Architecture Portfolio by Isabella Garcia

ISABELLA GARCIA 2021-2023

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DESIGN PROJECTS 04-13 ...

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22-31 ...

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Innovation

Art, fashion, and music makerspace.

Traverse

Library and apartment combined structure.

Alter

Co-housing rowhomes.

Pavilion

Gathering, resting, and viewing areas within a pavilion.

MISCELLANEOUS WORK 38-41 ...

The Eames House

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Point Dume

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The Main Building

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Corkscrew

INNOVATION LOCATION Powelton Village, West Philadelphia SUMMARY This site in the Powelton Village has transformed the Samuel Powel Elementary School and its surrounding area into a makerspace of art, fashion, and music that allows for interaction between all ages of people in the community. There are makerspaces and studios for those who have a passion for creativity and innovation. There’s also performance and event spaces for artists and musicians to show off their work, while providing for those who just want to be involved and enjoy others’ work. There’s a balance between public & private and indoor & outdoor spaces for poeple to utilize, being guided through diagonal paths inspired by the surrounding landscape, allowing for accessibility and interaction from all angles.

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For the repurposed existing building, the extruded diagonal paths that stem from Lancaster Ave continue, shaping the building to follow the paths formed on the site. These paths contiue through the building in order to create more access throughout the site. The building is extruded not just sideways, but upwards as well with added floors. To continue a connection with the site, the extruded floors are layered in order to create outdoor patio spaces that create views out to the green spaces and the rest of the site.

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With Lancaster Ave being just two blocks down from the site, replicating the great amount of circulation was attempted on the site in order to bring in the same feeling as walking through the Ave, offering a place where the whole community can come together and become involved in different activities. This site would expand this experience through the parallel paths brought in, that lead you to different interactive spaces and views.

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Different age groups with different interests will find spaces that best fits them, from children to older community members, with playgrounds, performances, events, galleries, a bite to eat, and large open green spaces. All groups can come together to learn and practice new skills, create art, and have a space to express them.

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The repurposed existing building has become an art and fashion maker space, while the large new building across the site is a music center. The triangular spaces are galleries, a lounge, and a cafe. The two large buildings adjacent to each other are solid while the triangular spaces in the center are transparent, representing gathering towards the center. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24.

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The repurposed existing building has 5 floors, while the music center has 2. In both, the top floors, where the best views are, are made to be performance and event spaces and the floors below, are the makerspaces, studios, and classrooms. The open roof provides extra room for events and performances as well, as provided in both structures.

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The performance and event spaces are to allow for more ranges of people to become involved with the spaces on the site. Through these performances, shows, and events, the makerspace will have a form of funding through the interaction directly from the community.

FOURTH FLOOR PLAN

Each floor layers onto each other, leaving open patio spaces to provide viewing areas out to the green spaces and to the city, as well as provides flexible locations for events. These outdoor spaces allow for connection with the community, visibility from the outside in, attracting and inviting people along the surrounding neighborhood.

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ELEVATION 1 The first four floors are made up of workshops, labs, studios, classrooms, and other working spaces that’re kept more private, other than the transparency of the staircases. The two points of entrance are met with higher ceilings, the Powelton Ave side with a 3 story high ceiling and the middle entrance with 2. The interior pathway on the fourth floor matches the first floor outdoor pathway, diagonally in the same direction, represented in a change of materiality.

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ELEVATION 2 The two-story music center is elevated as the site has a gradual incline as you move east. This building provides private music and recording studios on the first floor, and public performance and event spaces on top, along with roof access. There are a lot of connections between the two main structures when it comes to forms, open patios, first-floor open cut paths, and more private, solid facades at the street sides.

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SECTION C Playing with public and private spaces, these triangular, transparent, one-story buildings provide public and very visible and attracting areas of gathering. The galleries, cafe, and lounge that make up these four structures at the center of the site catch the attention of community members introducing them to a comfortable location for connection with art and people. Two out of the four structures along Powelton Ave allow for roof access in order to experience the site and its activities from a different perspective.

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TRAVERSE LOCATION Francisville, Philadelphia SUMMARY This project introduces a library and residential structure into the surrounding neighborhood of Francisville, sharing a site with 20 rowhomes. As you traverse through each corner of the triangular-shaped building, you unfold layers and tiers, welcomed with passageways to lead you around, through corridors, slopes, and sidewalks. From the corner of 19th and Wylie St., the topography brings you through the library as the lowest structure on the site, tiering upwards as it climbs the residential structure. This allows for views and a representation of growth when one travels from the first floor of the library, being the childrens’ area, to the top floors, with spaces made for adults.

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The triangular site is surrounded by a neighborhood of rowhomes where many families live, the rowhomes on the site blending into the area. The library and apartment structure would allow for not only more housing open to a larger range of people, but would also provides a space where people of all ages can gather, utilize resources, and gain knowledge. It gives people a place to relax, to do work, to have a Parris h snack at the cafe, and to interact with the rest of their community. With Francisville Playground just Reno across theSt street, the library and greenspace at the center of the site expands spaces available for children, and places where they will be safe and taken care of. The location also allows for easier access for poeple, as the bus route passes right through, which is Swain S important as public transportation t is one of the main forms of transportation in Philadelphia.

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Knowing how important it is for neighborhoods to have greenspaces that encourage connections with nature and people, a greenspace with crossing paths is implemented into the design of the site. Green roofs above the library and apartments are also included, allowing for spaces that both the public and the residences can utilize, enjoying fresh air and beautiful views out into the city.

Between these triangular main structures, the spaces are separated with an outdoor path to demonstrate the split and transition, while still connecting above. It provides access to the center green space outside, to which the interior path also does, cutting through the first floor of the apartments in order to allow for multiple access points towards the center of the site. SITE SITEPLAN PLAN

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When working on organizing the program, the library was made to climb over the residential apartment spaces in an encouraged vertical path. Where one enters on the 19th and Wylie TION (WEST-EAST) St. corner, is where one steps into the first of two main library floors, passing all the childrens’ books and spaces. Near the childrens’ playground is the strategically placed back exit that 5” takes you straight to the outdoor greenspace. Near this exit is where one of two staircases is placed, taking you not only to the second floor, where the adult sections are, but also transports you to the intercepting transitional third floor, which offers a cafe to the public. Through this cafe, with limited access, one is able to cross over to the apartment structure with access directly to patios and apartment facilities.

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The circulation and organization of the apartment structure is very purposeful. The central circulation allows for the most sunlight to enter the apartments that make up the borders of the building. As you climb up the five floors full of apartments, you go from 3 bedroom units to 1 bedroom units. The 3 bedroom units, placed on the first floor, are made the most easily accessible as they’re meant for families which are usually made up of a larger range of age groups, including elderly.

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ALTER LOCATION Mantua, Philadelphia, PA SUMMARY This rowhome project is centered around designing comfortable spaces for co-living, providing spaces that offer a good balance between private and shared spaces. This organization of living, provides many opportunities for connection between communities by bringing together 2-4 people under one roof. This design offers opportunities of expanding the connection to not only those living in one house, but with others living beside them with the same topography, plan, and style. Combinations of these houses fit together creating a whole as well as courtyards, shaped by the altering patterns of the buildings, and shared by the residents of each rowhome.

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BRANDON GROEN ISABELLA GARCIA KEVIN NOLAN JUDE PARKHILL ANNE ROYANDOYAN

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This site creates community space through the use of two major ROWHOME TYPOLOGY KEY axes. This was done to promote communal interaction via the CO-HOUSING park space that runs along the axes. The park space isn’t limited to just the residents that live on it, instead it also allows greater HOME OWNER & RENTAL Mantua to pass through the openings from Mt. Vernon up to Wallace so that community can exist both inside and outside the INTERGENERATIONAL site. The orientation of our buildings maximize sight lines into the vivid green spaces that persuade people to enter it; whether they are just using it as a shortcut between Mt. Vernon and Wallace, or staying for a while and enjoying the park and all it has to offer.

PHYSICAL MODEL Co-housing is all about the connection people have with each other, with the building, and with their community of other topographies. With this design, I made sure to create transparency through angled windows and courtyard spaces. As you make your way into the building, you’re welcomed by the residents’ own private spaces on the first two floors, arriving to the communal spaces on the third floor, after climbing up the shared stairways. Throughout the day, natural light will enter at different angles, the movement of the light moving with the shifts of the design of each floor as they push or pull.

Residents are to access the entrances to their units separately, some through the street-side, facing Wallace St or Mt.Vernon St, and the others facing the paths at the center axis of the site. As each resident enters into their first two floors of private space, they’re met with their living rooms, dining rooms, and kitchens, with their bedrooms on the second floor. The main circulation with which they travel up to their units is a shared staircase at the center. The shared staircase is to promote more interaction and connection that leads up to the shared spaces on the third floor and roof. This communal space includes a shared living room, a kitchen, a dining room, a laundry room, and offices/study spaces. The communal space has the best views and maximum amount of sunlight in order to encourage contact. With rooftop access, the surrounding greenery and the elevated gathering space makes it more inviting. CROSS SECTION

ACCESS Entrances on each end of the rowhomes.

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As you look out from within the interior spaces, sitting on the window sills, you’re able to see the courtyards, your neighbors, the roads, and the green spaces on the site through the transparency created by the angled windows. You’re encouraged to look out not only by the angled windows, but by small balcony spaces created from the pattern, accessing them from the third floor common spaces placed on each end.

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PAVILION SUMMARY The pavilion that was designed, creates abstract spaces that starts to define interactive areas where people can connect with each other and their surroundings. It’s divided into 3 different sections, the gathering, resting, and viewing areas. Utilizing axis, grid, movement, solid/void, and rhythm, I created concept drawings that came to life in physical models. By combining these different components, different physical models of a larger scale were created until a final one that balanced all of the details was made. This abstract formation of a pavilion is demonstrated with people in order to understand the structure that was created off of simple concepts that’re necessary within any designs meant for communities. This episodic drawing on the right, provides a look into all the important spaces within the pavilion, providing an understanding of scale and how light enters the spaces and creates shadows.

The unfolded elevation allows for a clear breakdown of each surface that makes up the final design. It highlights the areas of gathering, viewing, and resting making them all visible on paper and not just through the final physical model.

Parts of the elevation were combined in order to clearly show light reflections and shadows. They were also created with color in collages to add to the variety of representations. UNFOLDED ELEVATION

The 5 diagrams above show the five main elements that make up the pavilion, being axis, grid, movement, solid/void, and rhythm. The two models on the right bring to life, through 3D forms, grid and movement with different materials used to match each concept. With these two models, I started combining the elements and their materials. As they’re still seen as concepts, there was flexibility in their positions as there’s no definite top of bottom just yet. These helped me understanding what components I wanted to further perfect and carry onto the final design. With a final combination of the primary, secondary, and tertiary elements, the final design was created. Through these elements, planes and volumes make up spaces that can start to be seen as interactive community centers providing connection, peace, and comfortabilty.

GATHERING AREA As you walk through the grand doors that welcome you into the pavilion, you’re greeted with the gathering space. People need a space where they’re able to wait for their friends and family without a rush. For these people, they’ll have a space to comfortably wait with the structures surrounding them, sparking their interest of the place, the big wooden blocks, the pillars, and the strategically designed openings. Others will walk in alongside their company and curiousity will hit them as they look up and are able to catch a glimpse of the other floors, as well as the sky, as the pavilion is designed to have a wide opening through the center. They will be attracted to the space, encouraging them to continue discovering the rest. RESTING AREA Those that enter the pavilion in search of a place to relax and maybe relieve some stress will be provided a resting area located on the second floor. This space will be a quiet and wide space for people to settle down and take a breather. They will easily be able to do so as the minimalistic architecture surrounding them on this floor will alow them to come to a clear mind. There will be shaded areas along the sides to allow for some rest and provide a space for those who need a break from the chaos and brightness of the exterior. The center area and left corners of the resting floor will provide more sunlight as the reflective walls and floors brighten up the space in the day as well as the bright lights within the pavilion that flicker on and shine at night. On the left side of the floor, there will also be a small place for people to catch a glimpse of nature. People will gather here to relax, unwind, and to simply exist with tranquility within the space.

VIEWING AREA As the guests in the pavilion reach the third floor where the viewing area is, they will be welcomed with a space that will seem to stretch out into the city. This area will be the brightest in the entire building as it will get a lot of direct sunlight from all angles. Thin poles will fall down vertically, with glass coverings to allow for a transparent wall and ceiling for guests to get a clearer sight of the beautiful city. You can just imagine guests coming up and immediately feeling the touch of the warm sun on their skin, taking in the pavilion’s surroundings and beyond. Others will enter the space as the sun goes down, seeing how the rows overhead create moving shadows along their feet, and eventually the only light they’ll receive will be the moonlight and the pavilion’s soft dim lights.

THE EAMES HOUSE ARCHITECTS Charles and Ray Eames LOCATION Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, US SUMMARY After researching the Eames House, a project by Charles and Ray Eames, we were introduced to Revit by creating a 3D model that replicated the elements of the exterior and interior of this case study project. After creating the 3D model, I represented these interior and exterior spaces through renders of different styles. The interior illustration was rendered utilizing Enscape and Illustrator. This allowed me to create a scene that accurately demonstrates the materials and exterior landscape utilized by the architects. I was also able to implement personal style when it came to details of occupants and usage of the space. For the exterior illustration, I decided to alter the colors from the original design and use more creative play by using Illustrator and Photoshop. It steered away from the fully realistic representation that was used with the interior render.

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POINT DUME LOCATION Point Dume, Malibu, California SUMMARY I chose Point Dume, in Malibu, California, to be the location of the site for this project. The structure was designed as a 3D model of a museum, with a cafe and greenhouse built within, offering community space for the residents living nearby. This museum near the cliff, looking out into Big Dume Beach/Zuma Beach, takes the opportunity of its elevated location, to create indents into the building, as well as vertically extruded elements to provide enough viewing areas into the ocean. Its orientation was placed strategically so that even the indents that create shadows, gets as much sunlight as possible. When rendering this project, I created a postdigital render in order to play with texture, color, and light. By utilizing Illustrator, I was able to create a render that blends real with fantasy, helping understand the design, while also playing with shapes and proportions.

THE MAIN BUILDING LOCATION Drexel Main Building Philadelphia, PA SUMMARY After surveying Drexel’s Main Building, all the important details necessary for a section perspective were recorded successfully. Cutting through the south end, near the Chestnut St. entrance, there was an opportunity to draft the most important components and represent as much of the space as possible. The main staircase is showcased as an important element that leads the eye out to the arched openings along the edges of the building. The beauty of the arched wall openings is reflected by the never-ending looking rows of them, allowing to open up the wide space in the center. This hand-drafted perspective, on an 18x24 piece of paper, gave an opportunity to practice creating a scaled pencil drawing and understand proportions through selfmeasurements.

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CORKSCREW SUMMARY For this project, I cafefully recorded the dimensions and movements of a given tool in order to draft it accurately and to scale. My tool was the corkscrew, as represented on the first image, its curves, mechanics, and motions all present on paper. Once getting a solid understanding of the corkscrew, the drafted tool was collaged into a reimagined version. Once I was content with the combination, the new tool was drafted, with added shading, in order to provide a better understanding of the imaginary tool. The finished product, and its recurring use of steel, provides a clear representation of its scale, movements, and reflections among the light.

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