ERIN PELLEGRINO Selected Works
professional. Alpine Shelter Skuta Glasshouse Renovation Design Miami Schoolhouse South Africa
student work. The Magic Hedge: with Ben Nicholson Cornell University Fall 2017 Option Studio - B.Arch and M.Arch Students Small Scale Interventions with Sami Rintala, Dagur Eggertsson and Mark Cruvellier, Cornell University, Spring 2017 Option Studio - B.Arch and M.Arch Students Introduction To Architecture with Jim Williamson and Luben Dimcheff Cornell University, Summer 2014 Pre-College students
etcetera. Furniture Design Exhibition Design Industrial Design
THE MAGIC HEDGE
Montrose Point, Illinois Ben Nicholson and Erin Pellegrino Fall 2017 Option Studio, Cornell University
There are some locations on Planet Earth whose ground is so saturated with ‘goings on’ that they plead for attention. Such a place is the Montrose Magic Hedge, a man-made spit of land in Chicago that pushes out into Lake Michigan. Once a base for Nike nuclear missiles defending the megalopolis, it is now a safe haven for over 400 species of birds on their semi-annual migration on the Mississippi Flyway. The pastoral setting, crisscrossed by eager-beaver bird watchers, also makes the perfect cover for illicit love. The studio will create a project for the intersection of Nukes, Migration and Forbidden Love: when the chips fall, these are sure to be three quintessential components of the 21 st century, prophetically speaking. The studio will begin by making a deep study of the life of a bird and its nest, utilizing the Cornell Ornithology Lab, the world’s center of bird study. An Everything Drawing will be created, a new form of architectural representation that combines the figurative, the technical, the textual and the diagrammatic aspects of what a project can be. The Everything Drawing will show the rich interconnections between predator & prey, materials & construction, systems of camouflage, gender roles, site weather, migration patterns and the immutable form of eggs. On one sheet, this new kind of architectural drawing will be created that demonstrates the rich interconnectivity of all that constitutes a construction, be it emotive, practical, political or global. The second project addresses the site. We will comb through its nuclear history, and study Chicago’s underground of illicit love. The nuts & bolts of the site will be pulled apart and everything examined, from the grand majesty of the weather-whipped dynamics of Lake Michigan to the disposal of oceans of trash on Chicago’s beaches. A similar Everything Drawing will be made of the rich politics and practicalities that compose rustic parkland within a pulsating urban fabric. Student work: Elie Boutros, B.Arch ‘18
THE MAGIC HEDGE
Montrose Point, Illinois Student work: Coco Tin, B.Arch ‘20
THE MAGIC HEDGE
Montrose Point, Illinois Student work: Maria Ding, B.Arch ‘19
THE MAGIC HEDGE
Montrose Point, Illinois Student work: Christina Zau, B.Arch ‘19
SMALL SCALE INTERVENTIONS
Spring 2017 Option Studio, Cornell University Lofoten, Norway Mark Cruvellier and Erin Pellegrino with Visiting Faculty Sami Rintala and Dagur Eggertsson
The intention of this studio is to engage in the detailed design of site-specific, small-scale interventions within the context of large-scale natural landscapes. An essential challenge and objective will be to explore how to accomplish a lot with a little in such an environment. The project is sited in northern Norway, on the Lofoten peninsula in an archepelago of islands. Site specificity in such remote places has a lot to do with the human beings who have been living there for centuries, their culture and their understanding of their landscape. All this has generated an inner landscape which was explored and the intent to work with a real client for a project (or several small ones) was the driver of the course. Such interventions were intended to reflect and interpret their site closely. Moreover, they were directed to be highly material specific and closely detailed, with wood being of primary but not necessarily exclusive interest. Prototype model building and material testing is intended to be done at large scale – e.g., 1:1 – even if not necessarily on site. Structural form and its relation to design ideas/concepts were the central focus and concern, as was the close relation of these interventions to their immediate site and larger landscape context. Cold weather climate and dark winter days were integral to design considerations, but so were their opposites during the precious and light-filled Scandinavian summer. A field trip to Oslo and the northern Norwegian city of Bodø and the spectacular setting of the Lofoten Islands will take place. Vernacular as well as contemporary examples of Nordic architecture and other built works were closely studied both before the trip as well as during, most importantly for the lessons they conveyed.
SMALL SCALE INTERVENTIONS
The Market
Lofoten, Norway
As one the primary components of the Fredvang Fiske Market scheme, the fish market space, acts as both a economic and social generator. The main market space is located within the bottom floor at the south end of the Trobjornsen building cluster. The flexible market space is surrounded by seven large sliding doors, and can be opened during summer months connecting inside the outside while also perceptually extending the market onto the adjacent dock. Corresponding to the material treatment of the bar and tower components, the ceiling of the market is a timber scrim which gradually changes density along its length. This Market is seen as a daily operated fresh fish market, with the opportunity to sponsor a weekend farmer’s market along the water’s edge.
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Student Work: Ethan Davis M.Arch ‘17, Jeremy Bilotti B.Arch ‘18, Heesun Joyce Han B.Arch ‘18, Kristin Ionata M.Arch ‘17, Paul Fuschetti B.Arch ‘18
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The Bar
The Tower
The bar, is a long rectangular extension of the existing restaurant space within the top floor of the Trobjornsen building cluster. This newly constructed space provides an intimate view of the harbor boats unloading and loading along the dock, visually connecting visitors to the active fishing industry within Fredvang. Along with the views of the dock activity, the floor to ceiling windows frame the magnificent mountain panorama across the far side of the harbor. The newly constructed rectangular frame (which slightly cantilevers over the dock below) has enough room for up to 16 people to sit eat and have a cold beer.
Like the bar, the tower acts as a device to visually connect visitors to the active fishing industry which surrounds the building site, however, instead of providing a close intimate visual of the activity along the dock, the tower allows visitors to see incoming boats and boats making their way out to sea. The tower is an unconditioned public space which can remain accessible at all times of the day, and enjoyed by both tourist and locals. The tower itself is clad with a wood screen which gradually densifies as you ascend the steps to the top. The further you climb the more insulated from the surrounding views you become until you reach the dramatic panorama of the summit. In addition, the tower steps become a main entrance point to access the restaurant for those walking along the dock from the north. This double function of the stairs is intended to increase connection between the second and ground levels.
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SMALL SCALE INTERVENTIONS
Lofoten, Norway
Student Work: Alexandra Donovan B.Arch ‘18, Catie Ely B.Arch ‘18, Aya Mears B.Arch ‘18, Russell Southard M.Arch ‘17, Xiaoyun Wang M.Arch ‘17
Moving Forward What does thee heart of a community look like? Does a metaphor suffice when the desire is to capture the essence of Ramberg Beach? We can never fully understand what it means to live on the brutal, beautiful Lofoten islands, but we can hope to harness fragments of those experiences, and elevate them. We crave a dialogue that continues to develop the pavilion into something both contextually respectful and eye-catching. Our desire is to witness the pavilion grow and develop into something greater than the sum of our parts; a space for gathering, reunion, healing, and reflection. A space that offers visitor and local alike a glimpse of the intangible horizon in an environment saturated in dualities. Silent, but roaring full of spirit; fragile, yet reborn again and again. Or as Vladimir Nabokov once eloquently phrased it: “The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea.”
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Packaging + Shipping OVERVIEW
Wayfinding Tower
Wayfinding Tower SMALL SCALE INTERVENTIONS
Lofoten, Norway
Assembly Breakdown MAIN COMPONENTS CORE + SUPERSTRUCTURE + STAIR + FACADE PANELS + GLAZING
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MODULE COMPONENTS ARE PLACED WITHIN SUPERSTRUCTURE ON-SITE
Deployment on Site MODULAR PROGRAM Each floor frames a certain view of the island, helping visitors locate themselves within the larger context and giving them information about the locations they are observing. The modular aspect of the tower allows the rotation of each floor to maintin a continuous circulation while changing the seating area and opening directions to face the different neighboring conditions.
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LEVEL 1
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Student Work: Ben Vongvanij M.Arch ‘17, Carmen Johnson M.Arch ‘17, Elie Boutros B.Arch ‘19, Justin Foo B.Arch ‘19
CORNELL SUMMER COLLEGE 2014
Arch 1110: Exploration in Architecture Program, Summer 2014 Luben Dimcheff, Jim Williamson; Instructors Erin Pellegrino, Teaching Associate Cornell University
The Introduction to Architecture Program is an intensive six-week course in Cornell’s College of Architecture, Art, and Planning that introduces high school and college students to architectural ideas, principles, and methods of exploring architectural problems in a studio setting. The Cornell Exploration in Architecture Program is a program of personal learning experiences focused on the built environment, to both stimulate and challenge students. Assignment are aimed at exposing to new ways of seeing and thinking about architecture, and introduceing all kinds of creative and imaginative design processes that allow architects to shape and control the built environment and that facilitate an architects’ way of seeing the world. Caption
FINAL PROJECT
TERESA MORENO
PROFESSORS | LUBEN DIMCHEFF, HENRY RICHARDSON, AND JAMES WILLIAMSON TA | ERIN PELLEGRINO INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURE | CORNELL AAP | SUMMER 2014
PROFESSORS | LUBEN DIMCHEFF, HENRY RICHARDSON, AND JAMES WILLIAMSON PROFESSORS | LUBEN DIMCHEFF, HENRY RICHARDSON, AND JAMES WILLIAMSON TA | ERIN PELLEGRINO
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Founded on the basis that architecture is a discipline that requires both knowing and doing. Students are prepared to know by doing and to learn about architecture through both intellectual and hands-on engagement. We stress that architecture is an imaginative discipline that journeys between the everyday and the extraordinary.
CORNELL SUMMER COLLEGE 2014
Arch 1110: Exploration in Architecture Program, Summer 2014 Luben Dimcheff, Jim Williamson; Instructors Erin Pellegrino, Teaching Associate Cornell University
PROFESSORS | LUBEN DIMCHEFF, HENRY RICHARDSON, AND JAMES WILLIAMSON TA | ERIN PELLEGRINO
PROFESSORS | LUBEN DIMCHEFF, HE FINAL PROJECT
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