GISELLE BENITEZ architecture portfolio - Fall 2021
CONTENTS
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Constructing Geometry
Principles
Studio I - pages 37-42
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Intro to Design - pages 3-6
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Vernacular Study
Academy
Studio I - pages 43-48
Studio II - pages 7-26
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Formal Organization Studio I - pages 27-30
Urban Interaction Studio I - pages 49-54
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Structure of Place
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Folded Roof
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Drafting Geometry
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Pavilion
Media Modeling II - pages 55-56
Intro to Design - pages 31-32
Studio I - pages 33-36
Studio I - pages 57-62
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Principles 3
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Close Up
Graphite Drawing
It is important that as architects we are able to analyze different spaces and works, but before we can do that we must understand the principles that can set the difference between good architecture and great architecture. Studying principles through light, space, geometries, transformations, and many more, we learn to appreciate archiecture and it’s compnents of design. These principles lay the foundation for our understanding of architecture and design as a whole.
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Original
Transformation 1: Flatten
Transformation 2: Curl
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Academy in Collaboration with Shaina Lofton
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In this project we were asked to break down the principles of a specific kind of ornamentation in order to build up a brand new idea. By studing the Celtics and their artworks we learned that Celtic knots are made up of moving and transforming parts and figures. Using this free movement alongside this rigid grid of rules, we created our own kinds of celtic knots and a network of how they come together and mutate.
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Screen Thickening: Screen One:
Screen One:
After in dept experimentation with different arrays, patterns and formations, we found certain configurations and connections allowed for a more space and versatility of the knots that would be necessary in our next phases of experiementation.
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Screen Two:
Screen Two:
Screen Three:
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Screen Four:
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Screen Five:
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Bus Stops
Tram/Trolley Stops
Subway Lines Tram Route One-way Major Roads Two-Way Major Roads Ferry Lines Walking/Biking Cable Car
Restaurant and Hotel: SW View
The Audified Building + The Common-
Community Relations + Office
With a rough outline of our screens we SW View Building: wealth: SW View accomplished, were left in need of a project to apply their versatility to. Located in the Bay of San Francisco, California, the site provides not only views of a Bay and park, but sits in a hot spot of daily foot traffic. This site host a building that’s design caters its educational inhabitants as well as its surrounding area.
Angler + Hotel Griffin: SW View
Restaurant + Office Building: SW View
Bus Stops
Tram/Trolley Stops
Subway Lines Tram Route One-way Major Roads Two-Way Major Roads Ferry Lines Walking/Biking Cable Car
= symmetrical windows, monochrome material
= symmetrical windows, monochrome material windows, monochrome material Community Relations + Office = symmetrical The Audified Building + The CommonAngler + Hotel Griffin: SW View Post Office: NE View Restaurant + Office Building: SW = symmetricalFerry windows, monochrome material = cylindrical geometry, radial windows = cylindrical geometry, Building: SW View = cylindrical geometry, radial windows wealth: SW View View radial windows
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= street level facade, entryways, smaller windows
= prominent roof, smaller windows, roof ornaments
= prominent roof, smaller windows, roof ornaments
= curtain wall, floor to ceiling windows
= street level facade, entryways, smaller windows
= symmetrical windows, monochrome material = cylindrical geometry, radial windows
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Restaurant and Hotel: SW View
Community Relations + Office Building: SW View
The Audified Building + The Commonwealth: SW View
Angler + Hotel Griffin: SW View
Restaurant + O View
Bus Stops
Tram/Trolley Stops
Subway Lines Tram Route One-way Major Roads Two-Way Major Roads Ferry Lines Walking/Biking Cable Car
= symmetrical windows, monochrome material
= symmetrical windows, monochrome material
= symmetrical windows, monochrome material
= cylindrical geometry, radial windows
= cylindrical geometry, radial windows
= cylindrical geometry, radial windows
= street level facade, entryways, smaller windows
d Building + The CommonView
Community Relations + Office Building: SW View
Angler + Hotel Griffin: SW View
= prominent roof, smaller windows, roof ornaments
= prominent roof, smaller windows, roof ornaments
= Reception | Community | Administrative Function
= symmetrical wind
= curtain wall, floor to ceiling windows
= cylindrical geome
= street level facade, entryways, smaller windows
Ferry Post Office: NE View
Restaurant + Office Building: SW View
= symmetrical windows, monochrome material
= Elevators
= Design Research I
= Staircase
= Media | Interactive
= Visual Connections = Physical Openings
= Design Research II
= Physical Walls/Divisions
= Overnight Functions = Service | Core Areas
Administration Zone 120 sf ea. + clerical
Interactive 150 sf ea.
Storage 400 sf Entry Foyer/Reception 650 sf
Faculty TD 400 sf
Cafe/Kitchen 600 sf
Faculty/Student Fishbowl 800 sf
Library 450 sf
Materials Sampling 450 sf
Gallery 300 sf
Classrooms/Seminar 300 sf ea.
Auditorium 1100 sf Studios 600 sf ea.
cal windows, monochrome material geometry, radial windows roof, smaller windows, roof ornaments
Paint B. 75 sf ea.
= symmetrical windows, monochrome material = cylindrical geometry, radial windows
Mechanical 300 sf
Service/Loading Area 300 sf
Locker Rooms 300 sf ea.
= symmetrical windows, monochrome material Public Restrooms ADA 75 sf ea.
= prominent roof, smaller windows, roof ornaments
Tel/Data/Custodial 75 sf ea.
= curtain wall, floor to ceiling windows = street level facade, entryways, smaller windows
Extra Classrooms 300 sf ea.
Guestrooms (w/ bath) = symmetrical windows, monochrome Fab. material 200 sf ea. Lab II (wet) 550 sf
= cylindrical geometry, radial windows
Material Printing 350 sf Black B. 75 sf ea.
= cylindrical geometry, radial windows = prominent roof, smaller windows, roof ornaments
Fabrication Lab I (dry) 1100 sf
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Having an astablished site and program allowed for a more in depth design and formation of our screens as we begin to finalize our building design for use. Different regulations are set for knots depending on their surrounding functions, of which include how the knots connect, open, and where certain apertures are punched through.
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The Embarcadero
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Don Chee Way
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Public
Circulation Entries
Private
Elevator Fire
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Interior 1
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Interior 2
Interior 3
Interior 4
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Exterior
Section A
Section B
Section C
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Formal Organization 27
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One of the strongest coponents of design is space or more how we use space. Taking a solid volume and performing certain extractions and additions allows us to understand the use of volume of space as well as the lack of.
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Structure of Place 31
Arguably one of the most important impact factors on our design is the site at which we encounter it. Studying the areas surrounding a certain site provides us with relevant information and influences the overall intake of viewers when experiencing our design.
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Drafting Geometry 33
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While perfectig the art of drafting by hand as architectural technique, the practice of space defining geometries is once again called to question. Established spaces can often interact with one another and expose something new in one or both of those spaces once combined, 35
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Constructing Geometry 37
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Applying what was learned through the drafting process, teh opeings were applied to an actual space that is divided into three sections of entrance, passing, and contemplation.
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Front View
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Bottom View
Combined Front View
Combined Bottom View
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Vernacular Study 43
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Utilizing a first hand experience of analyzing a site and its setting, alongisde previous research of the area, we constructed a form of vernacular architecture. A shotgun cottage home can be seen analyzed to the right, and its characteristics help define the understanding of vernacular architecture.
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Urban Interaction 49
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The best way of studying vernacular architecture proved to be contructing it oursleves. Through our own design creation we learn what the vernacular entails and how we might interact with the space.
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Exterior
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Exterior
Interior
Interior
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Folded Roof 55
Utilizing Rhino’s Grasshopper extension we maniplated lines and the basics of the extensions program to create a wired roof design.
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Pavilion 57
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Using Japanese folding techniques took simple folds of multiple parts and discovered ways in which their surfaces and points could connect. This alongside a familiar site led to the process of creating a multi functional pavilion.
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GISELLE BENITEZ
(813) 454-8107 | benitezgisi11@gmail.com | Tampa, FL; Atlanta, GA | linkedin.com/in/giselle-benitez-a3a065202 EDUCATION
Georgia Institute of Technology
STATEMENT
I have extensive experience in leadership roles as well as extremely developed organizational and communication skills. I am eager to gain new experiences and can adapt and learn quickly in several situations.
TECHNICAL
Programs Languages
EXPERIENCE
Chipotle Mexican Grill - Tampa, FL Crosland Library - Georgia Tech
INVOLVMENT
International Plan Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Latin American Student Organization
August 2021-Current August 2021-Current
Students Organizing For Sustainability
August 2021-Current
REFERENCES
Expected Graduation May 2024
Bachelor of Science in Architecture
GPA: 3.73
Adobe (Illustrator, Indesign, Photoshop) | Rhino (Grasshopper) | VRay Python
Kitchen Manager Student Assistant
May 2020-Sept 2021 Jan 2021-Current
Isaiah Campbell | General Manager | isaiahcamp29@gmail.com | (609) 233-6780 Frederick Pearsall | Studio I Critic | fred.pearsall@design.gatech.edu | (404) 894-9151 Hayri Dortdivanlioglu | Studio II Critic | hayri@gatech.edu
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