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hannah mann
Architecture Student Portland State University Undergraduate Portfolio
hanmann@pdx.edu (503) 970 0042 @arch_mann
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CONTENT hannah mann portland state university
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north portalnd cully neighborhood
chinatown, downtown portland
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interstitial overpass
an urban design project centered around addressing the needs of portland’s most ethnically diverse neighborhood. in partnership with PLACE landscape architecture and urban design firm as well as Hacienda CDC taught by Carol Kekez, Mauricio Villareal, and Dylan Morgan
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pages 30-33
the dining experience portland state university
upon studying the way food is traditionally eaten/served, this tensile fabric pavillion pairs the different cultures and backgrounds of ethnic foods with the fast paced food truck culture that is notorious in portland. taught by Andrew Santa Lucia
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pages 12-17
flux
an urban infill project located in the heart of portland’s LGBTQ community downtown. this concept was designed to address a place of work, community and home that can begin to serve and celebrate the surrounding LGBTQ community. taught by Jax McFarland
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pages 34-38
other works
the extended gesutre transforms a Russian fable into a body extension first, and that extension informs a pavilion. other quick sketches from daily art exercises, including live action model sketches studying the human form, still life drawings, etc.
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pages 18-23
ceremonial prefabrication
3925 n. williams ave. portland in a neighborhood facing rapid growth, this design proposal aimed to juxtapose a sacred and ancient tradition and pair it with the much faster modern method of prefabrication - creating something that can serve the communities of today, as well as be able to mold itself to the needs of tomorrow. taught by John Cooney
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hydrological intervention bullrun watershed, oregon
supplying water to the majority of the portland metro area, the bullrun watershed is composed of 3 major dams. a dual program building provides a place of work to scientist, while simultaneously acts as an educational space for visitors to dam 2. taught by Aaron Whelton
image: series of plaster molds with cauliflower negatives. artifacts informing the juxtaposition between organic and man made
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interstitial overpass northeast portland, cully neighborhood
The city of portland has been experiencing rapid growth over the past decade. Every day, approximately 100 people move to this city. This growth has significantly gentrified neighborhoods specifically on the east side of the river. Cully, located in northeast Portland, is currently the most ethnically diverse neighborhood in oregon. As communities of color are the most at risk of displacement to begin with, this studio project proposes a way to address the current climate in cully, while simultaneously creating something beautiful and meaningful to the existing community without causing displacement. Proposing a series of above ground bridges with the potential of becoming an interconnected system neighborhood-wide. Targeted to create a space for community gathering, and address the issue of unsafe paths. The interstitial overpass could mold and adapt to the needs of an evolving neighborhood. Since this neighborhood was one of the last to be annexed into portland’s city limits in 1985, many of its needs are yet to be met. Over 85% of the streets remain without sidewalks. school attendance rates are near 30%, setting the lowest record for portland public schools. The identity of this community lies in what used to be a strip club at the intersection of 3 of the main thouroughfares. This bridge system would work in three main ways. 1. The interstitial overpass serves as a vessel for connectivity. Both in the litteral sense, as it is a series of bridges, but also in the way that it intentionally opens a platform for community gathering. 2. Community health + wellness is the second purpose that this project aims to address. With high needs for more green space, community gardens, and markets, this systmen would begin to create more real estate for these types of activity. 3. First and foremostly, this project primarily aims to allow spaces for the neighborhood to express identity through a variety of ways both above ground as well as where the bridges meet the ground.
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left: photograph of Cully Park
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Below: Exterior rendering passing through NE 42nd St. Top Right: Interior collage on a main thouroughfare Bottom Right: Exterior collage in a residential alleyway Right Page: Analysis mapping of 5 categories to help determine program
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01: green space
02: textures
03: road conditions
04: boundries
05: development
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system
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connectivity permanent bases establishing a few permanent bases would begin to lay out the foundation of this system
phase 02
wellness
analysis
connectivity
existing content
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wellness scaffolding bridges connecting the permanent bases to other sites via scaffolding bridges
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identity
identity interacting with site creating space for identity by interacting with the site not just above ground but where it meets the ground as well
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FLUX
nw 6th + couch
Flux (n): a state of continuous change, variability and fluidity. In an effort to address issues of misplaced LGBTQ young adults in downtown Portland, FLUX accomidates spaces of home, work and community. An exercise creating a series of artifcats in 4”x4”x6” cubes to try to understand elements of the LGBTQ community more in depth eventually led to informing how the form of this center would look and what the program would be. As one moves through this space, they begin to vexperience 3 levels of privacy. The first floor is a caffe open for anyone to access. As you move to the second floor, a community center with partition walls acts a space for the queer community to be able to freely express themselves through art, music, and fellowship. Attached behind are 22 temporary housing units to help keep at risk young adults off of the streets until they can get back on their feet.
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By creating a space that young adults in the LGBTQ community can find employment, fellowship, and housing gives them the best chance of avoiding displacement, homelessness, and crime.
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right: 4”x4”x6” artifact cubes exploring and pulling apart preconceived notions of a binary system (plaster cubes), as well as celebrating the theory of intersectionality simultaneously (wood cubes). left: Photograph of final model bottom left: materials study sketches
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public + private
circulation + accessability
housing
multi-family affordable housing increased between the years 2010 and 2015 in median income households by about 12%. native americans and african americans saw income gains of 3% and 4% over that same time period.
health
health resources for the LGBTQ community range from organizations like ‘cap’ which help prevent and treat hiv/ aids to mental and emotional health centers. most of these resources are concentrated downtown near china town.
community centers
these centers are aimed to provide a safe space to support and celebrate lgbtq diversity, visibility, and community building. most of the community centers in portalnd are geared toward the LGBTQ youth.
Top left: diagrams of public vs private, circulation + accessability, and light + materiality Bottom left: site analysis of community centers, health centers, and housing in the area
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light + material
ND FLOOR PLAN COMMUNITY KITCHEN
COMMUNITY KITCHEN
FLOORS 3-5 FLOOR PLAN
STUDIO APARTMENT UNITS
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
COMMUNITY CENTER
SECOND FLOOR PLAN COMMUNITY KITCHEN
COMMUNITY KITCHEN
STUDIO APARTMENT UNITS
FLOORS 3-5 FLOOR PLAN
STUDIO APARTMENT UNITS
FOH
BOH
CAFFE
LEASING OFFICE
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
COMMUNITY CENTER
SECOND FLOOR PLAN COMMUNITY KITCHEN
COMMUNITY KITCHEN
LAUNDRY
MAIL ROOM
STUDIO APARTMENT UNITS
STUDIO APARTMENT UNITS
FLOORS 3-5 FLOOR PLAN
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ceremonial prefabrication 3925 n williams ave. portland
analysis North Williams Ave. was once a diverse, bustling neighborhood. Underground it was notorious for it’s food culture and the underground jazz clubs for communities of color. Over the past decade, it has experienced huge growth, and with that, has put the community at risk of displacement.
empowering materiality This studio project began with the focus on the conversation about wood as the renaissance that is revolutionizing our cities. With clt industries rappidly growing, specifically in the pacific northwest, wood has had a cultural rebirth in the way designers are choosing material for larger scale projects. Studying the capabilites of wood, as it can be used today, influenced the overall design of this studio.
experience A teahouse manufacturing facility located in a rapidly developing area of northeast portland. While providing a place of work for the current community, it also serves as a space for experiencing traditional japanese tea ceremony for locals and visitors, and manufactures prefabricated teahouses for people worldwide. This project looks not just to the current climate of northeast portland, but to the future communities 10 years from now. or 50. or 100.
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site + project In a neighborhood facing rapid growth, this design proposal aimed to juxtapose a sacred and ancient tradition and pair it with the much faster modern method of prefabrication creating something that can serve the communities of today, as well as be able to mold itself to the needs of tomorrow.
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Left: Materials study for wood joint composition Right: Experiential timeline of n. Williams St. and site analysis mapping
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Rendered section perspective
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“if i can create some space that people haven’t experienced before, and if it stays with them, or gives them a dream for the future, that is the kind of structure i seek to create.” -tadao ondo
above: section model + site model
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left: section model right: series of collage perspectives of workshop, design studio, and warehouse
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hydrological intervention bull run watershed, reservior 2, oregon
Located just outside of Mount Hood, the Bull Run Watershed is a 140 sq. mile area that provides the primary drinking water supply for the city of Portland. Although the first reservior has many amenities for employees and visitors, reservoir 2 remains a disheveled gravel lot near the dam. This project proposes a lab to accomodate 3 scientists and a visitor center to educate those passing through reservior 2. This project began a discussion about the relationship between the natural world, and what is man made. I began with asking questions like what is man’s role in the manipulation of nature. A series of artifacts began the study of what is organic versus what is man made where the natural world converges with the manufactured. These artifacts were rigid plaster cubes with cauliflower negatives. This exercise began to speak to the relationship of the bull run watershed and man’s interference on it. Though the bull run river appears to be an entirely natural entity, dams, reserviors, pumps, and chemicals carefully infiltrate the watershed in order to maintain order.
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“Nature is by far the richest source of inspiration and knowledge that we have” - Dr. Marcos Cruz. Sitting at the juxtaposition of nature and the built environment and holding it in tension.
Right: photograph of the Bull Run Watershed Reservior 1 dam
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Left: Plaster artifacts made out of cauliflower negatives, torched, and painted Right: Site analysis
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roads site earth and rock fill dam tree canopy sun path gravel lot reservior II
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the dining experience portland state university campus
Throughout the course of this studio, I was tasked to reconsider the dining experience of a specific meal in a way that challenges tradition, manners and order. This exercise later lead to the design of a table and place setting, and then eventually a food cart pavilion located on the Portland State University campus. The pavilion was restricted to the use of tensile fabric. Beginning by studying Taiwanese bao, I noticed the very carful way pork belly was wrapped in the rice bun and wanted the table itself to repeat this concept by wrapping a curved drum-like table top in a more structured frame.
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The pavilion also reiterated this concept on a much larger scale. As humans from different walks of life gather in the mulicultural setting that food carts bring, they are able to experience fabric tension in a way that wraps everyone under the same roof.
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Other Works The Extended Gesture: Alternative ways to veiw architecture through three main exercises: creating and embracing the world, the extended gesture, and the architectural intervention.
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A fable about six brothers who put their talents together for the greater good of the seventh brother led to a body extension, allowing me to tell this story through a series of movements. The extended gesture then inspired the design for a pavilion that took place on the Shattuck Hall terrace providing a space for this movement to be performed. By stripping away every preconceived notion of what architecture should look like, and starting from ancient fables, I was able to create a unique and inspired pavilion intended to perform my extended gesture and tell a narrative. The parti of this project is not necessarily weighted in the final product, but focused on this processional through the story.
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