jenna steffensen
Architectural Design Portfolio
“Less is more� - Mies van der Rohe
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Undergraduate
Rosecrance Transitional Institute Minimal Systems Riverkeeper World Vision Shelter
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Fundamentals of Design
Open Air Museum 13 Wall Project 14 Europe Sketches 15-17
Jenna Steffensen 224.523.0334 jennasteffensen@gmail.com
I am an ambitious and adventurous designer. I am passionate about design and the world around us. Some of my outdoor activities include snowboarding, long boarding, rock climbing and zip lining. Being outdoors inspires me as a designer and I feel responsible to protect the land we live in. I believe those in the architectural field have an effect on everyone and everything, and as such, it is our job to design sustainable buildings to preserve our vast and beautiful earth.
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Education Judson University
Bachelor of Arts in Architecture GPA 3.3 Deans List 2011-2014
Italy, Germany, Czech Republic, Netherlands, England
August 2011 - May 2015 (expected)
Europe Study Tour
May 2014
Experience Judson University | Elgin, IL
August 2011 - May 2015
Judson University | Elgin, IL
June 2014
Women’s Soccer Player Freshman CCAC Player of the year Four time All Conference Team Three time NAIA Player of the Week Summer Camp Coach Taught soccer skills to children ages 5-10
Millar Berry Farms | London, ON
U-Pick Strawberry Field Manager Directed and helped customers in the field
Summer 2012 - Summer 2013
Skills Computer Revit Autocad Sketchup Photoshop InDesign Illustrator Sefaira
Manual
Sketching Model Building Laser Cutting Basic Woodworking Drafting Water Colour
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ROSECRANCE TRANSITIONAL INSTITUTE
713 W VAN BUREN STREET, CHICAGO ILLINOIS
SITE ADJACENCIES
Measure 1: Design & Innovation Measure 1: Design & Innovation
DESIGN & INNOVATION
Measure 4: Bioclimatic Design Measure 4: Bioclimatic Design
BIOCLIMATIC DESIGN
Rosecrance Transitional Institute DESIGN & INNOVATION
BIOCLIMATIC DESIGN
LBC & Regenerative Design The key concept of the design is to promote sustainable design while responding to Senior Year programmatic requirements and occupant comfort. The design achieves this by
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The key conceptconnecting of thenature design is to promote sustainable design while responding to and humanity throughout the building and using passive solar systems when possible. and occupant comfort. The design achieves this by programmatic requirements Rosecrance is a private non-profit organization that offers health services to teenagers and young adults that sufferarespecifically from abuse. The The building massings placedthroughout specifically on drug the sitethe to maximize thekey solar and Butterfly Roof connecting nature and humanity building and using passive solar from the sun. The North design and Southwhile facadesresponding are curtain wallsto to provide concept of the designthermal is to gains promote sustainable the building with natural light while passive shading is provided by the exterior wood systems when possible. programmatic requirements and occupant comfort. The design achieves this
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wall. Occupant comfort is provided by access to operable windows.
by connecting nature and humanity throughout the building and using passive solar when possible. are placed specifically on the site to maximize the solar and Thesystems building massings Interior Green Wall
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thermal gains from the sun. The North and South facades are curtain walls to provide Conservatory Wall the building with natural light while passive shading is provided by theScreen exterior wood jenna steffensen comfort architectural design wall. Occupant is provided byportfolio access to operable windows. Bike Rack Butterfly Roof
Butterfly Roof
SECOND FLOOR PLAN SECOND FLOOR PLAN
DORMITORY DORMITORY
Detailed Building Section
Second Floor
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
FIRST FLOOR PLAN DORMITORYFirst Floor
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
REGIONAL/COMMUNITY DESIGN REGIONAL/COMMUNITY DESIGN The building provides support for the community The building support for center. the community because it is provides a drug rehabilitation 1/3 of the because a drug rehabilitation 1/3 of the programitisisfor community use so center. the auditorium and program is forcan community use sotothe dining spaces be rented out theauditorium and dining spacesThe cansite be is rented outnear to the community. located many bus stops community. The sitereducing is located near many stops and a train stations the need for bus many and a train stations reducing the need for many parking spaces. There are also multiple bike racks parking spaces. There are also multiple around the site that encourages the bike racks around theto site that alternative encouragestransportation. the occupants utilize The occupants transportation. The communitytois utilize invitedalternative to learn about the community is invited to learn about the environmental strategies employed in the design of environmental the building. strategies employed in the design of REGIONAL/COMMUNITY DESIGN the building.
Meeting Room Meeting Room Dorm Room Dorm Room Office Office Conservatory Conservatory Mechanical Room Mechanical Room
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
The building provides support for the community because it is a drug rehabilitation center. 1/3 of the Kitchen / Break Room program is for community use so the auditorium and Kitchen / Break Room NORTH dining spaces can be rented out to the NORTH Meditation Area Meditation Area community. The site is located near many bus stops a train stations reducing the need for many Concourse / Diningand Room Concourse / Diningparking Room spaces. There are also multiple bike racks aroundGallery the site that encourages the Reception / Sustainable occupants to utilize alternative transportation. The Reception / Sustainable Gallery community is invited to learn about the environmental strategies employed in the design of the building.
SITE SECTION SITE SECTION Meeting Room
Kitchen / Break Room
Dorm Room
Meditation Area
Office
Concourse / Dining Room
Conservatory
Reception / Sustainable Gallery
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Mechanical Room
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the building with natural light while passive shading is provided by the exterior wood AIR QUALITY wall. Occupant comfort is provided by access to operable windows. 5 Green Wall 9 Green Roof WATER COLLECTION 6 Rainwater Cistern Living Machine Retention Pond
Conservatory
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Interior Green Wall
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Butterfly Roof
Bike Rack
WATER HEATING Photovoltaics 7 Geothermal System
Pervious Pavement
WATER CONSERVATION Low-flow Showerheads and Faucets Waterless Urinals Low-flow Shallow Depthlavatories Footprint
High Performance Lighting
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ENERGY CONSERVATION to EfficientDownspout HVAC Design Underground Cistern High-Efficiency Building Envelope 9 High Performance Glazing Retention Pond Weatherproofing
Height = 23 ft Length = 70 ft Breadth = 50 ft
7 Concrete Sound Barrier
Success Garden
Rainwater Garden
AUDITORIUMAcoustics ACOUSTICS Study Auditorium Floor = 3500 sq ft Wall = 1610 sq ft Ceiling = 3500 sq ft
Surfaces Floor: Wood parquet on concrete Wall: Plywood Ceiling: Plasterboard Room Absorption
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3 Green Roof
ENERGY PRODUCTION 8 Photovoltaic Panels
Warmth (Bass ratio) = 0.47 + 0.46 / 0.74 + 0.89 = 0.56 Brilliance (Treble ratio) = 0.74 + 0.66 / 0.74 + 0.89 = 0.853
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Screen Wall
125 0.04 0.15 0.15 125
Total Volume= 8610 ft3
250 0.04 0.25 0.11 250
500 0.07 0.12 0.04 500
1000 0.06 0.08 0.04 1000
2000 0.06 0.08 0.07 2000
4000 0.07 0.08 0.08 4000
Floor: wood parquet on concrete Wall: Plywood Ceiling: Plasterboard Total Room Absorption
140 241.5 525 906.5
140 402.5 385 927.5
245 193.2 140 578.2
210 128.8 140 478.8
210 128.8 245 583.8
245 128.8 280 653.8
Reverbration Time (seconds)
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FSC-certified wood
LIGHT & AIR
WATER CYCLE
ENERGY FLOWS & ENERGY FUTURE
THERMAL & SOLAR CONTROL MATERIALS & CONSTRUCTION
1 Large Overhangs 2 Screen Wall
LONG LIFE, LOOSE FIT
COLLECTIVE WISDOM 1 & FEEDBACK
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The primary of the building is locally milled wood. The use of wood as a finish material invites AIRmaterial CONTROL Operable Windows weathering34to giveWindows a wabi sabi look over time. Automated Tall Ceiling Heights (15’)
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QUALITY The designAIRof the 5 Green 9 long-term flexibility and adaptability to future needs and uses by Wallbuilding promotes Green Roof having modular furniture systems and a concourse that can serve different functions. 80-100 % of WATER COLLECTION construction waste will be recycled2including the existing concrete pad that will be used for aggregate Cistern 6 Rainwater Living Machine 4 and storm water cisterns. Retention Pond WATER HEATING
7 Geothermal System The sustainability features utilized are available for the public to view as a teaching tool. The building has 3 WATER CONSERVATION a monitoring system that measures energy use of all building systems. Low-flow Showerheads and Faucets Waterless Urinals Low-flow lavatories
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PRODUCTION LAND USEENERGY & SITE ECOLOGY 8 Photovoltaic Panels
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ENERGY CONSERVATION As part of the LBC, 15% of the site is used for urban agriculture. A green roof on top of the auditorium provide Efficient HVAC Design High-Efficiency Building Envelope acoustics of9the auditorium. A green wall on the first floor dormitory extends into the conservatory which ho High Performance Glazing Weatherproofing quality of the building. A geothermal well field is utilized to help with energy loads.
NORTH ELEVATION AUDITORIUM ACOUSTICS
North Elevation
Height = 23 ft Length = 70 ft Breadth = 50 ft
Floor = 3500 sq ft Wall = 1610 sq ft Ceiling = 3500 sq ft
Surfaces Floor: Wood parquet on concrete Wall: Plywood Ceiling: Plasterboard Room Absorption
Warmth (Bass ratio) = 0.47 + 0.46 / 0.74 + 0.89 = 0.56 Brilliance (Treble ratio) = 0.74 + 0.66 / 0.74 + 0.89 = 0.853
125 0.04 0.15 0.15 125
Total Volume= 8610 ft3
250 0.04 0.25 0.11 250
500 0.07 0.12 0.04 500
1000 0.06 0.08 0.04 1000
2000 0.06 0.08 0.07 2000
4000 0.07 0.08 0.08 4000
Floor: wood parquet on concrete Wall: Plywood Ceiling: Plasterboard Total Room Absorption
140 241.5 525 906.5
140 402.5 385 927.5
245 193.2 140 578.2
210 128.8 140 478.8
210 128.8 245 583.8
245 128.8 280 653.8
Reverbration Time (seconds)
0.47
0.46
0.74
0.89
0.74
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JENNA STEFFENSEN
PROJECT DIAGRAMS SUN DIAGRAMS
FUSION
Joining things together to form a single entity
URUBO, BOLIVIA
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
John 8:12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follow me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Matthew 18:20 “For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them”
MARCOVIA, HONDURAS
JENNA STEFFENSEN
PROJECT DIAGRAMS SUN DIAGRAMS
WIND DIAGRAMS
URUBO, BOLIVIA
FUSION
Window Door
Joining things together to form a single entity URUBO, BOLIVIA
URUBO, BOLIVIA
Common to have a courtyard in the house
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
Site Diagram
FILADELFIA, COSTA RICA
Window & Fusion/Gathering Placement
John 8:12 MARCOVIA, HONDURAS Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follow me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Matthew 18:20 Common to have “For where two or three are gathered in my outdoor name, there porcham for I among them” gathering MARCOVIA, HONDURAS
MARCOVIA, HONDURAS
Minimal Systems Rural House Design Junior Year
Site Diagram
Window & Fusion/Gathering Placement
FILADELFIA, COSTA RICA
URUBO, BOLIVIA BIJILO, THE GAMBIA
Common to have big outdoor area for gathering
Common to have a courtyard in the house
The purpose of this project was to create a village in five different countries with limited resources. Each student in this class was tasked to design for a different function. The function I chose to satisfy was resiMARCOVIA, HONDURAS dential. From there we had to choose a simple shape for our buildings so I chose the square. Each building was designed differently that responded to the climate and culture of the location. FILADELFIA, COSTA RICA
Site Diagram
Window & Fusion/Gathering Placement
BIJILO, THE GAMBIA Site Diagram
Window & Fusion/Gathering Placement
FILADELFIA, COSTA RICA
Tropical and humid climate so gathering area is inside the house because of the heat
MONQUECAGUA, HONDURAS
Common to have outdoor porch for gathering
Site Diagram
Window & Fusion/Gathering Placement
MONQUECAGUA, HONDRUAS Site Diagram
Window & Fusion/Gathering Placement
FILADELFIA, COSTA RICA Temperate climate so gathering area is inside the house because of the cold
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Site Diagram
Window & Fusion/Gathering Placement
PROJECT DRAWINGS
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URUBO, BOLIVIA
Courtyard A
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South Elevation
Plan
Roof Plan
3/16”=1’
3/16”=1’
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North Elevation
3/16”=1’
East Elevation
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Outside
South Elevation
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3/16”=1’
3/16”=1’
3/16”=1’
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Section AA
West Elevation
3/16”=1’
3/16”=1’
North Elevation 3/16”=1’
West Elevation
East Elevation
3/16”=1’
3/16”=1’
Section BB 3/16”=1’
3/16”=1’
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Roof Plan
Plan
3/16”=1’
3/16”=1’
South Elevation
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3/16”=1’
North Elevation 3/16”=1’
West Elevation
East Elevation
3/16”=1’
3/16”=1’
Section CC 3/16”=1’
BIJILO, THE GAMBIA
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South Elevation
3/16”=1’
3/16”=1’
North Elevation 3/16”=1’
East Elevation
West Elevation
3/16”=1’
3/16”=1’
Section DD 3/16”=1’
Roof Plan 3/16”=1’
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Roof Plan 3/16”=1’
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North Elevation 3/16”=1’
South Elevation 3/16”=1’
East Elevation 3/16”=1’
West Elevation 3/16”=1’
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Grid
Library Community Room Grid Front Desk Lift Office Storage Bathroom
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Foyer Cafe Meeting Room Gallery Section 1 [1/8”=1’] Lab Oratory Library Community Room Front Desk Lift Office Storage Bathroom
Riverkeeper
Education Building Junior Year
A Riverkeeper is a building designed to educate the community about the river and provide an area to research the river. The main goal of this design was to engage the community and the river and to provide a public gathering area along the river’s edge. The building is situated along the river in St. Charles, next to an old industrial building and a museum. The building takes the orientation of these existing buildings into context and uses that grid to orient three of its own spaces. The other three spaces are oriented to the views upstream and downstream. The concept of the building is emerge, which is shown through the form and spatial relationship. 1”=50’
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Section 2 [1/8”=1’]
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How does it get there? USA TO INDONESIA
INTERIOR World Vision Shelter Disaster Shelter Competition Sophomore Year
World Vision and John Brown University hosted a competition to design a transitional housing solution to victims of natural disasters. The shelters had to effectively and comfortably house a family of four for a year. The shelter our class designed was able to resist damage from seismic activity and wind loads of up to 75 km/h. The structure was inexpensive to mass-produce, falling under $1500, the materials were lightweight, under 200 kg, the shape was efficient to ship, and the technology was easy to construct on site.
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SHIPPING Disaster Shelter Design C World Vision Indonesia, shipping is a major concern. For shipping purposes, the shrunken pods can be turned on their side and stacked like cups, fitting thirty pods, or fifteen shelters, into one forty-foot shipping container.
Transitional Shelter for Indonesia The key components of our design for the shelter are its ease of shipping and and assembly. As the shelter would be built in the United States and shipped to
does it lo How does What it go together?
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DIAGRAMS
window condition
wind condition
Final Built Shelter
Sophomore Architecture Studio Spring 2013
ventilation
rain collection
structural strengthening
Exterior Design Fabric sheathing with reed coverings for windows gives vernacular aesthetics to the shelter and provides the users with a sense of the traditional dwellings that they are accustomed to. Reed coverings, which can be rolled up and down, control sunlight and ventilation. They allow moderate amount of light and air into the interior. The light, natural color of the fabric is a good reflector of sunlight in tropical Indonesian weather and also gives the shelter a pleasing aesthetic. A hole at the center of the roof alternatively serves the purposes of either rain collection or ventilation. Interior Design The interior is designed to provide users with a comfortable amount of space to move around and sleep. Head clearance of 6’9� makes the interior neither too confined nor too lofty for the users. Two separate spaces give users the option to have separate areas for males and females since some parts of Indonesian domestic cultures are sensitive about separate genders in shared living space. jenna steffensen
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Open Air Museum Design Fundamentals Sophomore Year
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Wall Project
Design Fundamentals Sophomore Year
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Europe Sketches Architectual Summer Tour Summer 2014
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Thank you 224.523.0334 jennasteffensen@gmail.com