Jackelyn E Medina Celiz
1 2 4 5 PUNCTURE
NEW YORK SPECTACLE
INTERWINED THROUGH NATURE
FLOATING THROUGH HISTORY
ADAPT AND REUSE
STITCH | NOMAS COMPETITION
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Aerial view
1 THE NEW NYU SPECTACLE | Manhattan, New York
Design 7 | Professor: Mark McGlothin | Team: Maria Elisa Guruciaga & Maria Sofia Garcia
After an ongoing analysis of the site in New York for an academic addition that took place in the University of New York, between Mercer Street and LaGuardia Pl and sectioned between W 3rd Street and W Houston Street. After careful analyzation of our site, we identified different issues such as student population, pedestrian activity, and NYU academic facilities. Student population and pedestrian activity especially, were the drive to the first design ideas. These ideas fixated primarily on the connection between South and North superblocks.
Oculus perspective view from above | North block
Section cut model | Oculus
Regarding the north block specifically, we were faced with two residential bars that hugged a green space in between. We decided to activate the ground while maintaining the green space to form these moments of entertainment in a way of redefining the university culture. The oculus is mportant to the design, for it celebrates and metaphorically represents the daily routine of students.
Section cut model | Classrooms
North block section | Classrooms, Oculus and amphithteater
The placement of the site required the analyzation of the different issues such as student population, pedestrian activity, and NYU academic facilities. Student population and pedestrian activity especially were the primary elements of analysis that drove us our first design ideas. These ideas fixated primarily on the connection between South and North superblock to Washington Square park and the closest subway station by a bridge extending from block to block
Oculus perspective from underground | North block
Block plan
Library perspective | South Block
South Block section | Tower | Residential
Labs perspective | South Block
2 ADAP T AND REUSE | Ocklawaha River Design 5 | Professor: Belton | Palatka county, Florida
Euraka Damn is known for the largest monumental failed project in American history. This background information enabled the project to be developed as such. The design consisted of utilizing the current state and using that to enhance the new, Noting the different soil types around the site, the interest in this design to be focused on a research facility that tested soil, was a necessity
focus. The design idea revolved around the limit of preserving , cascade softly through the slope that shape the existing stairs, while maintaining the stairs as a pathway to the different levels. Other spaces like the gallery and the welcome center are lightly encarved in the paved section of the site without interviening with the growth of the existing vegetation.
Bridge perspective
Longitudinal section cut | Cutting through research labs, exhibit, classrooms and dormitories
Section cut | Cutting through personnel bridge and gallery
The intent behind creating spaces running down the natural form of the site was to allow the public to observe the researches working. The division between the public and the researches was to celebrate privacy. This separation creates a sense of mystery to the public that entices curiousity which brings them to the gallery where you can connect with the exhibition in a more personal way. Perspective view of the gallery down the research rooms |
Eureka Site plan
Light studies
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Barcelona, Spain
FLOATING | Venice, Italy Design 8 | Professor: Lisa Huang & Zajac
In the first project of studying abroad, as a class we were assigned to choose a Venetian object in which we could further research and eventually create a space to exhibit this object. Through further exploration of the city of Venice, I decided to study the structure and form of the Venetian gondola. Which interestingly enough its design is not what it seems. This very fact intrigued me. In this study, I was very interested in the idea of “floating” within my design. With this idea, most of the spaces are focused on the idea of experiencing being on a gondola. Deciding on the object also lead me to choose a location in Venice known as “Squero di San Trovaso” which is known to be a very historic boatyard that even to this day, the people within this residence still fix and store gondolas. This location is within walking distance from the water and to the Venetian Lagoon. Being this an important detail, the upper level where the gondola storage/display takes place also has an outer layer that acts like hallway that transports people from gallery room to another gallery room, a view towards this boatyard. Essentially, the intent behind my design is to celebrate the history and hardwork behind the construction of the Venetian gondola.
Vicenza, Italy Sketch
Site plan of Venice, Italy
This location is within walking distance from the water and to the Venetian Lagoon. Being this an important detail, the upper level where the gondola storage/display takes place also has an outer layer that acts like hallway that transports people from gallery room to another gallery room, a view towards this boatyard. Essentially, the intent behind my design is to celebrate the history and hardwork behind the construction of the Venetian gondola
4 INTERWINED THROUGH NATURE | Design 6 | Peter Sprowls
Green spaces being a fundamental in architecture, this project focused on an intervention that lightly touched the ground with the intention of allowing nature to run through and enrich the journey.
Exterior Perspective | Green space | 4th Floor
With the idea of a very light ground intervention came from the concept of hands and their purpose of “holding.� Being so, exploring and experiencing nature through every floor of the building was the focus. This building contains 4 floors, each of them which are connected by a tunnel of light that also serves the purpose of giving life to the plants and trees planted within the building.
Interior model pictures | Entry
Interior model pictures | 2nd floor
Overall birds eye perspective
5 STITCH | Houston, Texas NOMAS COMPETITION |2017
Within southern Houston exists the community of Sunnyside, eager to reestablish its vibrancy, creating a new perspective of a safe environment for its youth. Given the large landscape, the proposal strives to bridge two landmarks present on the site, the community center and police station. To combat the extensive length between the community center and police station, zones of sports fields, basketball courts, and sculpture gardens are embedded within the buildings to produce a safe space for individuals when traversing through the landscape. The span of distance that was once an issue begins to become an effervescent, active space of activity that is generally always inhabited. The zones additionally develop into areas where the community can connect, bond, and display the work of the students, promoting unity and ubiquitous pride. The Design Proposal Stitch [Resurge] boils down to an operation and a condition. The proposal uses the operation of stitching the territories on the east side of Sunnyside Park with the neighboring community to activate civic and public spaces. This operative method ultimately leads to a condition of resurgence in Sunnyside Pride by creating safe and active spaces for the community.
After researching and speaking with local establishments, it became evident that the major concern for the community was safety. In conjunction with developing a program of a secondary education in Sunnyside, the focus of the proposal was to create a sense of place and security. The vision focused on developing the east side of Sunnyside Park with a strong connection to the community. By addressing the use and needs of the community, the proposal aims to serve as a catalyst or beacon for future growth and enhancement of the entire park. This allows the proposed design to respond, in specific ways, to the more immediate concern of the people, uniting the existing spaces that are actively used by the community, into the design. By treating Comal Street as a direct connection for pedestrian entry, the walkways act as channels that pull the community inward. Alvin and Maggie Street run perpendicular to Comal creating multiple direct and visual connections into the site. The circulation of buildings and walkways also creates a system of sightlines. This visual connection is one method within the design that promotes a safe, walkable pedestrian space. The intersections of walkways create moments of social gathering and interaction for students, faculty, and members of the community- creating a sense of security in numbers through civic discourse.
Walkability analysis
Site plan
Crime mapping analysis Urban stitching analysis Administrative plans
Administrative section
Studios section
Perspective towards the studio
As architecture students, we felt connected in developing classrooms and studio spaces in which we would feel engaged and inspired. The design elevates studio spaces to create a stronger presence in the landscape and unpacks a series of concepts. The visual connection to the landscape aided through the de-materialization of the studio facades. The transparency plays into ideas of the sacred and profane, establishing a hierarchy from the shared and reflective to public gathering spaces; adding to the ideas of vantage point where the design investigates a dynamic of power through vertical relationships. The peer driven relationships and dynamics in studio were inspiration for building the same relationship on a larger scale. Sunnyside’s proximity to the University
of Houston and Rice University are vital in establishing a larger reach for Sunnyside’s potential. The studios and resource spaces in the proposal begin to serve as an extension to and from these larger academic institutions. The interaction of Sunnyside, Local Universities, and schools in the area create a much more unified community within the context of Houston. Sunnyside is a place history, pride, and community. The proposal aims to revitalize connections and celebrate resurgence in its culture.
The vision focused on developing the east side of Sunnyside Park with a strong connection to the community. By addressing the use and needs of the community, the proposal aims to serve as a catalyst or beacon for future growth and enhancement of the entire park. This allows the proposed design to respond, in specific ways, to the more immediate concern of the people, uniting the existing spaces that are actively used by the community, into the design. By treating Comal Street as a direct connection for pedestrian entry, the walkways act as channels that pull the community inward. Alvin and Maggie Street run perpendicular to Comal creating multiple direct and visual connections into the site. The circulation of buildings and walkways also creates a system of sightlines. This visual connection is one method within the design that promotes a safe, walkable pedestrian space. The intersections of walkways create moments of social gathering and interaction for students, faculty, and members of the community- creating a sense of security in numbers through civic discourse.
Gallery section Gallery section
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Perspective | exterior
PUNCTURE | Gainesville, Florida Design 6 | Professor Peter Sprowls
This study consisted solely on the experimentation of different materials to familiarize with the textures and consistency to further the design. This design was developed to create a perfomance space that promotes the diversity of cultures through the art of dancing. In order to celebrate this culture, the spaces of dance are elevated and transparent to the exterior. These spaces puncture through the historic building that is the Hippodrome theater. There’s three different cubicles that explore: cantilevering, fold and preservation and they vary inhabitance at different times of days.
Population and occupation analysis | This project was an experimentation of layers and investigation of how people occupied the spaces around the given site.