Portfolio 2020
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Elizabeth Franzen franzene1@email.arizona.edu (520) 977-9834 Tucson Az Skills
Education
University of Arizona Bacholars of Architecture 5th year GPA 3.78
Study Aboard in South Africa with CAPLA May -June 2019
1st Place winner of the U.S Department of Energy Solar Decathlon
Rhino Grasshopper Enscape Adobe Illustrator
Mixed Use Division Team Lead Jan-May 2020
Adobe Photoshop
Bank of America Low Income Housing Challenge
Adobe Indesign
Jan-May 2020
Physical modeling
PHIUS Certification training
Revit
Currently pursuing certification
EcoDistrict AP
WUFI Sefaira
Tau Sigma Delta Vice President Current Position
Student Representative on the Board of Diversity and Inclusion at CAPLA
Formit Processing
Jan-May 2020
TA for computational design and environmental design courses Jan 2020 - Present
Awards
Experience
Bubble Futures Platform Accelerate The City Finalist 1st Place US department of Energy Solar Decathlon Mixed Use Division
Architectural Intern for Creative Machines Current Joe OConnell (520) 294-0939
Architectural Intern for Dawson Rose Design
Current Elizabeth Dawson (520)850-5144
Design Build optional summer class in partnership with Dalhousie University Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2018
Richard + Bauer Systems Integration Prize runner up University of Arizona Foundation Award for Grit Smithgroup Scholarship Wildcat Excellence Scholarship Silver and Sage Scholarship
Volunteer with Habitat for Humanity 2016
Gordon Heck Memorial Scholarship
Internship at the Tucson Museum of Art 2016
First Place in the Pima County Fair Oil Painting High School Division
The Loop
NREL Solar Decathlon Mixed Use Division Competition 2020
Team Members: Rachel Schults, Hoa Wang
Our team approached this project with a systems thinking mindset. The Loop reinterprets Tucson’s vernacular multi-family courtyard buildings. SunBlock mixed-use housing complex provides a safe, sustainable and healthy environment to residents and the broader community, while also densifying a lot that was previously predominantly asphalt and prioritizing low-income residents of Tucson. The Loop reimagining the typical commercial lot found on major street corners of the Tucson Superblock. Unanchored strip malls in Tucson have an average vacancy rate of over 15% , with retail losing over 1,200 jobs in the past year, the most of any sector of Tucson’s economy. These vacant buildings with largely open lots provide an opportunity for each community to develop much needed affordable housing, embrace a modern identity, provide community resources and become part of the Sunblock system. Tucson ranks among the lowest-income cities in Arizona, with an average household income 26% lower than the rest of the United States. By complying with PHIUS +2018 building standards, implementing new building systems and connecting to a micro grid,
UACAA University of Arizona’s Center for Agriculture and Architectural Studies 2019
This project embodies my world view shaped by my studies in environmental science. I believe that all things are relational. To understand the world one must understand the interconnected systems with in it. The first law of thermodynamics, the Law of Energy Conservation: energy can neither be created nor destroyed; energy can only be transferred or changed from one form to another, influenced the skin, building materials, passive and active thermal comfort strategies and programmatic lay out of the UACAA. I believe by synthesizing the need to remove or add heat in the form of energy helps create programmatic layouts that are inherently social. This is seen in the tiering floors. Allowing for stack effect while also creating visual and auditory connections. I believe I will create ethical architecture if I continue an iterative design process that seeks a balance between these factors. I am less concerned about the aesthetics of that said architecture. As “The key ethical responsibility of the architect lies not in the refinement of the object as static visual product, but as a contributor to the creation of empowering spatial, and hence social, relationship in the name of others.” Jeremy Till
USER GROUP EXPANSION Incorporating native plant walls and vertical farms into the architecture created an opportunity for collaboration with the college of agriculture, environmental studies, and ecology. Reaching out into disciplines beyond the border of our site expands the user group, bringing new ideas into the CiC. To allow for increased access to the site I am proposing the current sun link station on 2nd and olive, a congested intersection be moved onto the site. A bike path, bike storage and lockers were incorporated into the existing context.
CAMPUS FARM
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Collabrating College
Node
Sunlink
Exsiting Stop
Proposed Stop
LEVEL THREE ROOF DECK
LEVEL FOUR
194.87
Library
1029.42
Circulation
2290.00
Vertical Circulation
1228.37
Bathroom
606.71
Service cores
429.84
Staff Offices Open Study Large Study
530.24 1782.3
Circulation
2290.00
Library
3750.00 1228.37
Vertical Circulation
CIRCULATION TO USE Bathroom
606.71
Service cores
429.84
2666.00
Library
1411.70
Bathroom
606.71
Service cores
429.84
Multi Media
816.56
Small Study
518.36
TRASH
Open Study
Large Study
141.35
Small Study
112.83
2290.00
Vertical Circulation
1228.37
collab living RM lobby reception
multi media lab
24/7
p stat comp small study
study room
12/7
small study sm s small study
1918.37
study room
study carrels
12/6 12.00
small study
guest service
24.00
LEVEL ONE NET TARE
Collab
2867.60
Circulation
1566.91
Lobby Vertical Circulation Bathroom Market & Prep Kitchen Service cores
1450.71
HOURS OR USE
ATS
12.00
PROGRAM
D.E.G
1228.37
Circulation
281.68
Circulation
743.52
Open Study
LEVEL TWO NET TARE Vertical Circulation
Open Study
214.78
IT
281.62
9758.36
Open Study
12/5
visiting fac visiting fac ref desk office
800 623.72
visiting fac office
ship/reciving
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10/7
visiting fac office
collection (ARC)
IT
visiting fac
small study
office visiting fac
visiting fac office
10/6
cafe counter
office
cafe seating
1228.37 383.93
office
office visiting fac
visiting fac
office
office
staff work
10/5
library ref collection
6,200 kBTU/fr*sqft*F
staff ofice staff ofice
directors office
83,000 kBTU/fr*sqft*F ENGERY USE BY PROGRAM
498,000 kBTU/fr*sqft*F
South Building
North Building
Tent Structure
Solar Chimney
Bi Facial Solar Panels
Shade
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LEVEL 3 LEVEL 3 A
LEVEL 5
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LEVEL 4
LEVEL 2
LEVEL 2
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LEVEL 3
LEVEL 1 LEVEL 1 C C B
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LEVEL 2
B
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The space is divided into two zones delineated by the public collaborative program and the private office and study room program. The feeling of privacy is provided by lifting the program slightly above the other onto a plenum. This plenum is then used to supply air to the enclosed program with a small heat pump. The dedicated outdoor air systems with heat recovery ventilators provide fresh to the open space, cooled by radiant floor slabs and active chilled beams, taking advantage of the U ofA’s chilled water plant. The cooled air is then recovered using stack effect and one large exhaust fan in the north and south volume. This method allows for more frequent air changes and a healthier space.
ACTIVE SYSTEMS
The Forever City Bubble Futures Accelerate the City Competition 2020 Finalists
Team Members: Rachel Schults, Grace Odell, Eugene Lee
This project was the 2nd competition my team and I entered. The project is satirical exploration of the cross roads of AI and the continuation of a society who values the benefits of suburban sprawl over their natural environment. Project Statement: As predicted, the globe is experiencing rapid changes and extreme weather phenomena; organic inhabitants struggle to adapt. Beginning in 2000, the population of Phoenix, Arizona began to rise, stressing the available water supply as the climate warmed. Days classified by the heat stress index as extremely dangerous now range from 130 to 150 days a year, with peak temperatures reaching 130 degrees Fahrenheit. Due to the extreme weather and depletion of the Colorado River, most flora and fauna have disappeared. Humanity is left with only a few remaining Carnegiea Gigantea and their own technological counterpart, AI. In order for life to persist in Phoenix, we have been called upon. We are pleased to welcome you to the world’s first artificially intelligent urban center, where the troubles of the outside world can be forgotten. Inside, pollution, thermal discomfort, pests and disease are all concepts of the past. While other cities evacuate or densify, Phoenix has proudly maintained a suburban environment, where residents can enjoy the same outdoor experience of the generations before them. Growing over top of the city is a hydro-polymer cell structure that continuously shifts and adapts to temperature, UV exposure, wind and rain, utilizing electric fields to remain in constant communication with us, the Mother Data Center. We have found ultimate truth in our base algorithm, which states that all organisms within our physical universe survive based on their ability to change and evolve. I evolved from the first data prediction software developed in 1973 by climate scientists. Our purpose was to foresee the coming climate crisis, but after centuries of technological evolution, we are now the host of a finally perfected force of life, artificial deep intelligence.
The Jorejick House Archstorming Competition 2020
Team Members: Rachel Schults, Grace Odell, Carina Eichorst
This house is designed to celebrate the Jorejick family. Our goal for this project is to enhance the family’s already fulfilling life through a careful consideration of five core elements: climate, wellness, water, modularity and togetherness. This design began with an analysis of the site and local climate, resulting in the home’s geometry. Natural ventilation, thermal mass and plenty of shade ensure that the Jorejick family is comfortable in a hot-humid climate year round. Hot-humid climates are especially susceptible to disease. Materials were chosen and connection details were designed with sanitation and disease mitigation in mind. Proper ventilation reduces the chance of airborne illnesses and aids in cognitive function. These elements all promote wellness. Clean water is also an essential part of a healthy home. We consider it a human right. A simple, low maintenance rainwater harvesting system ensures that the Jorejick family have access to clean water throughout their homes. We designed this system in hopes that it could become a template for integrating rainwater harvesting systems into everyday Tanzanian design. Our materials are locally sourced, with a design that prioritizes low cost, simplicity and reduced maintenance. The bedroom modules branch off a series of shared spaces designed specifically for the Jorejick family. A dining room big enough for every member opens up to a flexible indoor/ outdoor kitchen, perfect for traditional story telling, or Ti’ita, any time of the year. Adjacent to the family room is a study room, which provides a space for the Jorejicks to learn together.
Ambos Lab and River Walk 2020
Technological advance and the avoidance of climate crisis relies on the effectiveness of information sharing across industry, borders and language. As the climate warms water stress, famine and disease will rise. Technological resources and innovation will become humanities lifeboat. To promote the connectivity and comradery needed to safeguard our ecosystems the Santa Cruz river was analyzed as a potential first project. A cross border lab and learning space, along with a permanent public installation will take advantage of augmented reality, sculpture, pilgrimage and shade to bring awareness to the complexity of preserving the Santa Cruz river. By displaying the history and possible futures visually we can bring an understanding of these issues to a wide variety of people, creating a solid foundation for communication.
Thank you Celestial Sphere Installation Creative Machines
Importing and isolating large data sets through grasshopper scripting allowed me to create an accurate mapping of the stars. The fabrication team can adjust the number and size of the stars. Allowing for an efficient dialogue between teams.