design portfolio
emily milliman
em
emily milliman
design portfolio
design projects 3
evans way park: a proposal
13
villa in a box
19
educology [collaborative project]
28
cardwall
30
mixed media studies
33
urban design proposal for florence
evans way park: a proposal landscape architecture studio (academic) Fall 2010
Situated just south of the Back Bay Fens and East of
the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Evans Way Park is a small public park with two existing paths running north-south. The design proposal calls for a program which includes an exercise loop, sculpture circuit, food kiosk, and performance venue. By intricately weaving the spaces of these programmatic elements together, the proposal aims to create spaces with a high level of flexibility and which would be frequently used on a day to day, month to month, and year to year lifecycle. The mixed program also aims to bringing together people who might tend to visit either a sculpture park or the gym. The three species I have chosen for the canopy plan are American Yellowood, White Pine, and Yoshino Cherry. The strategy for tree placement was inspired by the Pentagon Memorial design, and the diagonal grid for the trees is anchored along the two main axes of the exercise loop. At the center of the park, the circulation path is anchored by the food kiosk, and the amount of activities increases in this space. Visitors can enjoy the outside deck during yoga or other exercise classes or lounge and eat a snack from the kiosk. On the edges of the park, the height of the vegetation increases and the tall grasses blowing in the wind heighten the phenomenological experience of the runners and create a semipermeable screen to view the art through.
4
5
A
A1
LONG SECTION ELEVATION SCALE: 1:100
E1
B1
D1
C1
A1
DETAIL AREA A
E
B
C
D
SITE PLAN SCALE 1:300
6
People participate in an exercise class on the yoga deck while joggers run around the exercise loop. Museum visitors extend their artviewing experience as they stroll through the park.
7
At the edges of the park, the height of the vegetation increases and the grasses blow in the wind. Visitors run swiftly around the exercise loop, viewing glimpses of artwork as they run.
8
PX PX
PX
PX PX PX
PX PX
PX PX
PX
PX
PX
PX
PX
PX
PX
PX
PX
PX
PX PX PX
PX PX
PX PX
PX
PX
PX
PX
PS
PX
PX
PX
PS
PX
PX
PX
PX
PX
PX
PS
PX
PX
PX
PX PX
PX PX
PX
PX
PS
PX
PX PX
PX PX
PX
PX
CK
PX
PX
PX
PX
CK
PX
PX PX
CK CK
PX PX
PX
PX
PROPOSED TREES CK- Cladrastis kentukea [American Yellowood] PS- Piinus strobus [ Eastern White Pine] AC- Acer campestre [Hedge Maple] PX- Prunus xyedoensis [Yoshino Cherry] AP- Acer platanoides [Norway Maple] AR- Acer rubrum [Red Maple] AS- Acer saccharum [Sugar Maple] FP- Fraxinus pennsylvanica [Green Ash] GT-Gleditsia triacanthos [Thornless Honeylocust] LS- Liquidambar styraciflua [American Sweetgum] LT- Liriodendron tulipifera [Tulip Tree] QA- Quercus alba [White Oak] QB-Quercus bicolor [Swamp White Oak] QC- Quercus coccinea [Scarlet Oak] CANOPY PLAN QP- Quercus palustris [Pin Oak] QR- Quercus rubra [Red Oak SCALE 1:300 TC-Tilia cordata [Littleleaf Linden] UM- Ulmus americana [American Elm] EXISITING TREES
9
DETAIL PLAN SCALE 1:100
10
Pedestrians meander along tall grasses and shorter perennials towards the food kiosk and yoga deck. The woman with the guitar is headed to the outdoor performance area to perform for the children sitting there.
11
12
villa in a box
landscapes studio (academic) Fall 2008
G
uided by principles of a villa ideology that were developed through a series of historical case studies, the design concept for this outdoor retreat space seeks to elevate the human sensual experience through enriched textures and natural beauty. Issues of human scale, interior-exterior edge conditions, and materiality were explored. The design of a small villa retreat and garden on the west coast of Oregon began with an examination of a variety of landscape issues, an investigation of garden and architectural materials, and the exploration of invisible spatial boundaries. In the site analysis phase of the project, an awareness of the richness of the natural Oregon landscape and staccato characteristic of the water line was born. The process combined research, creative thinking and choreography of materials and volumes. The landscape of Oregon’s natural coastline inspired a texture watercolor study and the process proceeded as spaces began to take form through a series of study models. The oscillation between 2D and 3D media was crucial to the process. The design of the all-weather pavilion and garden includes a small covered reflection space and a mix of garden spaces, including a wildflower bed with interactive platforms, a reflection pool, vegetable garden, lap pool and outdoor sitting areas.
13
14
15
16
17
18
educology
Hybrid Media Studio (academic collaboration with 2 other students Spring 2009
E
xplorations in sustainability and consideration of current site program with imagination of future use and the lifecycle of a school were the focus this collaborative project for an ACSA student design competition. The site chosen by the design team was Tyson’s Corner, VA, a suburb situated about forty minutes from Washington D.C., with an increasing population and need for new infrastructure. Working in a fluid medium of collage and sketching and bringing spaces to life through digital hybridization with those media enabled the team of three students to collaborate successfully and consider a range of issues, from human usage, population statistics, site characteristics, and environmental factors conducive to learning. Throughout our process, we incorporated a projected timeline 100 years into the future and integrated the potential for adaptation into the original design with consideration of the city’s plans for future development. The final proposal not only considers the educational experience of the children attending the school, but the school’s usage and function on a 24-hr, 7-day, 12-month, 1 year, and 100 year cycle.
19
Built into the design of the school is an ability to adapt and act as infrastructure, connecting local neighborhoods as well as the city of Tyson’s Corner to the nearest Metropolitan area, Washington, D.C. Throughout the collaboration, I worked closely with my peers to develop a site response and we engaged intensely in a dialogue about the formal architectural response that we created as well as the relationship between the school and its respective site. The lifecycle collage was a process sketch that I generated on my own. I was also personally responsible for the site analysis diagrams (excluding the bike path/ transportation diagram); the perspectives on pages 12 & 15; I was also deeply engaged in the development of the plan of the school and developed the concept for the tree-like columns. Our collaborative process was highly fluid and we all contributed design input at the least to every element of the project.
life
of a school
families commute to work and school cleaning staff begins work homeroom wake up sun rises school starts
elderly citizens meet for classes class class
children gather class on playground a class early drop off hours library opens
class
pl yground time
6am 7am 5am exercise classes
8am
9am
class
class
class
lunchtime playground time
11am
10am
noon
families eat dinner bedtime for kids class class children do homework [with parents help] afterschool care starts lights stay on to illuminate surrounding area a library closes sports teams practice young adults activities parent pic kids up 11pm 1pm 4pm 3pm 7pm 9pm 5pm 6pm 8pm 10pm 2pm
pl yground time
meetings once a week at night monday
12
2
3
4
wednesday
tuesday 5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
thursday 16
17
18
19
20
saturday
friday 21
22
23
24
25
26
27
sunday 28
29
30
SUMMER
school ends, summer begins winter break
winter break holiday performances january
life of a person
february
april
march
baby toddler
program possibilities library
may
june
july
august
kids(grades 1-5) middleschool age
bike arena
school
theater
gym
september
october
teenager
november
december
young adults
adults/parents
early retirement citizens
retirement community restaurant/cafeteria park/gardens plaza
20
1am-5am
families take part in recreational activities religious services/ sunday school parents and children attend enrichment classes sports games recreation, entertainment, education enrichment
community activities 1
midnight
hospital
existing condition
existing condition
2020
2060
2020
2060
2100
2100
21
22
2020
2060
2080
library gymnasium art, music,science and media classrooms classrooms cafeteria and kitchen courtyards/garden administrative offices
23
3:55 p.m. 12:05pm class
class class
7:35 a.m.
theater
reading
p layg ro und time science
math
class social studies
class
homeroom
6am
7am
8am
library opens children gather exercise classes on playground kids wake up
sun rises
24
9am
class afternoon class rotation
10am class class
music class
class
class
11amclass
p layg ro und time
spelling
noon lunchtime
class
1pm
2pm
class
class
early drop off hours children do homework [with parents help]
parents pick k
kids up
interior courtyards serve as outdoor classrooms
function, movement, and natural systems
students teachers
sports teams practice
community enjoys green space
parents
early-late evening: continuing education classes for parents lights stay on to illuminate surrounding area
3pm
4pm 5pm afterschool care starts
6pm families eat dinner
7pm
8pm
9pm bedtime for kids
cafe and library open to public
10pm
11pm
midnight
young adults activities
basketball games
library closes
sprinklers water garden
volleyball games
elderly citizens meet for classes
25
26
27
card wall: a techtonic study Graduate Level 582 Studio (academic) Fall 2007
T hrough a multiple-stage project, the struc-
tural properties of paper were explored and the translation of formal geometries across several mediums was conducted. The initial phase was a series of individual card folds. The most dynamic condition was replicated multiple times and a few new elements were added. The compilation resulted in this wall of cards that was constructed to support itself and stand independently. After constructing the wall, a light study was completed and a material investigation was performed. In considering the wall at a larger scale, I imagined it would be constructed from copper and through the two drawings on the right illustrated the effect of weather and time on the structure. The project crossed mediums yet again and the essence of the card wall was translated into a basswood model to convey the inhabitable interior potentialities. The layers of geometry that combine to create the complexity within the wall became evident in this final phase.
29
mixed media studies Florence Progam and Sophomore Graphics (academic/personal) Fall 2006 & Spring 2008
V isualization,
30
interpretion, understanding and creative invention, skills critical to an architect’s success are facilitated by the act of drawing. Throughout my undergraduate experience, drawing has allowed me to understand the surrounding environment and analyze space, light, form, and geometry. The drawing on the left of this page is a portrait of a bust that was created during my time in Florence, Italy. Situated next to it is a formal ionic column watercolor study that was created during the last part of my sophomore year as part of the development of graphic communication skills. The following page contains exerpts from my travel sketchbook that accompanied me in my adventures while studying abroad. Drawing, sketching and painting- facilitated the understanding of new spaces and the understanding these new places has etched in my mind the memory of their essence; which in turn allows me to see the spaces I returned to in a new light.
31
f2: urban mixed-use proposal Architecture and Urban Design Studio (Florence, IT) (academic) Spring 2008
A
rchitecture should not only be great independently, but it should contribute to and enhance the spaces around it and communicate successfully with its urban context. Faced with the challenge of preserving the historic character of the city while feeding a natural demand for modernization, I developed an abstract representation of the historic palazzo and considered the process by which that model would be transformed into its inverse. That inverse model of negative space shaping solid masses became the central concept in the design of a large site about the length of five football fields. The spatial conditions and patterns experienced in my daily routine while living in the city of Florence became so familiar that they naturally became an essential part of my design palette. Oscillating between multiple scales was exciting and challenging. Drawing in perspective became crucial to the translation of my spatial experience into a formal language in the design proposal. The program calls for a large moden art museum and hotel, offices, residence halls for the nearby university, retail space, several green spaces, and a double story piazza. The proposal ties the historic model of design together with modern materials and ideas.
33
34
theater/performing arts center
hotel and conference center weekly produce market space apartments atrium adjacent to residences by station commercial near station contemporary art museum
multi-use space:commercial+offices student housing main restaurants/cafes corner grocery market
36
EW Se
37
3
2
1
ce
theater/performing arts center
hotel and conference center weekly produce market space apartments theater/perform-
ing arts atrium adjacent to center and conference residences byhotel station center weekly produce
ion
commercial near station market space
ation
contemporary art atrium adjacent to museum residences by station
apartments
multi-use commercial near station space:commercial+offices contemporary art museum
multi-use student housing
ffices
38
afes
1 2 3
space:commercial+offices student housing
main restaurants/cafes
main restaurants/cafes
corner corner grocery market market
grocery
NS Sections
NS Sections
39
40
41
42
e.milliman candidate for Master in Landscape Architecture, 2013 Harvard Graduate School of Design milliman@gsd.harvard.edu p. 314-229-2408
43