cassandra frantz strauss design portfolio 2021
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deck park vista
professional
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block 216
professional
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thunderbird
academic
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pro-to-type
competition
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interventions & accumulations
graduate thesis
deck park vista professional work
2020 Phoenix, Arizona Shepley Bulfinch Affordable housing RFP submittal
Revit Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign Adobe Illustrator Enscape
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place-based affordable housing In collaboration with Phoenix Center for the Arts, Gorman & Company, and Trellis, a nonprofit that provides financial literacy education, Shepley Bulfinch submitted a response to a Phoenix RFP for the redevelopment of a city-owned housing complex in the downtown arts district, famous for a decadeslong tradtion of First Friday art walks and densely filled with local artist galleries, studios and workshops. Shepley’s team proposed a mix of units with the ground floor composed of a public ceramics studio, gallery and community meeting room, and two-story live-work townhomes. All graphic work shown produced by the author.
Elevations Vista Room Roof 79’ - 0” Level 7 67’ - 0” Level 6 55’ - 6” Level 5 44’ - 0” Level 4 32’ - 6”
Alley
Level 3 21’ - 0”
Public Art
Level 2 10’ - 0” Level 1 0’ - 0”
Moreland Street
Elevations Moreland Street
Alley Phoenix Center for the Arts Gallery
Resident Entry
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Townhomes
Vista Room Roof 79’ - 0” Roof 79’ - 0” Level 7 67’ - 0” Level 7 Level 6 67’ - 0” 55’ - 6” Level 6 Level 5 55’ - 6” 44’ - 0” Level 5 Level 4 44’ - 0” 32’ - 6” Level 3 4 Level 32’ -- 0” 6” 21’
Alley Public Art
Level 3 2 21’ 10’ - 0” 1 Level 2 0’ --0” 10’ 0” Level 1 0’ - 0”
3rd Street Moreland Street Phoenix Center for Ceramic Kilns + Service the Arts Gallery Phoenix Center for the Arts Gallery
5th Street Moreland Street
Alley Vehicle Entrance to Parking
Resident Entry
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Townhomes
Resident Entry
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Roof 79’ - 0” Level 7 67’ - 0” Level 6 55’ - 6” Level 5 44’ - 0” Level 4 32’ - 6” Level 3 21’ - 0” Level 2 10’ - 0” Level 1 0’ - 0”
3rd Street
5th Street Phoenix Center for the Arts Gallery
Ceramic Kilns + Service
Resident Entry
Parking
Vehicle Entrance to Parking
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Elevations
Vista Room Roof 79’ - 0” Level 7 67’ - 0” Level 6 55’ - 6” Level 5 44’ - 0” Level 4 32’ - 6” Level 3 21’ - 0” Level 2 10’ - 0” Level 1 0’ - 0”
5th Street Live/Work Townhomes
Resident Entrance
Community Room
Ceramic Studio Phoenix Center for the Arts
Gallery Space
Outdoor Gallery
3rd Street
North The neighborhood and desert context inform the exterior material palette proposed for this project. The materials include the following: Brick base Cementitious stucco coating, with integral colors
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A1. Gallery Plaza 2,554 sf 4,702 sf
A4. PCA Co-op Artist Space
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A5. Outdoor Kilns + Service B. Community Meeting Space [Trellis] 4,230 sf C. D. E. F.
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Two-Story Townhome
1,397 sf
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Two-Story Live/Work Townhome 2,695 sf
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Studio Apartment
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1-Bed, 1-Bath Apartment
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1-Bed, 1-Bath + Den Apartment
814 sf
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2-Bed, 2-Bath Apartment
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flagstaff, arizona professional work: rendering 2020 Phoenix, Arizona Shepley Bulfinch Multifamily
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block 216 professional work
2018 Portland, Oregon GBD Architects, Inc. 100,000 sf Mixed-use: luxury hotel and hospitality, office, and residential
Revit + BIM AutoCAD Adobe Photoshop Google Earth
east elevation; n.t.s.
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block 216: context + new building
before
after
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block 216: 3D printed city model
A 3D-printed model showing 30 city blocks in downtown Portland, plus iterative models of the proposed building, for presentation to the city Design Review Committee for approval. Approximately 2’ x 3’.
Topography points provided by the City of Portland AutoCAD Sketchup 3D Printing: Cura + Ultimaker 2+
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thunderbird academic work
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2018 Phoenix, Arizona Studio instructors: Beau Dromiack + Tom Hartman Collaborative work 100,000 sf Higher education
Revit Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign Adobe Illustrator Enscape
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think globally; act locally An iconic institution is making a move from a bucolic 40-acre suburban campus to theurban heart of downtown Phoenix. Responding to a real RFQ from Arizona State University for a new global business school at the downtown Phoenix campus, we designed not only the studio project but a complete response proposal including a video, printed booklets and VR integration.
The program revolves around a 3-story spherical atrium, modeled below in a 3D-printed model of the voids present in the building.
ground floor
second floor
third floor
fourth floor
fifth floor
sixth floor
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prototype competition entry
2018 Toronto, Ontario Advisors: Kristian Kelley + Mark Stapp interdisciplinary: real estate, land use law, urban planning
The ULI Hines competition combines design acumen with economic and financial analysis of a real site. Our scheme focused on expanding public open space vertically and public transportation connections in a high-density environment. 26
interventions & accumulations graduate thesis
2019 Phoenix, Arizona Thesis advisors: Phil Horton and Joe Pritchard Collaborative work [team of four] At the scale of the city
Revit AutoCAD Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign Adobe Illustrator Adobe Premiere Pro Enscape
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Economic opportunity doesn’t have to lead to com “Government and policy have played a key role in creating
these patterns by directing public and private capital in ways
that advantage some and disadvantage other neighborhoods.” “Gentrification, Displacement, and the Role of Public Investment,” Journal of Planning Literature, 2017
On the eve of a new light rail line that cuts through some of the most historically disinvested and ignored minority neighborhoods in Phoenix, we address the paradox that much-needed transit and public infrastructure improvements in disadvantaged neighborhoods often serve to eventually displace the original residents. We identify and amplify positive conditions within Central City South to generate small interventions for the built environment that can be implemented by non-corporate urban actors. These interventions accumulate over time to reinforce the character and resiliency of the existing neighborhood while bringing economic opportunity and benefits for the residents who already live there. We designed both policies as well as examples of the physical manifestations of those policies. For a complete understanding of a complex project, please inquire about the strategy booklets, multimedia components and thesis book.
site plan showing potential interventions in the existing urban fabric: no scale
mmunity displacement.
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The year-long thesis culminated in a review and reception in May at Events on Jackson on the border of the Warehouse District and Central City South. Immersive videos, projections, large-scale posters and multimedia exhibits introduced guests to the neighborhood’s history, our community interaction strategy and finally the realization of the thesis itself. Throughout the project, we took care to learn about the area from residents themselves, attending community meetings, events and celebrations. We spent four months before any “designing.” We gained not only a thorough thesis project but lasting relationships with community leaders and institutions, and we are proud of the template we set for student-led, community- centered design with a positive outcome for both the students and the community. We continue to present the work to local government and the community.
Community engagement+reception
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CASSANDRA FRANTZ STRAUSS DESIGN PORTFOLIO 2021