CLAUDIA WAINER
UNDERGRADRUATE PORTFOLIO
CONTACT INFO CONTACT INFO
703.424.6080 96wainer@cardinalmail.cua.edu 760 Taylor Street NE, G43, Washington, DC 20017 Graduated from W.T. Woodson High School Graduated from The Catholic University of America
June 06, 2009 May 18, 2013
Dean’s LIst Study Abroad in Rome Foreign Studies Competition Studio Finalist
Spring 2011 - Spring 2013 Spring 2012 Fall 2012
Bachelor of Science in Architecture and Urban Planning
AWARDS
EMPLOYMENT
Assistant Coach for the Northern Virginia Volleyball Association Job Responsibilities: Taught 12-14 year olds basic skills, plays and
December 2008 - May 2009
team work. Reasons for Leaving: Had to return to colleges courses for the year.
Student Intern for the United States Border Patrol and June 14, 2010 - October 10, 2010 specifically worked with Facilities, Management, and May 14, 2011 - August 24, 2011 Engineering (FM&E) Job Responsibilites: Performed daily office task such as organizing and
filing documents on a computer database. Resons for Leaving: Had to return to college courses for the year.
Student Intern for the United States Border Patrol and June 4, 2012 - October 1, 2012 specifically worked with the Office of International Trade Job Responsibilities: Tasks included sorting through mail, wirting letters
SKILLS
back to inquiries and logging requests into a computer database. Reasons for Leaving: Had to return to college courses for the year.
Proficient in Autocad, Revit Architecture, Rhino, Grasshopper and Adobe Creative Suite 5 Proficient in Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, and Excel
RESUME
WELCOME AND VISITOR CENTER
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FOREIGN STUDIES COMPETITION
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PERFOMING ARTS CENTER
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YOGA STUDIO
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OTHER WORK
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CBDS (comprehensive buiding supplement) St. Elizabeths East Campus
This project, done in a group of 5 individuals (Andy Tran, Chris Motley, Nina Tactic, Marc Mendoza), is a welcome center for The Department of Homeland Security. The project program includes security checkpoints, building support and operations, and gallery space. The goals for the project are to : open up the the site, create a new face for DHS, and to bridge the “old” with the “new” architecture. The concept is focused around the idea of TENSION; tension in material, circulation and views. Tension is defined as two opposing objects that are in balance. The buildings are physically in tension by being separated and by being composed of completely different materials. By separating the program the opportunity arose to completely isolate the security from the main program of the building. This building is the “Filter Building”, which physically filters light through staggered brick modules and which literally filters visitor through security stations. The main building was created by stacking two rectangles and then twisting them. Cables and saddle surfaces on the exterior phsyically represent the torsion that is created from the twist. The interior expresses this torsion through our main lobby as visitors are forced to twist up towards the second or basement floors.
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YEAR Senior, Spring semester DURATION 16 weeks STUDIO INSTRUCTOR Julie Kim
DHS WELCOME AND VISITOR CENTER
TENSION
Referencing the historic grid of the campus there exists an overlapping system of spatial order void of a responding joint. The visitors center is sited at this joint, its torsion the manifestation of a fusing force. It is also the manifestation of a fusing force that connects with the old by introducing a new form. Visitors are faced with experiencing the physiclal torsion by circulation through the main core of the building.
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CASCADE
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The design is related to the progammatic solutions found in the convent but modifying it based on the new site. Program was divided into three main spaces: the public, gallery and teaching. It also adresses its immediate surroundings by adheringto to the three types of edges found on the site: the toe path and canal, the tree line of the woods, and the Potomac River which creates the irregular form. The form itself creates a larger scuplture garden and a smaller sculpure garden that is a direct path to the convent. The views are specific to each space:the site is revealed in the entry; the gallery space is more focused inwardly on the art; while the teaching space has a complete view of the river. The entire building itself CASCADES down to the river in order to emphasize the views and adhere to the site conditions.
YEAR Senior, Fall semester DURATION 6 weeks STUDIO INSTRUCTOR Luis Boza
This project was a continuation of the SACRED BUILDING FOR THE THIRD MILLENIUM project. The location was adjacent to the previous project. The goal for this project was to design a Museum with entry space, gallery exhibtions, a library and art studios. The museum was to create a connection to the monastery adjacent to it while keeping in mind the new site location and light.
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FLETCHER’S BOATHOUSE, north of Georgetown along the Potomac river.
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HENRY LUCE III CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM
YEAR Senior, Fall semester DURATION 6 weeks STUDIO INSTRUCTOR Luis Boza
The building cascades down toward the river facilitating a revealed view of landscape.
GALLERY CIRCULATION
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Light plenums bring light into the main gallery spaces that create an ambiant glow for the artwork.
MAIN GALLERY
SCULPTURE GARDEN
ENTRY
HENRY LUCE III CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM
HINGE
PERFORMING ARTS CENTER TENLEYTOWN, DC Tenleytown is an up and coming part of DC usually populated with vehicular and foot traffic and with new structures being built in order to make the area more friendly (such as the Tenleytown library). With a metro stop being located right in the heart of the area the design proposal is to create a performing arts center on the opposite corner in order to draw in more people, also keeping in mind site context. The idea of a HINGE was used in order to address the irregular site location (corner of Albemarle street and Wisconsin avenue). The black box theater being the “hinge� with two bars on either side opening up to the wisoncsin avenue side in order to draw pepole into the building. The two bars contain multi-purpose and dance studios, along with the other services needed for the program.
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YEAR Junior, Fall semester DURATION 6 weeks STUDIO INSTRUCTOR George Dove and Dave Shove-Brown
CAFE
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ROOFTOP
SECOND FLOOR
LOBBY
The main spaces face the new Tenleytwon library. A restaurant is located above the black box theatre for attendees to go to after a show. The facade has an exterior louvre system that hides and reveals key parts of the building.
PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
H STREET, DC This site is located nearby Union Station and, currently, is undergoing many changes. New buildings are under construction in the effort to take a neighborhood that is seemingly desolate to a more hip and popular place. The goal of this project is to study the FORM of the body as it performs the various movements and positions in yoga. The main FORM of the building was developed by abstracting a basic yoga position into an irregular S shape. This allows two zones to be designated; where the bigger loop contains the yoga studios and the smaller loop creates the public entry and circulation space.
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YEAR Sophomore, Spring semester DURATION 6 weeks STUDIO INSTRUCTOR PJ Bautista
YOGA STUDIO
FORM
SERIALIZATION The goal of this project is to learn how to design with serialization. The project was to design a bus stop that accommodates many forms of waiting, including lounging, sitting, standing, viewing, and conversing. The idea is that serialization allows us to accommodate a multitude of activities through the repetitive expression of one topological object. The form of the design was derived by taking the basic form of a person lounging, reclining, sitting, standing and conversing. These curves were then connected at a single point to create the cylindrical figure.
LOUNGING RECLINING SITTING
STANDING
ADVERTISING
CONVERSING
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ADVERTISING
DIAGRAMS
STANDING
DIAGRAMS SITTING
RECLINING
LOUNGING STANDING RECLINING SITTING
LOUNGING
SIDE ELEVATION
ADVERTISING CONVERSING
MATERIAL MAKING The focus for this project was to study the properties and limites of a given material. Curiosity was spurred for this design by exploring the complete opposite of wood’s functions. Wood is not supposed to bend, curve, and break. The core idea being to create this curving and flowing structure that also creates transparency as a byproduct of strategic cuts through a board of wood.
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WATERCOLORS LOCATIONS (far right) detail of Piazza Navona in Rome. A study of the shadows on the base of the Fountain of Four Rivers. (immediate right) a detail of the entry stairs to Villa Malaparte in Capri and how they are integrated in the contours of the site.
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FIELD SKETCHES LOCATIONS (far right) detail of Carlo Scarpa’s Tomba Brion. (immediate right) a study of the basilica Santa Maria Assunta in Florence.
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