Ivanna Adames 2023 Portfolio

Graphite and Ink Sketch

The University of Tennessee Nursing Education Building

IVANNA K ADAMES

EDUCATION

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Bachelor of Architecture, Class of 2025

Minor in Sustainability

GPA: 3.97

Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

Global Architecture + Design Program | Spring Semester 2024

EXPERIENCE + INVOLVEMENT

DRIFT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Design Intern | June 2023 - August 2023

Assisted with project proposals for clients and exhibitions; redesigned the project catalogues and technical drawings; created 3D renderings of the Fragile Future editions stock

JMS designs, Torrance, CA

Design Intern | June 2022

Communicated with clients to assess their individual needs; created 3D renderings of proposed home renovation designs; revised AutoCAD plan drawings of clients’ homes

American Institute of Architecture Students, Knoxville, TN

President | August 2023 - December 2023

Member | August 2020 - present

Organized the annual fall fundraiser; planned biweekly meetings for members; revived student culture and participation throughout the college

Freedom by Design, Knoxville, TN

Director | August 2021 - present

Assistant Project Manager | August 2020 - May 2021

Organized team meetings to assemble a standalone lending library installation for over 300 Green Magnet Academy students to promote access to books and STEAM education

Habitat for Humanity, Knoxville, TN

President | August 2023 - December 2023

Event Coordinator | August 2021 - May 2023

Volunteer | August 2020 - present

Planned volunteering opportunities, lunch donations, and social events for club members

B. ARCH CANDIDATE

CONTACT

iadames1@vols.utk.edu

+1 954 636 9471

linkedin.com/in/ivanna-adames/ ivannaadames.com/

HONORS

Haslam Leadership Scholar 2020 cohort

UT’s most prestigious undergraduate academic honors program, admits only 15 freshmen annually

Peyton Manning Scholar

Awarded to four Haslam Scholars based on an outstanding record of academics and leadership

SKILLS

Languages

English - native Spanish - advanced Russian - intermediate

Technology

Rhino 3D, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Revit, V-ray, Enscape, Adobe (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), Laser Cutting, 3D Printing

Credentials

LEED Green Associate

Green Business Certification, Inc. (GBCI)

Hybridized Axonometric Investigation of the GSTAAD Model House by inHAUS

Large-scale Makerspace THE LANDFORM

site

term advised by teammates

Knoxville, Tennessee Fall 2023

James Rose

Abigail Thompson + Seth Babb

Situated at the crossroads of Knoxville’s historic Old City, Art District and bustling Downtown, the project proposes a new maker-hub, landmark and urban park for the city. The Landform is a roughly 25,000 sq ft (2320 sq m) fabrication space intended to provide the downtown area with a facility featuring greater capacity for manufacturing, prototyping and interdisciplinary collaboration.

In addition to the creation of a new makerspace, the Landform tackles issues of sustainability and accessibility head-on by establishing the roof as public green space, and reimagining the circulation of the site to include an American Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant pedestrian ramp. The building features: an occupiable intensive green roof, an extensive green roof above the gallery, a green facade system, and a photovoltaic (PV) pavilion at the southern end.

Large-scale Makerspace

Accessible Public Circulation

The project engages universal design as a primary tactic to influence the form and function of the building’s front facing facade. The incorporation of the 1:12 sloped, ADA compliant ramp provides a connection from the top of the viaduct to the lower street level, enabling the public to engage with the activities of the makerspace whilst creating a new urban attraction.

above: Perspective from the Pedestrian Ramp

left: Perspective of the South Entrance and PV Pavilion

Green Landform Transformation

The site, which is currently an asphalt lot, is given new life as a reimagined plot of green space, and through a series of transformations aims to achieve various environmental and social benefits. Through the addition of green roofs, green facades, and plantings, the building significantly reduces and redirects the urban runoff of the site.

above: View from the Top of N Gay St and W Jackson Ave

above: Section Perspective through the Offices, Breakroom and Prototyping Space

left: Wall Section through the Gallery

below: Axonometric Section through the Green Facade and Gallery

SOUTHEAST

NORTHEAST SOUTHWEST

NORTHWEST

Pixels

Moss / Vegetation

Transparent Glass

Translucent Polycarbonate

Opaque Aluminum

Photovoltaic Panel

Paver

Pixelization

The third design tactic is a system of pixelization which is employed on each facade, the photovoltaic pavilion, and in the paver system of the ramp and green roof. The northwest and southeast facades are composed of three different types of pixels of varying opacity in order to dictate the quality of light inside the fabrication space and the views into the spaces from the ramp. Similarly, the photovoltaic pixel pattern on the southwest facade includes omissions of pixels which provides opportunities for views.

Autumn Farmer’s Market

Along with providing fabrication space for Knoxville’s maker-community, The Landform takes on the unique challenge of providing the city with a newfound public park and community events space. This particular axonometric diagram illustrates the green roof’s transformation into a Saturday morning farmer’s market which encourages greater community interaction and opportunities for local vendors to share their products.

Downtown Restaurant THE HOMAGE

site term advised by

South Pittsburg, Tennessee Fall 2022

David

Fox

Situated in an immensely historically and culturally rich site, the proposed restaurant seeks to pay homage to the past and celebrate the future to come. The project is located on a block of land which used to feature a collection of African Americanowned businesses and a masonic lodge that were central aspects of the community. None of these buildings except for the deserted masonic lodge remain.

The project grapples with how to respond to this erasure of history as it becomes increasingly at risk of being forgotten altogether. The restaurant seeks to revitalize the town of South Pittsburg by creating an open and inviting connection to the street and downtown, and by introducing accessible green spaces for the public to enjoy via the green roof and the redesigned alleyway.

SITE PLAN

SOUTH PITTSBURG, TN

appalachia studio

arch 371 fall 2022

12.1.22

ivanna adames

1st street

The Homage

HAROLD’S GROCERY

FOOD MART

KANKUS EXPRESS

MASONIC LODGE

SUBWAY

3D FINANCIAL

THE HOMAGE: proposed restaurant

The plot of land, nestled between Base Camp and our proposed restaurant, used to feature a collection of African American-owned businesses, which included th CA Wilkinson funeral home, ‘StarDust’ and Moonglow’ bars, a cafe, a barbershop, Lock Castle and the historic Masonic Lodge.

BASE CAMP

NATURAL GAS + WATER WORKS

2nd street

FOODLAND

BUILTWELL BANK

Axonometric View

1st

2nd

RIVERLINE COMMUNITY

Refugee Housing

site term advised by

Knoxville, Tennessee Spring 2023

Maged Guerguis

In response to the ongoing Russian invasion and resulting displacement of Ukrainians, the Riverline Community is a neighborhood of prefabricated and modular structures specifically intended for Ukrainian refugees who have relocated to Knoxville, TN. The community master plan includes a four level, undulating spine of one- and two-unit modules, a townhouse village, and community spaces such as a recreation center, grocery store and restaurant.

The project’s variety of programmatic spaces, coupled with its emphasis on engaging the landscape through the integration of courtyard spaces, introduced walking and cycling paths, access to the riverline and selection for native vegetation is intended to provide those seeking asylum a community-centric approach for integrating and adjusting to life in Knoxville.

above: Process Sketches

right: 1st Floor Plan

below: Section Perspective highlighting the Installation of the Prefabricated Modules

BLENDING BOUNDARIES

Architectural Studio

site term advised by

Knoxville, Tennessee Spring 2022

Brian Ambroziak

Blending Boundaries is a proposed studio space for 15 architecture students of the University of Tennessee that serves as an intimate sanctuary and meditative environment devoted to the acts of designing, studying, and collaborating. The proposal consists of programs for the acts of dreaming and creating which provoke a hyper-sensitivity to the subtle transformations occurring within the time and space of the site along the Tennessee River.

The studio explores the embodied potential of the space to simultaneously reflect the bustling energy of its context, and project the studio’s artistic conscious onto the landscape, thus informing the various activities and rituals which take place throughout the site. The design aims to respond to and enhance the perception of the elements of wind, sun, and rain, and invites a fluid relationship among the occupant, the interior condition and external surroundings.

Synchro Trope Index

Tasked with identifying a series of personified characteristics of the site, the studio embarked on frequent site visits which led to the careful investgation and development of each student’s unique set of tropes. These tropes determined our ‘manifesto of synchronization’ and eventually informed the architecture itself.

Manifesto of Synchronization

Pulse

Crumble

Embedded Ghosts

Stamped Earth

Sun Path

Gust Lust

architecture must PULSE architecture must WEATHER architecture must EMBODY architecture must IMPRINT architecture must ILLUMINATE architecture must EVOKE

Perspective from the Shore

Perspective from the River

Interior Perspective of the Studio Space

Territory Study SITE LINES

site term advised by

Kyiv, Ukraine

Fall 2021

Mark Stanley

Site Lines investigates a specifically defined territory through various levels of increasing scale and focus. I elected to study Kyiv because of my considerable familiarity and fondness for the city having grown up visiting it every summer.

The specific “territory” chosen is the culturally and politically significant city center of Maidan Square. Through a sequence of increasingly scaled images: the line map, drone view, and embodied perspective, the project highlights important nodes and attributes of the city whilst employing a colorful and abstract rendering strategy.

Drone View

This view offers a privileged, oblique perspective from a drone’s vantage overlooking the Maidan Square and surrounding buildings.

Embodied Perspective

Zooming in further yields the on-the-ground, embodied view of Maidan Square from one of its fountains.

Open Air Cinema ENABLING THE SUBJECTIVE

site term

advised by

Knoxville, Tennessee

Fall 2021

Curry Hackett

Founded upon themes of dynamism and community, this pavilion attempts to re-imagine the cinema as an open and circulatory space which facilitates interaction among community members. Its outdoor nature and positioning on the water feature of the park grants visitors a more intimate connection to the site of the World’s Fair Park in Knoxville, TN.

Consisting of a sequence of three cinema screens, the space invites people to determine their own course of circulation and exploration as one navigates through the curving pathways. The pavilion revolves around an inhabitable central structure which enables projections onto its exterior and interior for both external and immersive viewings of the film.

Worm’s Eye Perspective

Embodied Perspective of the Primary Viewing Screen

above: Drone Perspective

right: Section through the Viewing Screens