IZZY BREHM ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
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THE HIDDEN ROOM Fall 2020
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UNIT-C: HOUSING IN THE 21ST CENTURY Fall 2019
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THE DOWNTOWN BATHOUSE Fall 2020
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ELA SOUTHWARK Spring 2020
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WORKS OF THE ETERNAL CITY Sketchbook, Spring 2020
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THE HIDDEN ROOM Fall 2020 . Professor Peter Olshavsky . ARCH 500 . Four weeks
The hidden room is a pavilion located on a sea shoreline. The undulating structure is intented to create private pockets of space that frame views of the surrounding natural landscape. It is a space for exploration, wonder, meditation, and respite. The hidden room is visually hidden as it settles into the landscape. As one circulates through the structure above, their eyes are drawn out and upwards making the room below experientially hidden. When one finds themselves in the hidden room, it provides unique views to the natural landscape by positioning the user’s eye level to the water.
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Ahoy! Where are you off to? What a great day for an adventure!
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Ah yes, what a great view of the light house! WOO HOO! We made it to the end of the dock!
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I hear there’s a secret room hidden somewhere under this dock! Help me find it!
THE NARRATIVE The concept for The Hidden Room was built around a narrative following a mother and child and their journey throughout this space. Inspired by Hayao Miyazaki’s film Ponyo, this story begins to question the barrier between land and sea, noticing what sort of interactions can take place at that barrier.
Wow Mom, what a fun place!
The story follows the two characters as they approach the pavilion, how they enter and explore the space, and finally how they come to find the hidden room. Creating a narrative was instrumental in the project’s realization of form and space, specifically through section development. Furthermore, it aided in the consideration of circulation, apertures, threshold, and the essence of the hidden room.
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Undulating arches allow light to enter the pavilion, frame specific views to the landscape, and support the pavilion.
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HIDDEN ROOM A staircase nestled into the wall poche reveals the entrance to the hidden room below. The hidden room creates a pocket of space or a sort of ‘dry bathtub’ plunged into the sea. 12 PM 4 PM
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FLOORING The changing elevation of the floor plate creates different vantage points as one ascends in space. This provides a similar shift in volume from the hidden space below.
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OCEANS HORIZON 330 North
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PENINSULA 270 West
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UNIT-C: HOUSING IN THE 21ST CENTURY Fall 2019 . Professors Ellen Donnelly & Marc Maxey . 16 Weeks Can architecture truly imagine and instigate wide-scale social change and critique? UNIT-C provides an optimistic answer to this question. The answer is two-fold: Spatially, UNIT-C is an adaptable housing resource and set of principles or ethics of design for people going through any form of displacement, replenishing the drought of affordable housing resources across America. Socially, UNIT-C advocates that housing is more than a practice in ROI, square footage, building material performance, etc. but that housing is an apparatus just as complex as the residents who inhabit it. The following projects justifies the characterization of UNIT-C through its application within two housing scenarios: single-family and multi-family. Collaborative Studio Majdi Alkarute Moqi Yoa
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DISPLACEMENT & HOUSING Migration has shaped human history since our inception, weaving humanity’s intricate narrative that has constantly lead to further migration and displacement. We found ‘displacement’ to be a multi-faceted issue. Climate change threatens coastal populations, poverty forces families to travel across continents, and sidewalks turn into tent cities. Acknowledging that housing in the twenty-first century will be defined by an era of displacement is the first step towards transforming the home.
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CROSS LAMINATED TIMBER BATHROOM CORE STORAGE
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FLEXIBLE KITCHEN UNIT SHARED PLUMBING WALL
UNIT-C Unit-C is the core we built our housing scenarios around. This pre-fab housing resource is comprised of four walls, all containing the necessary building blocks for living. We defined these necessities as sleep, bathing, eating, and security. The built composition of this unit reflects those necessities.
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MORPHOLOGY Unit-C promotes growth and change through its minimalistic design. This is represented in the single family scenario depicted above. This diagram documents a growing family and their ability to live, grow, and change around their unit.
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MULTI-FAMILY How can UNIT-C be used on a large scale project? A careful look at multi-family housing in downtown Lincoln indicates that with UNIT-C there’s hope for urban affordability. Three four-story interconnected buildings occupy half a block in downtown, consisting of student housing and supporting programs. ‘Residential hotel’ in the top two floors of the Southwest building add affordable, shortterm, high-quality housing to the limited housing stock in downtown Lincoln. UNIT-C is aggregated such that the extroverted design demonstrated in its cabinetry is related on all scales. from the organization of the kitchens around a shared prep space (balancing benefits of private and communal spaces) to the organization of buildings toward public street, facing outward allows space to grow and to be appreciated and shared by everyone.
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THE DOWNTOWN BATHHOUSE Fall 2020 . Professor Peter Olshavsky . ARCH 500 . Six weeks
The history of bathing is incredibly rich and complex. In ancient Rome, bathing was an everyday activity and bathhouses were the predominant form of entertainment. The bathhouse went beyond the activity of bathing; it was a place for exercising, socializing and much more. The bath as we know in contemporary culture, is inconsequential byproduct. The Downtown Bathhouse begins to rethink the spiritual, hygienic, and social capabilities of the public bathhouse.
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SITE Located in Downtown Lincoln, NE, this site is situated off of highway intersection. Strategies to overcome this were to create a barrier to 9th street, while opening up the facade on the opposing side of the building to welcome passerbyers from the historic Haymarket.
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BATH SEQUENCING Resting atop the two story arched structure are the baths. The 40’ inverted dome structure contains one large central bath set at 107 degrees. As one circulates around the perimeter of the central space, they may rest and relax in the steamy air, created by the hot bath. As one ascends the stairs they will proceed to enter the cold bath, set at a temperature of 58 degrees. Their depth of 8‘ allows for complete submersion, heightening the frigid experience. The final warm bath is set at 95 degrees. Spanning the longest distance, this bath is meant for a more lengthy stay and allows for potential exercise.
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ELA SOUTHWARK Spring 2020 . Professor Peter Olshavsky . IDES 411 . Six weeks
“Endangered Language Alliance in London, UK studies, documents, preserves, exhibits and teaches minority, endangered and dormant languages. Building on cultures’ collective memories, histories, and stories, the ELA empowers these communities to shape their own futures.” -ELA’s Mission ELA Southwark fulfills it’s mission by providing an environment to restore endangered languages and encourages interactions between individuals who might not otherwise cross paths. This is accomplished by implemented strategies such as an emphasis on shared spaces and overlapping programs. As documentation is an important process of the ELA, this project includes access to the public archives. 37
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SITE Located in Southwark London, UK this site is situated on the corner of Bermondsey and Tanner street. The current site, Tanner Street Park, is settled within a mixed-use, bustling neighborhood. The high volume of foot traffic, access to public parks, and inviting storefronts creates a quiet, comfortable atmosphere with relatively low vehicular traffic.
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WORKS OF THE ETERNAL CITY Spring 2020 . Study Abroad in Rome, Italy
These freehand pencil and ink sketches are from a travel abroad sketchbook kept during a semester in Rome, Italy. Each sketch was initially formed while at that location, and completed in detail later. These spreads aim to capture the essence of each project using multiple drawings, layered information, and hybrid representation. Left: Portion of the Cupola of Sant’Andrea delle Fratte
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IZZY BREHM izzybrehm@gmail.com | +1 (402) 853-4775 | issuu.com/isabellebrehm
EDUCATION 2020present
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Master of Architecture 3-year program
20162020
University of Nebraska-Lincoln BSD with a specialization in Interior Design Minor in Architectural Studies
spring 2020
London, England & Rome, Italy Study Abroad Faculty: Dr. Peter Olshavsky
20122016
Lincoln Southeast High school Lincoln, Nebraska
WORK EXPERIENCE summer 2019
Interior Design Intern Corgan Associates Inc. Internship in Phoenix, Arizona
summer 2018
Researcher Ucare- UNL student research program Studied post-occupancy at UNMC in Omaha to understand the efficiency of space regarding patients and employees.
summer 2020
Ambassador Archrival's LNK Greater than COVID campaign. Spread awareness about the effectiveness of following health precautions from the CDC.
INVOLVEMENT & AWARDS 20162020
Alpha Phi Sorority Positions held Recruitment Chair Social Media Chair Banner Chair
20192020
Strategic Planning Committee Member representing the Interior Design discipline through the College of Architecture
fall 2018 spring 2020 2016 & 2017
CoreNet Global Real Estate Competition Top 5 Finalist Tau Sigma Delta Bronze Medal Award Award honoring high scholastic achievement in academic performance. Finalists are nominated by faculty while winners are selected by the student body. Marvin Johnson Scholarship Faculty nominated scholarship for students who demonstrate high academic achievements.
SKILLS Revit | Rhino | Grasshopper | Adobe Suite | Enscape | Bluebeam |Microsoft Office Suite
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