Claire Rothstein Portfolio | Undergraduate Work
Table Of Contents urban Development..............4-5 Architecture Theory............6-7 Form & Function................8-9 Structure & Detail.............10-11 Black & White Photography......12-14 3 Dimensional design...........15 Digital Photography............16-17 Drawings & Paintings...........18-23 Curriculum Vitae...............24-25
POD
Housing Development Sustainability through commnity dynamic...
56 Acres in the Lehigh Valley combining various residential and commercial building types to create an environment focused on the term ‘community’ through sustainable living.
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Spring 2009
An attempt to blend the suburban desires of a car and singlefamily home with environmentally conscious living, PODs were designed in an interlocking mesh. The POD concept is a unit of 6 row houses with the front of the homes facing a shared garden area, recycling center, and bike path; while the garage door is on the back, towards the street.
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Solitude & Fortification A more theoretical approach... A free-form shape was created by imprinting a random object into a 3x3 clay block to then conduct two-dimensional studies of line and shadow created by the block. A three-dimensional extrusion of those same lines was designed.
Movement and mechanism was then added to design a second study.
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Fall 2008
Thirdly, developmental drawing was used to design a structure/ machine ideal for a solitary and independent existence.
Finally, the last model was built by hand, at an increased scale of 1 inch equaling 1 foot, resulting in a fully functioning, moving structure.
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Calder Museum
Spring 2008
Museum to house the works of the sculptor, Alexander Calder.
5 galleries for the 5 segments of his career as an artist.
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Cabin In The Woods
Spring 2009
Designed as an artists’ solitary sanctuary.
Hand-made, stained, bass wood model.
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Ganvié Dwelling Study
Fall 2008 Group Project with Carey Moran
Learning through history... Study of the cultural signifigance and structural design of the pile dwellings on Lake Nokwé; the southern coast of Ganvié, Benin.
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Row House
Spring 2009
Structurally detailed design of a three - story row house.
Section model built to represent the construction detail
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Black & White Photography
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B&W Photography Cont.
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Nightmare Birds
Spring 2007
Pop-Up of a little girl’s nightmare of birds
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Digital Photography
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Drawings & Paintings Compressed charcoal, drawing ink, marker.
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Graphite crayon, drawing ink, pen, marker.
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Vine charcoal, colored pencil, graphite crayon, pastel.
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Compressed charcoal, conte crayon, pastel.
Drawing ink, marker.
Pastel, colored pencil, watercolor, vine charcoal, oil, acrylic.
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Curriculum Vitae 2246 California Street • San Francisco, California• 94115 csr204@gmail.com 415-350-2585
Education Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA; May 2009 B.A. Architecture Field Study Participant, Lehigh In Paris; Paris, France; Summer 2008 •Studied the urban development of Paris from the end of The French Revolution to present day. •Traveled Paris and its surrounding areas to conduct field research of architectural design through sketches. •Perfected my fluency in French by leading fourteen non-French-speaking students around Paris for six weeks.
Experience Intern, Siccardi & Associates, Montevideo, Uruguay, September 2009 - December 2009 •Architecture Internship moving throughout the various depatments of the firm. •Working in a spanish-speaking environment. Honored Participant, Art & Architecture Juried Art Show, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, Spring 2009 •Submitted a model of a One-Room-Cabin that was selected to be displayed in a show. Honored Participant, Vagina Monologues Art Show, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, Spring 2009 •Three figure sketches were chosen to be on display during the show, The Vagina Monologues. •One of the sketches was sold to san attendee of the show. Graphic Designer, Product Design Department, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, January 2007 – May 2008 •Hired by two separate product design groups to create posters and marketing presentations to present to the private companies funding their projects. •Won “Best-Poster-Design-Award” for one of the groups. Creative Director, Epitome Yearbook, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, June 2007 – May 2008 •Designed layouts for every section while leading meetings for those sections 5 times a week. •Final decision maker on the photos entered into the yearbook. •2nd to the Editor-In-Chief; master designer on the cover.
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Experience cont. Photography Editor, Epitome Yearbook, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, September 2004 – May 2007 •Awarded top Editor for the academic year 2006 - 2007. Intern, Monsoon Gallery, Bethlehem, PA, January 2007 – December 2007 •Worked opening exhibit nights by helping customers answer questions and make purchases. •Redesigned the structure of the database system so that it is more easily accessible and functional. •Wrote press releases and mailings for the upcoming exhibits.
Skills Computer: Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Flash, Java, C++, HTML, Revit Architecture 2009, AutoCAD 2009, ArchiCAD, Google SketchUp. Representational: Sketching, Drawing, Painting, Photography, Drafting, Model Making, Woodworking. Language: Fluency in French, Conversational Spanish and Portuguese, Literacy in Hebrew.
Activities “BALANCE” Art and Architecture Club (position held: Co-Fundraising Chair), Women’s Club Rugby (position held: Social Chair), Lehigh University Emergency Medical Support, Various Intramural Sports.
Travel Experience Canada, Mexico, Honduras, Belize, France, England, Wales, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Vatican City, Germany, Hungary, Austria, Tunisia, Egypt, Israel, China, Japan, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bahamas, Turkey, Sweden, The Netherlands, Belgium, Slovakia
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Claire Rothstein