Fionna Packer Design Portfolio 2024

Fionna Packer, Assoc. AIA

Architectural Design Portfolio

Fionna Packer Assoc. AIA

Architectural Designer

Fionnaschoener@gmail.com

443-995-3359

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ fionna-packer

Education

Bachelor of Architecture, Minor in Architectural History

Pennsylvania State University ‘21 Awards

• Premio Piranesi Design CompetitionTeam leader of the 1st place award recipients. The team received scholarships for a graduate studies program in Rome, Italy for this two week design competition (2019).

• Nancy Aber Goshow and R. Eric Goshow Sustainable Building Design Award Candidate - Nominated by faculty for outstanding building design. (2021)

• Rock Ethics Award NomineeNominated by faculty for involvement in the Sankofa Village community project (2021).

Technical Skills

Revit, Rhino, Autocad

Bluebeam

Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator

Hand Drawing, Model Making

Strengths

Communication, Problem Solving, Attention to Detail, Time Management, Flexibility and Creativity.

Professional Experience

StudioWC- Design Associate

Encinitas, CA, June 2022 - Present

• Assisted in the design of Lakewood High School Aquatics Center and Fields (Long Beach Unified School District, LA County) from the Schematic Design phase through the Construction Documentation phase.

• Assisted in the design of Marshall Middle School HVAC and Renovation Project (Long Beach Unified School District, LA County) from the Conceptual Design Phase through the Construction Documentation phase (ongoing).

Ballinger- Architectural Designer I Philadelphia PA, June 2021- May 2022

• Assisted in the Design Development and Construction Documentation phases for University of Rochester Medical Center.

• Primary roles- Structural Coordination, Egress, and Spacial Studies.

OTJ Architects- Architecture Intern Washington DC, Summer 2018, 2019

• Assisted in multiple commercial and hospitality renovation projects in all stages of design. This role provided experience in Interior Architecture and Interior Design.

• Primary Roles- Project test-fits, Finish Palettes, Coordination with Materials Representatives.

Community Involvement

• AIAS Member, AIAS for Sankofa Board MemberRaised $5,000 for a community garden project in Pittsburgh PA (2021)

• Panelist for the Student Sustainability Talk 3.0, A Permaculture Perspective- An IE University (Madrid) student initiative, hosting students from Penn State University, Auburn University, and University of Oregon (2021)

• Woods Work Committee Member- Woods Work is a Youth Led Mission Trip that partners with Habitat for Humanity and provides an opportunity for high school students to build homes for those in need. The Committee plans and organizes the trip throughout the year for 100+ youth and adults. Attendee (20132016) Committee Member (2015-2016). Scheduled to attend as an Advisor June 2024.

Lakewood High School Aquatic Center, Long Beach Unified School District, LA County

The Lakewood High School Aquatic Center project includes a new Olympic size outdoor pool and associated supporting program.

The project was broken up into two increments. The first increment focused on rearranging sports fields (and the addition of some new courts) to accommodate the aquatic center, and the excavation required for pool installation. The second increment includes the aquatic center buildings, 10,000 and 11,000, as well as bleachers, exterior walls etc. Construction has begun for increment two.

Special consideration was made to honor the design of existing buildings on campus and the team carefully selected materials that supported a cohesive campus appearance.

Aquatic Center Site Plan

Rendering: Aerial view of Aquatic Center

Rendering: Main entry to the Aquatic Center, south side of Building 11,000.

Rendering: Pool deck showing a northern view of Building 11,000.

Aquatic Center Site Plan

Building 10,000 Plan featuring men’s, women’s and gender neutral restrooms for spectators, mechanical, chemical and electrical rooms, a pool attendant office, and pool deck equipment and other storage spaces.

Building 11,000 Plan featuring ticketing at the main point of entry, concessions, boys’, girls’, and all gender locker rooms, multipurpose/team room, coaches’ offices, laundry, first aid and other supporting program.

Marshall Middle School HVAC and Renovation

Long Beach Unified School District, LA County

Marshall Middle School, located in Long Beach Unified School District, hosts approximately 1000 students and is a specialty school with a focus on vocal and performing arts. Its campus is made up of 9 permanent buildings and a variety of bungalows. The campus has been largely untouched since its construction in the late 1950s - early 1960’s and no longer adequately serves student and faculty needs. This project is an HVAC and modernization project. Our teams’ focus in design, in addition to effectively bringing HVAC to the campus, is to transform the building into a space that serves teacher and student needs and provides flexibility for the future.

Classroom building As-Built drawing, annotated to show conceptual design goals.

• Addition of exterior doors to classrooms.

• Install roof mounted HVAC in soffits above classroom door entry.

• “Flipping” corridors to have exterior circulation and use the existing corridor space as a breakout teaching area.

Aerial view of the existing campus.

Conceptual rendering showing how roof mounted HVAC would be hidden from view while also creating an awning for exterior door entry to classrooms and improving way finding. Exterior entry to classrooms also encourages use of outdoor learning spaces.

Conceptual rendering showing how corridor space could be used as a breakout area for classrooms for collaboration and flexible teaching areas.

Vertical Urbanism, Cleveland Development

Studio Description:

This interdisciplinary Architecture and Landscape Architecture design studio analyzes urban density as a key factor for a sustainable future. The interdisciplinary group project was tasked with mixed use large scale development in Cleveland. The group chose to focus on providing usable green space to the local community.

Site Description and Project Objective:

The development site is located on 2 blocks of Cleveland property just south of Playhouse square and adjacent to Erie Street Cemetery to the West and The Wolstein Center to the East. The program included a Hotel, Apartment Complex, Office space, Parking, Performing Arts High School, Retail space, a performance area and other smaller program items. This team focused on creating usable green spaces for the public.

Master Planning Conceptual Diagram:

The series of diagrams below show how program was initially placed with the primary goal of creating usable green space. Considerations are noted below each image.

Existing site, Cleveland, Pennsylvania

Developed Site Plan

Enclosed

Tower placed on North end to keep shadows off site.

Program heavy loaded on North and East sides to open up plaza in center of Site.

Breaks in building correlate with heights of surrounding buildings in the area.

Diagram shows how green spaces were considered functioning throughout the site.

Perspective from Cemetery, West of Site

Overall Site Perspective

Street Perspective, 18th St.

Performance Space Perspective

Residential Unit Design

Variety of Unit Types:

Residential unit design was a special focus of this design. The apartment tower serves a wide range of Cleveland residents. The units vary in size and layout to serve students of the nearby Cleveland State University, families, wealthy residents in luxury units and more.

Designing for the Pandemic:

After the experience of the pandemic, the importance of well designed living spaces are acutely felt. The residential tower is mass timber construction- which was selected for its environmental impact and effect on tenant health. Every apartment has a minimum of a ten x four foot balcony and large operable windows in every bedroom and living space.

Organization:

The apartment tower is broken up into three sections, separated by levels of usable green space. The plan below shows the top section of the tower, highlighted above.

Floor Plan, Level 40

Studio Apartment:

(Shown in rendering)

4’ x 10’ balcony

Full Kitchen

Master Bathroom

Living space

King size bed space

Storage Closet

Standard Three Bedroom

Apartment:

(Shown on page 10- B)

The Standard Three Bedroom apartment has the basic elements of the studio, two full bathrooms, one attached to the master bedroom and a dining area. It is designed to serve a family or university students.

Luxury Three Bedroom

Apartment:

(Shown on page 10- C)

The Luxury Three Bedroom apartment includes all elements of the Standard Three Bedroom apartment with the addition of a secondary living space, a larger dining area, more storage, larger restrooms, and a 6’ by 10’ apartment instead of 4’ x 10’.

Sankofa Community Center and Gardens, Pittsburgh, PA

Site Description and Project Objective:

The Community Center and Gardens project is located in an impoverished community in Pittsburgh facing gentrification. This community does not have local grocery stores or access to fresh foods. The community center and garden is designed to bring together community members and lift up the community without pushing out members through gentrification. It also takes into account energy saving and green design techniques that influence the form and materiality of the design.

Quilting of the Community:

This design was inspired by quilting, specifically Gees Bend Quilts. An African American female quilting group based in Alabama with roots back to slavery. The pattern of quilting inspired the multi-directional axis and overlapping spacial relationships of the building and site. The axis and consequential module is based on the existing pattern of the community and the optimal relationship with the sun for daylighting purposes.

“Monkey Wrench”- Single block variation- Patty Ann Williams, 1955

Perspective 1- Approach to entry.

Perspective 2- Exterior view of rainwater collection pond and Library/Green House.

Perspective 3- View from garden beds in South East corner.

Perspective 4- South East corner view showing Maker Space, exterior work space and garden beds.

Solar panels

Pitched roof designed to mirror residential homes on surrounding sight.

Timber construction

Building program includes classrooms, maker space, administration, library, green houses, multi purpose space, cafeteria and more.

Landscape design used to organize space and incorporate building into quilt-like design.

Plumbing located in basement.

Water Collection, HVAC, and Plumbing

Rain water is collected from the pitched roofs, directed through storm drains- hidden behind timber columns, into a pipe leading to the rainwater collection pond. The rainwater collection pond contains koi and lilies- natural water filtration.

The air intake for HVAC, furnace, and water heater connect to the outside through vertical chase. The wet wall contains the water pipes and return for the kitchen and shop needs in the Maker Space.

Sun Path- Windows face south for optimal daylighting

Highlighted Buildings-

• Pitched roofs of community center imitate the roofs of the surrounding residences.

• Commercial buildings east and west of the building influenced the height transition of the community center due to the change in zoning on either side.

Premio Piranesi Competition: Park and Spa at Hadrian’s Villa

Site Description and Project Objective:

The Premio Piranesi competition was a group design competition lasting two weeks at the start of our semester abroad in Rome. It proposed a park and a spa to compliment Hadrian’s Villa and stimulate tourism. I was the group leader on a team of six students. My focus was primarily on designs for the park and large scale planning.

Experiencing the Villa:

After visiting Hadrian’s Villa, my team members and I were inspired. However, we noticed that while there are many opportunities to view features of the villa, visitors could benefit from an immersive experience for all of the senses. Many of the designs in the park aim to create a similar physical experience for visitors in our park and spa, as they might have experienced at Hadrian’s Villa when it was active.

Broad View Plan of Park with Access to the Spa

Detail Plans

Public Park:

The main park requires ticketing, however outside of that there is a small park to server the local community and attract visitors to the park and spa. The park includes terraces for planting and vegetation, gardens, a jogging/walking loop, jungle gyms and other program selected to serve the community.

Northeast Region:

The northeast region includes a pond for small peddle boats with an island, as well as a “floating garden”, rendered on the following page. The island with the encompassing pond mimics the experience Hadrian might have had on his personal island at the villa, with a surrounding moat. The island will give a user a similar feeling of privacy and escape. The floating garden is inspired by the dining areas at Hadrian’s Villa. These dining areas, now dry, were once surrounded by water for its cooling properties, as well as for privacy.

Central Processional Region:

The central processional region includes a processional walkway- rendered on the following page. It is inspired by the long walkways at Hadrian’s Villa. The processional’s use of stone arches emulates the materials and the primary forms of Hadrian’s Villa. The private walkway, also in this region, has adjacent flowing water and vegetation. Water is an important element in Hadrian’s Villa and likewise is a consistent feature of the park and spa.

Floating Garden, rendered by team member

Processional Walkway, rendered by team member

Private Walkway, rendered by team member