Gabriella Chadd Architectural Portfolio by Gabriella Chadd Architecture Portfolio

Architecture Portfolio

GABRIELLA CHADD

“Be a curious mind. ”

CONTENTS Studio 1. Cohousing Rowhome 2. Anangu Ranger’s Station 3. Masadegi Eithiopian Preschool 4. Community Wellness Center 5. West Philadelphia Public Pathway Representation 6. Thinking In Section 7. Eames House Gallery Addition 8. Unity Memorial

1 COHOUSING ROWHOME Professor: Jeremy Vorhees Fall 2019 / 10 Weeks

Rowhomes carry incredible historical significance in Philadelphia. They are staples in residential architecture, however, their usage has continued to evolve with the times. In this series of rowhomes, a cohousing project is designed to accommodate a newer integrated way of living among friends or even strangers under one roof. The design entails an alternation between public and private spaces, with emphasis on the core central spaces, or the shared spaces that hold the project together. Circulation to all private rooms branch off from the central spaces, forcing residents to pass through at least one shared space before getting to their own personal room. This helps to encourage interaction between residents, while also creating a dynamic split level design between the alternating public and purivate spaces..

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Longitudinal Section KEY:

1. Kitchen/Dining 8. Basement

2. Living Room

3. Study Room

4. Bedroom

5. Bathroom

6. Terrace

7. Laundry Room

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Technical Detail Drawings Scale: 1’-0” = 3/8”

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East elevation & Exterior view of the shared backyard

Interior View from the second floor terrace. This reveals the connections and layering of spaces created by having open half floors.

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Rendering of Front Elevation Along 4th St.

Each rowhome varies slightly to create an ineresting composition as a whole for those passing by, while allowing each to be unique to it’s residents and integrate with the diverse designs along the street.

2 ANANGU RANGERS STATION Professor: James Rowe Fall 2020 / 4 Weeks

Uluru (Ayers Rock) is one of the natural wonder’s of the world. Located in the central desert of Australia, on a sacred Aboriginal site, this natural attraction has gotten recognition far beyond it’s local people. Tourists from around the world come to see this site, however, due to their lack of cultural sensitivity and awareness, friction has ensued between the Aboriginal population and the Australian Government. In an attempt to heal the historical strife between the Aboriginals and Australian Government, new regulations were put in place to allow visitors to enjoy this amazing site, while still paying respect to the local people. Inspired by various cultural traditions of the Anangu people, the site plan is designed to resemble the traditional Aboriginal dot paintings, while also paying homage and replicating their historically nomadic lifestyle. The design takes visitors through a series of destinations. Structures, mimicing caves (a form of shelter that the Anangu people historically inhabited), serve as exhibition spaces that use story-telling through cave paintings to enlighten visitor’s of their history and culture. Travelling from one structure to the next, covered pathways allow for open views of the rock, while protecting visitors from the harsh desert sun. It is a site that prioritizes exposing visitor’s to aspects of the site beyond simply the rock.

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1. Lobby/Info Station 2. Exhibit Spaces 3. Restrooms 4. Medical Room 5. Office 6. Congregating Area 7. Picnic Area 8. Food Concession 9. Electric Bike Rental 10. Loading/Unloading Area

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3 MASADEGI ETHIOPIAN SATELLITE PRESCHOOL Professor: Kyle O’Conner Spring 2021 / 3 Weeks

Eithiopia is one of the most educationally disadvantaged countries in the world due to armed conflict, famines, and humanitarian crises. In an attempt to make education more accessible to the Eithiopian youth, Abay Eithiopia, a local NGO, is looking to build flexible model preschools in the Dillu and Hiddi villages, with plans of duplicating this model in other rural Eithipoian regions in the future. . This design follows a simple grid system, a technique to allow for maximum adaptability on various sites, as well as, ensuring simple construction methods for local builders to keep costs low. The main concept behind this project can be embodied in the word NURTURE or Masadegi, in the Amharic language. I define nurture as the state of being protected, enlivened, and educated. These principles were integrated into all aspects of the design, from unique windows in the form of different shapes, to alphabets painted along the school walls, and playful bamboo screens. These colorful screens not only provide privacy and sun shading, but most importantly, act as an educational tool for children to play/interact with, arrange, and count. This design attempts to provide educational elements throughout the architecture and details, creating a learning environment focused on direct and indirect learning through play.

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NURTURE

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Concept Development: Concept Development: Classrooms Grid, Flexibility, Expansion, Simplicity Grid, Flexibility, Expansion, Simplicity Multi-functional Space Easy to Construct, Easily Flexible Easy to Construct, Easily Flexible Latrines Outdoor Space Expansion

Organizational Strategies

Concept Development: Education Concept Development: Education

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Protect: Enclosure & Privacy. Enclosure & privacy Enclosure & privacy through hidden entrance,-hidden central courtyard, -hidden entrance entrance -central courtyard -central courtyard and bamboo screens -Bamboo Screens -Bamboo Screens

Education & Enliven: Interactive & Enliven: Interactive Design & InteractiveEducation Learning Experience. learning throughout building learning throughout building through movable bamboo screens, alphabet accent walls, reading/book storage areas, geometric windows and staircase seating.

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Ground Floor Plans KEY:

1. Classrooms 2. Latrines 3. Multi-functional Spaces 6. Rain Water Collection 7. Storage

4. Covered Courtyard

5. Sports Field

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East Elevation

South Elevation

Design Element Details

Interactive Bamboo Screen as a privacy, shading device, and playful educational children’s game. Concrete structure serving conveniently as book storage below, and seating and plant beds above.

Bamboo Truss Structure above covered courtyard

Corrugated Metal Roof

Geometric Windows

Adobe Clay Blocks

Interactive Bamboo Screen

Water Collection

Passive Ventilation

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Rendering of Pathway between housing and library. Lights, plants, and seating areas allow the pathway to be a place that visitors can linger in. The two buildings, however, serve different purposes, though sharing the public pathway. By incorporating materials from the library into the housing, as well as, the structural element above, they are able to remain independant, while also being tied together.

Rendering of Pathway between housing and library. Rendering towards Outdoor Courtyard. Lights, This plants, and seating areas allow the pathway to be a place that visitors view comes from within the classroom showingcasing the colorful can & linger in. The two buildings, however, serve different purposes, though playful design elements that are integrated into the students learning sharing the public pathway. By incorporating materials from theexperience.. library into the housing, as well as, the structural element above, they are able to remain independant, while also being tied together.

4 COMMUNITY WELLNESS CENTER Professor: Ulrike Altenmuller Spring 2020 / 8 Weeks

With social issues like drug abuse, homelessness, mass incarceration, etc. affecting the lives of many of our friends, family members, or neighbors in Philadelphia, mental health is increasingly becoming an important concern to address. Many of the local mental health centers are found in clinics or hospitals providing information or medication to help heal their patients. In this project, however, the goal is to rely less on additional prescription medication and utilize some of nature’s innate ability to heal the human mind and body—BIOPHILIA. By bringing the outdoors in, a comfortable space where workers will be more productive and patients and visitors will feel at ease will be created, decreasing their levels of anxiety and depression. It is a place that can not only be enjoyed by workers and patients, but also locals in the neighborhood and Universities. With the experiential public gardens, gym, and yoga studios, they can also take time to keep their mental wellness in check.

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C O N C E P T D E V E L O P M E N T

PROGRAM ORGANIZATION

WRAP Introducing Interior-Exterior Connections. Natural elements surrounded by structure or structure surrounded by natural elements.

WEAVE Circulation weaving around these spaces

OPEN/CLOSED Views guided towards external connections

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Floor 2 Site Plan

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View towards the Wellness Center from the Health and Wellness Studios. These are flexible spaces that can host yoga and exercise classes. They are incredibly open spaces that can allow activity to spill to the outside and feel as though visitors are within a more natural environment as they practice healthy habits.

View inside layered gardens looking towards health and wellness studios. Here you can see the variety of texture and details within the layered gardens. Water features, covered seating areas, and abundant plant life can bring a lot of life to the city and create an escape for locals to explore and use for a variety of purposes.

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Multi-purpose Wellness Building

Health & Nutrition Studios

Layered Gardens

5 WEST PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC PATHWAY Professor: Jacklynn Niemiec Winter 2020 / 10 Weeks

Economic instability has affected parts of Philadelphia’s neighborhoods, leaving some homes and buildings vacant. In an attempt to revive these parts of the city and uplift its citizens, this affordable housing and branch library project is designed to focus on serving the local community. This design entails a public pathway that cuts through the site, resembling the way that Lancaster Ave. slices through the street grid of Philadelphia. It splits the site, placing the housing near the residential neighborhood and the library near the commercial corridor. In an area with much vacancy, this pathway serves as a well-lit, inviting, and safe road for citizens to enjoy, whether they are making a trip to the library, stopping to watch the activity along the path, or simply passing through. Along the pathway are public gardens and the main entrance to the library, providing locals with muchneeded access to fresh produce, in addition to, educational programs and services. The affordable housing complex lies on an elevated platform to allow for privacy. An overhead roof garden structure, also adds privacy while gathering water reserves to feed the gardens below.

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C O N C E P T D E V E L O P M E N T

Branch Library Public Housing The site lies in between a commercial and residential area. Housing is placed near the neighborhood, while the public library is placed near the commercail corridor.

A public pathway, perpendicular to Lancaster Avenue cuts through the site.

Lancaster Avenue, cutting through the grid of the city of Philadelphia, creates interesting corner conditions on the blocks. Replicating this idea, a public pathway, perpendicular to the Avenue, connects the commercial corridor back to the neighborhood.

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Floor 2

1. One-Bedroom Unit

Site Plan

2. Two-Bedroom Unit

3. Three-Bedroom Unit

4. Teen Section

South elevation

Section through housing complex. Reveals elevated privatized entrance, central outdoor garden space for residents and roof garden structure.

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Interior view of library. A front desk and focal staircase divides the open floor plan. In the kids area are interactive bookshelves, furniture, and windows.

This massing model photo reveals the distinction between the large unit blocks in contrast with the layered oped circulation. With the housing and library made of different materials, the overhead roof garden structure reconnects them and creates a more private entrance into the housing complex, as well as, the residential neighborhood beyond.

Community Gardens

Green Roof

Passive Ventilation

Sustainability Diagram

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6 Thinking In Section This design exercise was a quick two week assignment to help encourage thinking in section. Taking the currently existing Samuel Powell School’s structure and experimenting with a variety of solutions that could help transform the project was a fun, creative outlet, emphasizing the power of the section. My final design cuts into the building with a large central atrium. Wooden trusses not only serve as strucutural elements, but decorative as well, bringing drama to the project. A wooden structure is also integrated towards the back of the building serving as a covered outdoor space above with a playful staircase to the playground area.

Trial Options

Sketch Plan and Sections

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Longitudinal Section

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This design is inspired by a few qualities that gave the Eames House so much notoriety.

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8 UNITY MEMORIAL Located in Damascus, Syria, in the midst of a gruesome war, this project is an attempt to not only create a space to preserve the history that withstood this conflict, but also be a place in which all can come together and commemorate the innocent lives lost in the battle. It is meant to bring hope and happiness to those living within and visiting this once thriving city. The project respects the contextual, historical aesthetic by having two simple, geometric forms made of old stone. A tight, narrow pathway lies between the buildings, looking in the distance to the memorial within. The memorial, an interior organic form engulfed in white roses and lights, creates a moment of serenity, in stark contrast to the cold metal pathway taken to get there. An experience symbolic of that of the fallen soldier’s and victim’s of war--a long journey of discomfort leading to the peaceful, lightfilled final destination.

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