HOLLY NICOLE HERSEY
architectural designer academic portfolio
HOLLY NICOLE HERSEY
architectural designer academic portfolio
HOLLY NICOLE HERSEY
holly.hersey@yahoo.com 410-946-7396
EDUCATION Wentworth Institute of Technology | Boston, MA Master of Architecture (GPA 3.84) April 2016 Bachelor of Science in Architecture (GPA 3.49) August 2015 ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT Assistant to Director of the Graduate Architecture Program January 2016-April 2016 Teaching Assistant August 2015-December 2015 Studio Monitor August 2013-April 2015 INVOLVEMENT Graduate Programs Committee Student Representative August 2015-April 2016 American Institute of Architecture Students Wentworth Chapter Vice President September 2014-August2015 Wentworth Chapter Treasurer September 2013-August2014 Alternative Spring Break Volunteer in Houston, TX March 2014 ACADEMIC TRAVEL Venice, Italy Special Topics Studio September 2015 Berlin, Germany Semester Abroad August 2014-November 2014 AWARDS/HONORS Alpha Rho Chi Medal Recipient 2016 Feature in Wentworth Architecture Review, v6 2016 Graduate Fellowship (awarded to Special Topics Studio) 2015 Tau Alpha Pi Honor Society 2014 Professors Choice Award 2014 Showcase in Casella Gallery 2013 Professional Development Grant 2013 Presidential Scholarship 2011-2015 Wentworth Scholarship 2011-2015 Deans List 2011-2013
Revit, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Rhinoceros
Hand Drafting, Sketching, Model Building
Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Lumion, V-Ray
Microsoft Office, Bluebeam, Newforma
EXPERIENCE Torti Gallas + Partners | Silver Spring, MD Architectural Designer July 2016-current -Integral team member of several multi-family residential projects -Gained expertise in Revit working towards project submissions -Increased technical knowledge by drawing details -Became familiar with building codes and zoning regulations -Handled project management tasks: communication with the client, coordination with consultants, project task scheduling -Leader in the firm’s Healthy Communities initiative -Emerging Professionals ARE/AXP Coordinator -Participant of Architecture in the Schools L2M Architects | Glen Burnie, MD Architecture Intern April 2015-July 2015 -Assisted with numerous retail projects -Completed existing surveys and as-built drawings -Worked closely with a client on schematic design and design development for multiple new construction projects -Developed a new set of CAD standards to fit the firms drawing set expectations DiMella Shaffer | Boston, MA Architecture Intern May 2014-August 2014 -Joined academic, workplace, and residential project teams -Implemented sustainable design elements and performed calculations and diagrams for LEED credits -Designed interior spaces and selected finishes and furniture -Worked with Marketing to create firm resources, website content, and help at project photo shoots -A part-time front desk secretary role required excellent time management, multitasking, and a personable attitude Penney Design Group | Bethesda, MD Architecture Intern May 2012-August 2012 -Worked closely with project architects on commercial and single family residential projects in all phases of design. -Attended and contributed to site visits and client meetings -Maintained office upkeep and ordering of materials
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REFLECT/REVIVE
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HYBRID SCALES
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enLIGHTen
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EXTEND
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THE GREEN IN-BETWEEN
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CURVED CONNECTIONS
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REFLECT/REVIVE
Campo Santa Maria Formosa | Venice, Italy Campo Intervention Fall 2015 Special Topics Travel John Ellis AutoCAD, Illustrator, Rhinoceros, V-Ray, Photoshop
The goal of this intervention is to animate, activate, and enliven the currently desolate corner of Campo Santa Maria Formosa. Curved glass panels are positioned in a ‘beautiful form’. Not only do these panels exist in the campo, creating layers and a new boundary, or a calle for the residential buildings, they also carve into these buildings. The spaces carved on the ground floors will bring public life into these spaces and provide a unique relationship from the canal to the campo. Public art exhibits can be shown in these newly formed spaces and even host Biennale works. Offset from the glass panes are lattices covered in vegetation. This brings life to the campo and contributes a natural element for the residents. The reflective quality of the glass provides the ability for people interacting with the intervention a chance for personal reflection. The campo panels reflect the buildings in the distance, placing the person in their surroundings. The panels in the buildings allow for a more intimate reflection. Children will enjoy the quirky warping of their bodies as they run past, and adults can admire themselves and their place in the world.
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HYBRID SCALES
Government Service Center | Boston, MA Residential + Retail Spring 2015 Community Design Carol Burns, Peter Greenberg, Mark Pasnik AutoCAD, Illustrator, Revit, Photoshop
*Collaborative: Neal DosSantos, Holly Hersey, Kathryn Horlbogen, Christina LaRosa Steven Prestejohn, Anastasia Ziolek
The Government Service Center in Boston, MA creates a mega-block with it’s impenetrable facades. In attempts to link neighborhoods and draw in the public, this proposal addresses the GSC at all scales: varying from detail to urban. Along the ground floor, thruways are created allowing the public into a new landscaped courtyard. The upper floors are renovated to feature live/work units, public gallery space, and private communal space. Selected units have an addition of an open or enclosed balcony, humanizing the daunting street facade. Resting atop the existing building is an added level, benefiting the program underneath it. A green roof provides continuity along the site as the addition bridges to a new 34-story residential tower. The tower form has been manipulated to speak to the stepped terraces on the existing building which it faces. This enables residents to have varied opportunities for green space. Also on this site is a new 50-story tall hotel tower that spills into the existing building bringing a large public lobby, restaurants, retail, and an exercise facility to the community.
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enLIGHTen
Concord Street | Boston, MA Urban Sanctuary + Mausoleum Spring 2013 Design + Technologies 2 Aaron Weinert AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lead, Charcoal
This Urban Sanctuary and Mausoleum serves the city as a place for reflection and celebration of life. Large masses are positioned to create a dark, confined, and maze-like path through the space. Along the way, the masses are carved into and let light trickle in from the outdoors. These provide places to pause and reflect. As one makes their way through this mausoleum, light from the sanctuary peeks around corners and down the long paths. Meant for a celebration, the sanctuary is a much brighter space with cut outs in the walls that resembles the way light shines through the trees found in the adjacent cemetery. A play between dark and light creates an intimate experience.
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EXTEND
Piers Park | Boston, MA Shipbuilding Center Fall 2013 Design Studio 3 Carol Burns AutoCAD, Revit, Illustrator
*featured on Wentworth Institute of Technology’s Architecture page
Along the waters edge in East Boston are ruined piers. The ruins provide the site with a rich history and beauty. To accentuate this characteristic, the ship building center begins to ‘open up’ as the ruins are approached. The structural layout is the main way in which this is accomplished. The structure extends, shifts, pulls, s t r e t c h e s As you move through the building, spaces generally become larger and more exposed. The structural trusses above grow in depth as you make your way towards the ruins. The widening form of the building directs yours views out , first to the ruins, then looking past to a view of the Boston Skyline.
site program semester studio professor mediums
SECTIONS
SCALE: 1/8” = 1’-0”
SECTIONS
SCALE: 1/8” = 1’-0”
SECTIONS
SCALE: 1/8” = 1’-0”
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THE GREEN IN-BETWEEN
DeFilippo Park | Boston, MA Performance Park (competition) Spring 2014 Site + Environment Mark Klopfer AutoCAD, Illustrator, Rhino, Photoshop
*Collaborative: Rima Abousleiman, Holly Hersey Honorable Mention, Professors Choice Award
The North End in Boston,MA is crowded with residential and commercial buildings. There is limited usable green space for the families that reside in the area. DeFilippo Park is completely surrounded by a built environment. The intent of this proposal is to re-imagine DeFilippo Park for year long activities. The existing flights are removed and in their place sit a large hill perfect for sledding, tanning, picnics, performances, biking, dog walking, and much more. The park transforms into a playscape, suitable for the surrounding families during any season. The space becomes an attractive location for tourists visiting the city.
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CURVED CONNECTIONS
Schรถneberg, Berlin, Germany Library Extension Fall 2015 Comprehensive Design Studio Anton Zenk AutoCAD, Revit, Illustrator
*completed while abroad in Berlin, Germany
The Theodor - Heuss - Bibliothek Library requests an extension. The extension must included additional library stacks, a children and teens section, new cafe, and additional programs.The adjacent museum and kindergarten also seek a better connection to the library. The proposed extension is placed within the courtyard that is formed by these three buildings. The curvilinear form is intended to create a new and exciting addition that draws people off the busy street. The form will capture the attention of children and keep their activities interesting and fun. Wooden slats line the exterior of the buildings that enhance the curves of the form and lighten the use of a concrete structure.
site program semester studio professor mediums
CARREL 5 m²
CARREL 5 m²
CARREL 5 m²
LOBBY 153 m²
CAFE 58 m²
SEMINAR 74 m²
CARREL 5 m²
CARREL 5 m²
CARREL 5 m²
SEMINAR 75 m²
INTERACTIVE ARCHIVE 209 m²
METAL COPING WOOD CAP RIGID INSULATION
VERTICAL WOOD BRACING HORIZONTAL WOOD BRACING
WOOD PANEL WOOD PANEL
GRAVEL, 07cm RIGID INSULLATION, 16cm WATERPROOFING, 04cm CONCRETE, 25cm INSULATION