Joanna Smerina

Joanna Smerina 2021.

Joanna

Smerina

Architectural Designer

Objective I am enrolled in Drexel University’s 2+4 Architecture program, seeking to obtain a Bachelor’s in Architecture and minor in Construction Management. In doing so, I am striving to gain experience hours to accomplish licensure.

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AutoCAD Rhino 3D Adobe InDesign Adobe Photoshop Twin Motion Hand Drafting Drawing Microstation Illustrator

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5 Morrissey Design Architectural Designer September 2020- May 2021

Morrissey Design is an award winning Architecture & Interiors firm in Manayunk, Philadelphia.

-Familiarized with cd and dd sets.

-Lead design on interiors projects & oversaw materials library.

New York Design Architects, LLP, New York, NY Architectural Summer Intern 2017-2019 New York Design Architects is a multi-disciplined firm in NYC, consisting of a staff with expertise in branding, designing, engineering, expediting, etc.

-Assisted Architects as a designer and draftsmen.

-Communicated amongst team members to resolve problems within projects.

SMB Studios Art Inc., Staten Island, NY Mentor and Intern 2016-2017

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SMB Studios offers art and design programs for artists of all ages. They offer classes in drawing painting, mixed media, and photography.

- Assisted in art class instruction.

-Oversaw young artists.

Contact

Social Media

Website

917.273.2290 jms3223@drexel.edu

Linked In: @JoannaSmerina Instagram:

https://joannasmerina.wixsite.com/main

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Artworkby_Joannasmerina

Education Drexel University Bachelors of Architecture 2+4 Program with Construction Management Minor Sept. 2017- Projected June 2024

References

Extracurricular

Giuseppe R. Anzalone, AIA

AIAS President 2021-2022

Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition

Vice President 2020-present.

Public Relations 2019- 2020.

Class Representative 2018-2019.

Staten Island Borough Hall

Partner, Founder of NDYA Brooklyn AIA Chapter President - ganzalone@newyorkdesign.com

Ulrike Altenmüller-Lewis

Architecture Program Director, Associate Professor- ua27@drexel.edu

Jacklynn Niemiec

Drexel Architecture Professor- jnn33@drexel.edu - 215.572-4630

Congressional Art Competition 2017.

2017 & 2014 Snug Harbor Art Show.

AIAS Grassroots Leadership Conference 2020

Peppercorn Restaurant, Staten Island, NY

Chapter leadership, business leadership and community involvement.

2017 Artwork Display.

Community Design Collaborative

Memory Project 2015 -2018 Nonprofit Organization where students create portraits for the youth in indigenous countries.

Summer 2020.

PART 1: Architecture

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Ethiopian Preschools Professor: Alan Greenberger Spring 2021, 4 weeks

Bartram’s Garden Professor: Alexa Bosse Winter 2021, 10 weeks

Creative Making Center Professor: Ulrike Altenmüller-Lewis Spring 2020, 8 weeks

Uluru Visitor Center Professor: Kyle O’Connor Fall 2021 , 10 weeks

Accessible Row Home Professor: Jacklynn Neimic Fall 2019, 10 weeks

Mixed use Housing & Library Professor: Jeremy Vorhees Winter 2020, 10 weeks

Boat House Professor: David Becker Spring 2020, 10 weeks

In The Manner Of Professor: Ulrike Altenmüller-Lewis Fall 2019, 10 weeks

PART 2: Fine Arts

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Poppy Joe Graphite 2017

Lizard Graphite 2017

The Lone Wolf Prisma colored pencil & acrylics 2015

R.I.P. Honey Dog Oil Pastel 2017

Eye Prisma colored pencil 2016

Self Portrait Prisma Colored Pencil 2018

Self Portrait Charcoal 2016

Family Portrait Water Color 2019

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Ethiopian Preschools

The preschool design is a building that can also be representative of an object that children can play with. They can climb through interactive walls and connect with others similar to at a jungle gym.

The materials that were utilized for this design is wood framing and corrugated metal. The corrugated metal came from shipping containers. To ellaborate, all of the wood framing was shipped to the site in shipping containers, and then those containers were cut up to use as the facade material. This promotes a sustainable approach to the project.

The metal is also painted in colors to represent the Ethiopian flag.

The Ethiopian Preschool form follows function in the nested spaces within the walls. Although this is an extremely functional model, it lead to intensive and unique design - ultimately a great balance of the two.

The nested spaces are reinforced inside and outside of the building, maximizing all spaces. This promotes rhythm. A balance between solid and void is present throughout the interior and exterior of the building.

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Section A The solid void between covered and enclosed spaces calls for a dynamic feel.

Section B A centralized stair weaves the spaces together and allows for interaction and playfulness.

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Terraced spaces provide natural ventilation.

This interactive facade promotes playfulness.

As you enter the preschool, you are welcomed by local plants and vibrant colors.

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This grand central space provided a reflection pond and a zen vibe, to promote a calming element for the school and also acts as a way to bring the outside in.

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Bartram’s Garden

The site – Bartram’s Garden – is located in West Philadelphia, off of Lindbergh Boulevard at Harley Street (near 54th Street). It is approximately 45 acres and stretches over 2000’ along the Schuylkill River. It was founded by John Bartram, a noted American botanist, in 1728. The site contains both historic and contemporary structures as well as a new public trail (‘The Bartram’s Mile’) that will connect to the Schuylkill River Trail via a new bridge that is under construction near Gray’s Ferry Avenue. An adjacent site, immediately north of Bartram’s Garden, also along the Schuylkill River, is included in the project. This site, approximately 5 acres along Botanic Avenue, includes several industrial structures that are owned by the City of Philadelphia.

Within my project, I addressed the site by making it a uniting factor for the community, as well as anchoring its visitors. This plan addresses the historic core and provides a relationship with gestural land-form buildings on either side of the historic core of the site.

Additionally, the new master plan gracefully develops the waterfront and allows for row home-like structures to interact with the water and alludes to the fabric of the West Philadelphia community.

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Legend 1- Directory 2- Meadow Maze 3- Public Parking 4- Public R.R. 5- Event Space 6- Kitchen 7- Outdoor Market 8- Boardwalk 9- Inn 10- Outdoor Terrace 11- Public Fishing Pier 12- Boat House 13- Muscle Hatchery 14- Main Office 15- Storage 16- Classrooms 17- Landform Structures

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The inn resembles Row Homes.

The meadow maze allows for exploration.

When walking along the Schuylkill River waterfront, you are drawn towards the water as you encounter all of the activity occurring along the dock system.

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Community Creative Making Center

The Community Creative Making Center located on Powelton Avenue, caters towards the needs of the community including West Philadelphia and University City. This design uses the existing Samuel Powel school structure, and integrates new pitched roof additions. The old and new correspond creating this L shape, while unique structures are pulling and pushing in and out of the bar.

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Second Floor Plan

After analyzing the site, the event spaces were strategically places south facing, and the mechanical places towards the back.

Powelton avenue is very lively and to account for this within the site, pathways were adjusted to scoop a pedestrian in, and capture the essence of that sidewalk life. The repetitive proportion of the existing building was integrated into the new structures to create rhythm, and the pools of water gives artists moments of reflection.

Courtyards allow for users to share and present their work after working within the building, this is really meant for the community to learn and work together. The additions attach onto the L shape and have distinct roof-lines that show hierarchy.

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Ground Floor Plan

There are a mix of a celebration spaces, for example the sunken courtyards, and then smaller intimate spaces ratio. Larger public courtyard and a smaller teaching courtyard, this helped with the positioning of the addition scheme. Proportion pays homage to the existing structure, since the column grid, represents this pattern of proportion. These larger doors and open spaces as well as rotating panels really reflects what art is about. And the creative spaces can be tailored towards personal needs.

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Section A When you walk in and move through you enter a large space, within the gallery spaces, you are welcomed with high ceilings that celebrates the artwork as you move through. Thus, there is a clear balance of big versus small spaces.

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Powelton avenue was very lively, so, when designing the site, I adjusted pathways to really scoop a pedestrian in

The structures are monolithically linked through the interior and exterior.

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Circulation is reiterated by the landscape seamlessly, showing potential do the indoor vs outside of the buildings.

Thinking through drawing: human scale and proportion.

Indoor and outdoor fluidity.

A visual connection through the skeleton of the additions exists on every side of the courtyard, paving out intimacy and expression within the courtyard spaces.

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The facade illustrates the community the communities way of outwardly feeling a strong connection to the building and feeling a sense of pride, since they physically produced a piece of it, from the murals.

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A large event and reception space makes a clear connection to the outside. The staircase celebrates the beauty of the space, that can be seen from the façade.

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Uluru Visitor Center

The Uluru Visitor Center is located in Australia. The significance of this building is to create a space where visitors can admire the great rock of Uluru from afar. This rock is significant to the history of the Native people of the area. As a result of this, the government prohibits Uluru being climbed on. Uluru Visitor Center is embedded seamlessly into the topography and its orientation portrays admirable views of Uluru. The shape of the Visitor Center allows for optimal drop off and pick up. Additionally, the shape allows for Colosseum like seating. There is a central axis in the building which has framed views of the rock so that tourists can experience it in Traditional ways. This building also respects the Native Anagu people .

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These diagrammatic section cuts represent the simple stacking of volumes oriented in a particular way.

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Hellicopter

646 sq ft

215 sq ft concession

Toilets Helicopter

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108 sf 108 sf Medical Office Room

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4 Vehicle Loading

430 sq ft

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Toilets

76 sq ft Lobby 215 sq ft concession

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100 People

Picnic Grounds

108 sf Office

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100 People Congregating Area

1,076sq ft Exhibits & Display

100 People Picnic Grounds

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108 sf Medical 76 sq ft Room Lobby

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A visual connection through the skeleton of the additions exists on every side of the courtyard, paving out intimacy and expression within the courtyard spaces.

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05 Accessible Row Home Accessible homes are morphed to conform to specific needs per user. Like a wet towel being rung out, elements of a building must be twisted causing a contained central element. Mobily impaired individuals need adjustments in his/her home, to make one feel comfortable. If not, the user will feel disconnected from the space. In the design, ADA was accounted for in the height of windows and tables, the widths of hallways, ramps, and wheeling room under sinks. This home is located on Oriana street, a quiet and intimate street. Neighbors can interact with each other on stoops, but still enjoy the privacy of their homes. Oriana street follows a consistent datum.

Within the design, the bedroom of the homeowner is located towards the back of the house and at lower grade. This allows for privacy for the occupant as well as visibility and sight lines toward the front of the house, framing all views. Light tunnels pool into the house through two axial openings. A vertical opening also tunnels light and allows for a centralized meeting area. This area is analogous to the indoor lounging area on the second floor which has light tunneling through the top but connects with the space on the side. This space connects to an interactive wall that you are drawn towards.

As you fluidly move through the space, you are drawn to natural light filled experiences on whichever path you chose to take. The staircase wraps around the elevator and light wells, which brings together accessible and able-bodied circulation. The bathrooms are stacked which promotes functional plumbing. The bedrooms are also stacked this allows for decrease in noise level and privacy. All the functions are centralized, allowing of easy access and circulation around them as well as the maximizing natural lighting. Primary, secondary and tertiary elements come into place with vegetation.

Transparency is shown through the facade. There is a centralized element consisting of rhythm. It alludes towards transparency and implies that there is a centralized element within the building. If you look from the inside out of the building, has a reverse effect. The large windows on the facade display the envelope of the building from the light filled tunnels. Horizontal vegetation on the centralized facade is an indicator of purposeful vegetation, soon the outside will be connected within.

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The centralized courtyard represents the coar of growth and creativity.

A staircase wraps around the centralized light wells.

Designed Row homes on the opposing street, which was more active.

Building configuration on Oriana Street.

The large windows on the facade display the envelope of the building.

The rhythm of the flower boxes creates playfulness, and is a sustainable method for watering the flowers from roof rainwater being funneled.

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06 Affordable Housing Complex and Sub Branch Library

This mixed-use Housing/ Library project effectively integrates both programs of each typology.

Each program works together yet separately. A bridge protrudes through the entirety of this building. Not only does the bridge allow for a perfectly angled view of Philadelphia’s skyline, it also makes a strong visual statement to a neighboring street, Lancaster Avenue. This was a substantial catalyst for the angle of the bridge, since it drew people in by making a statement from the commercial corridor. Due to topography, the housing units are three feet above the library. Although the bridge protrudes through the library spaces, it is consistent with the height of the housing, so it creates interesting spaces for library users. There are many windows and pocket floors and fluid spaces. There is a separate housing entrance and staircase.

However, as you approach the courtyard, spaces again begin to feel more public. Residents can merge into library spaces through a door, or just peer into the library when using the community kitchen. This was a way to make the programs intertwine, but with limitations for public safety reasons and practicalities.

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The hexagonal shape is an inviting and contextual aspect of the design that lures people into the building. The staircase provides a vertical sculptural element, with tinted windows that penetrate through the anchored housing facade.

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Framed view B-Lancaster’s Commercial corridor feels close.

The views from the site analysis connect decisions made in the design process.

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Row home rhythm

Old Residential New Residential Commercial

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The combination of Lancaster Ave, medium streets, and small streets leads to the diversity of the site.

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Pathway promotes monolithic program connection

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A common path unites each program.

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Visual statements are made, while context is considered.

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Different experiences represented on each slice of the pathway are depicted.

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The modularity of the housing is clearly depicted as it contradicts the playfulness of the library.

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07 Boat House The goal of this project was to understand varying forces extracted from the site, and incorporate them into the design. The rotation of the flow of the river inspired the rotation of each floor of the plans. The puncturing of the trees into the surface of the site, inspired my statement staircase. The site being on a slope is represented through the sliding produce by the terrace element. Finally, the interlocking of the fence of the site also connects my building into one structure.

The process model above was a preliminary representation of these forces, which was referenced throughout thee design process. The same forces that inspired the design of the preliminary model, was abstracted from everyday joints, shown below.

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The design emerged from forces articulated from these joints.

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A street view of PCR Boat House.

Large windows act as a visual connector to the community.

An experiential staircase punctures through the building, promoting connectivity.

An view from the children’s area, looking into the boat storage.

The Boathouse... A view from the river.

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08 In the Manner Of This project was helpful in exploring the West Philadelphia neighborhood and Lancaster Avenue. It entailed much research to understand the community further. Drawing the buildings required different line weights. Understanding each typology was developed, and proper documentation and cataloging of the area.

Then, a contextual addition to the preexisting building was put into place. The addition was added and weary of respecting the community, and making our extension the same size or larger of the preexisting building that were contextual.

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PART 2: Fine Arts

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The Eye

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