELOS ’55 AND P. ROY VAGELOS
EDITH AND FRANCES MULHALL ACHILLES MEMORIAL FUND THE ARIF FAMILY STEPHEN BEPLER AND KIM BEPLER P ’05 LISA SPRUNG COHEN ’80 AND JAMES COHEN DASHA AMSTERDAM EPSTEIN ’55 WILLIAM T. GOLDEN
JOLYNE CARUSO-FITZGERALD ’81 AND SHAWN FITZGERALD CC ’80 CHERYL GLICKER MILSTEIN ’82 AND PHILIP MILSTEIN ELIZABETH YEH SINGH ’88 AND RAVI SINGH
SIBYL R. GOLDEN CONNIE ’53 AND HARVEY KRUEGER MR. AND MRS. JAN R. AND DANIEL R. LEWIS P ’05 LOUISE HEUBLEIN McCAGG ’59 MYRA H. MONFORT ’60 ZAHAVA B. STRAUS ’77 AND MOSHAEL J. STRAUS
ANONYMOUS RHODA MERMELSTEIN BERLEY ’57 ESTHER GRABELSKY BIEDERMAN ’31 AND MORRIS E. BIEDERMAN SUSAN BASS BOLCH ’74 AND CARL EDWARD BOLCH, JR MARGARITA (ARI) BROSE ’84 ELAINE SCHLOZMAN CHAPNICK ’61 DINA DE LUCA CHARTOUNI AND FOUAD CHARTOUNI KIMBERLY CONNER ’84 AND NICHOLAS GROOMBRIDGE LISA PHILLIPS DAVIS ’76 P ’07 AND STEPHEN DAVIS P ’07
BARBARA IZENSTEIN ELLIS ’64 AND JOSEPH H. ELLIS ELIZABETH P. EVANS AND SCOTT C. EVANS P ’10 CAROLINE HALAMA FORD ’82 JOAN SHERMAN FREILICH ’63 AND SANFORD FREILICH JANET ’56 AND ROBERT HELMAN RACHELLE LEVIN KAISERMAN ’73 CAMILLE KIELY KELLEHER ’70 PHYLLIS AND DR. MARRICK KUKIN P ’06 LINDA R. LEBENSOLD ’65 SUSAN LOWEY ’54
DOROTHY URMAN DENBURG ’70
SUSAN M. LYNE P ’07
LUCILLE R. ZANGHI AND JAMES M. DOW P ’10
CATHERINE AND ROBERT MATTHEWS P ’09 ’12
DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
HELEN AND EUGENE MCGRATH
JYOTI MENON ’01 RAPHAEL AND EILEEN LEE MOY ’73 P ’12 PATRICIA HARRIGAN NADOSY ’68 AND PETER A. NADOSY CAROLINE DUNCOMBE PELZ ’40 AND EDWARD J. PELZ ANNA QUINDLEN ’74 THE REID FAMILY HEIDI CRANE RIEGER ’79 FRANCENE SUSSNER RODGERS ’67 CAROL HOFFMAN STIX ’48 SUSAN SWANEZY P ’08 DR. IRVING WALTCHER
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500 ARCHITECTURE & ART HISTORY 501 SEMINAR ROOM 502 SEMINAR ROOM
NANCY KUNG WONG ’62
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COLLEGE ACTIVITIES OFFICE
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CONFERENCE ROOM
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400 GALLERY 401 DIGITAL DESIGN LAB 402 PAINTING STUDIO 404 ARCHITECTURE STUDIO
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300 READING ROOM 301 COLLEGE ACTIVITIES 302 CONFERENCE ROOM 300
303 DIVERSITY INITIATIVES
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304 STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSN 307 COMPUTER LAB
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COMPUTER SUPPORT
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COMPUTER LAB
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SEMINAR ROOM
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200 DINING ROOM 203 CLASSROOM 208 CONFERENCE / DINING 300 301
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ROOF TERRACE
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ARCHITECTURE & ART HISTORY
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GALLERY ARCHITECTURE & PAINTING STUDIOS DIGITAL DESIGN LAB
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ROOF TERRACE
READING ROOM COLLEGE ACTIVITES DIVERSITY INITIATIVES COMPUTER LAB
ARCHITECTURE AND VISUAL ARTS OFFICES SEMINAR ROOMS FACULTY OFFICES CLASSROOM
GALLERY ARCHITECTURE AND PAINTING STUDIOS VISUAL ARTS COMPUTER LAB
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CAFE STUDENT MEETING ROOM BARNARD STORE COMMUTER LOUNGE
JAVA CITY STORE
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BLACK BOX THEATRE
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LL103 CLASSROOM LL104 CLASSROOM LL105 THEATRE WORKSHOP
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ALTSCHUL HALL
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LL201 MEN’S DRESSING ROOM LL202 WOMEN’S DRESSING ROOM 300
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Studies and Mock-Ups: Donor Wall and super graphic in elevator lobbies
READING ROOM
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ELEVATOR
Gradients of color, opacity, and transparency respond to the building’s diverse internal programs and provide views out to the campus and the city Image by Weiss/Manfredi
Carpet Pattern for Black Box Theatre lobby