ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
my name is Julie Carbone. Currently, I am in my third-year as an architecture student at Philadelphia University. However, my pursuit of a higher education didn’t start there. After graduating high school I went to Raritan Valley Community College in my home state of New Jersey where I received an Associate degree in Liberal Arts. In 2014, I transferred to Philadelphia University where I began pursuing a B.ARCH degree. Three years later my projects begin to reflect my vast interests in concept development, interactive design, and graphic communication. I invite you to explore my portfolio where you will be introduced into my world of design. Through drawings, paintings, photography, and architectural projects you will get to know me as a designer and a prospective architect.
Cabin Competition Project 1st Place Winner
2016, spring
Visitors Center
2015, fall
2015, spring
Vertical Ascension
Osmosis
Playscape + Pavilion
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2017, spring
Landmarks
Lighting Installation
Masquerade
Mirror Mirror Competition Finalist
Personal Work Visualization Collaboration
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Vertical Ascension
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My visitors center was revolved around the Tower House by Thomas Gluck. The Tower House was a fortress in the sky that allowed for a great view and a reverse vertical floor plan where the living room remained at the top and the bedrooms formed the stock of the house. The idea behind the visitors center was to create a structure that communicated my idea of vertical acension. The struggle with an already vertical-style structure was the fear of duplicating its original design. With that in mind I chose to create a structure that used a different language of diagonals and rigidity yet also shared some of the same characteristics that the Tower House ecompassed.
Concept Collage
The Tower House by Thomas Gluck brought verticality to a new height. In order to have a complimentary structure I chose to replicate this idea of verticality by allowing the circulation of the stairway to be the main focus of the Visitor Center just as the Tower House had. The concept diagram located on the right demonstrates the concept of verticality while also establishing its relationship to the Tower House by using the same dimensional panels that constructs the reflective veneer of the exisiting structure.
Third Floor Plan
The third floor holds the gallery space and shares the same vista that the Tower House has right below.
Second Floor Plan
The second floor plan is distributed among different levels built in within the stairs. This is the library space.
First Floor Plan
The first floor has the office space, a bathroom and leads into the the archive space thats located just beyond the steps.
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North Section
The windows are created to redirect the audiences focus toward the grand view seen through the third floor glass window. To access the Tower House a wrap around observation deck has been integrated into the visitors center.
West Elevation
Through the glazing system I was able to hone in on the same characteristics that the Tower House was comprised of: the windowed stairwell.This allowed for visitors to experience the same view that the Tower House originally created as they ease up the stairwell.
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Cabin Project Precedent Study Visualization Competition|First Place Winner
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The cabin project focuses on creating evocative visualization of an already made cabin. Through Rhino modeling, 3Ds-MAX, AutoCad, and Photoshop the cabin was virtually reconstructed and rendered. I chose to model the Glass Cube Tree House by Tham & VidegĂĽrd Architects. The designers wanted to build the cabin without making a footprint whilst engaging sustainable construction techniques. The tree house truly becomes an eco-resort reflecting the beauty of nature.
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Roof Plan
First Floor Plan
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Using Rhinoceros 3D to model the existing project, 3dsMax to render the lighting, and Photoshop to create the overall image the Glass Cube Treehouse sits hidden in the forest camouflaged by the foliage of its surroundings. The visitors begin the narrative of coming to this hide away spot and utilize the amenities that nature has to offer.
Osmosis
Playscape & Pavilion
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The spaces among the park which are circulated are divided into different areas of program: the dog park, the pavilion, the baseball field, and the free-lot. Varying edge conditions determined that there was a void in the connection of how the spaces interact. Using the verb, diffuse a concept was based around the sub-division of diffuse: osmosis. The underlying principle of osmosis is this distribution of density among a given space allowing some variables in while others cannot enter through the semi-permeable membrane – or in this case edge conditions.
vision large holes penetrate the exerior wall to allow parents to be able to observe clearly from interior to the exterior while still remaining hidden from the children. The height of the openings vary but accomodate sitting, standing, or walking parents.
entry large open doorways are placed strategically throughout the walls. One large opening for parents to go through.
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It also allows for parents to be able to call out to their children while their outside and vice versa.
South-East Section
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Children get many different options to pass through. This creates a fun relationship between the inside and outside.
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small holes are densely located throughout the whole exterior wall. Sound travels through the walls creatiing a harmonious song of children playing.
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Keeping in mind the underlying principle of osmosis the structure will facilitate the movement of people across edge conditions.
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The structure allows for children to interact in the freely in the courtyard and the family sector while controlling their circulation to other parts of the building which are dominated by community members.
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1. Lobby 2. Information Lobby 3. Dinning Lobby 4. Public Restrooms 5. Private/Family Restrooms
6. Community Spaces 7. Exterior Observation Area 8. Interior Observation Area 9. Bicycle Parking 10. Mechanical room
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North-East Section
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Landmarks
Lighting Installation
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Through the analyzation of the Urban Transect in Logan Square, Philadelphia, came an understanding of perceptional landmarks in the area. These landmarks become important not only to the community members but also create significance to passer-byers and visitors. Through visual cues scattered throughout the site the pop-up installation guides the orientation of the user to the landmarks. The site maps out sight guides to the landmarks as if to say if the buildings were not there they could walk straight to it, however, due to the build-up of the urban fabric there is also a realistic map with tick marks to represent how many blocks the user must travel to get to their destination thus creating spatial relationships with its user and the site. The Landmark installation would allow for pop-ups to occur all over the city with varying landmarks dependent on the particular area.
Philadelphia Art Museum
The mental mapping activity uncovered that many of the precieved landmarks were located outside the transect such as Logan Circle, Sisters Cities Park, Rittenhouse Square, and the Art Museum.
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Sister Cities Park The orthagonal lines with tick marks represent how many blocks the user would need to walk to get to the landmark. City Hall
The diagonal lines are a representation of the direction in which the landmark is to the center node.
Rittenhouse Square Site Plan
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URBAN LIGHTING CONDITION
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At night the light guides its users to their destinations but also allows the landmarks URBAN LIGHTING CONDITION to glow in order to provide a safe lighting for those traversing in the site.
SITE INSTALLATION
URBAN LIGHTING CONDITION
Masquerade
Mirror Mirror Competition |Finalist
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Independent of each other, Philadelphia University and Thomas Jefferson University have manufactured their own brands. Composed of significant history and culture each institution manifests its own unique identity. When two separate identities merge it becomes a masquerade. This is a project about concealing ones identity to bring the user to a new unfamiliar place and to celebrate the joining of two identities by masking one within the other.
SPACE
MERGER FORM exterior condition relates to surroundings (12’x12’)
layering the two campuses together exterior- existing campus interior- dislocated campus
ORIENTATION the interior is oriented to the other campus
interstitial space represents the the distance and void of communication
CIRCULATION
a fun and playful dialogue is exchanged between the interior and exterior by the holes in the void
circulation placed towards the back discretely to not take away from the exterior illusion
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Merger
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Space
Circulation
exterior condition relates to surroundings (12’x12’)
layering the two campuses together
the interior is oriented to the dislocated campus
the interstitial space represents the distance and void of communication
circulation placed toward the back discretely to not take away from the exterior illusion
exterior - exisiting campus interior - dislocated campus
a fun and playful dialogue is exchanged between the interior and exterior by the holds in the void
Plan
The two different orientations create a fun dialogue from Philadelphia University’s campus and that of Thomas Jefferson University.
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plan | 1’-0” = 1/2” The exterior reflected glass creates a fun and surreal mirror of its surroundings but the image becomes interrupted with the motion of shuffling feet and legs. FACADE ELEVATION
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The structure is lifted to invite individuals of the wonderment behind the glass curtain.
EXTERIOR
Exterior REFLECTIVE Reflective GLASS Glass
INTERIOR
Interior CHANNEL GLASS Channeled Glass
Communication COMMUNICATION Ports PORTS
Aluminium ALUMINUM Structure STRUCTURE
With the use of reflective glass the exterior becomes one with its surroundings –camouflaged within the campus it exists in.
The interior rectangle is oriented toward the other campus linking them together through form and space.
The viewports penetrate the interstitial space opening a form of communication through the interior space and exterior surrounding.
The circulation path becomes this twirling funnel that switches your orientation creating a playful disorientation.
Philadelphia University Campus| Sitting among the trees
on PhilaU’s Campus is the Masquerade pavilion. The site was specifically chosen to due heavy foot traffic in this network of paths. With much circulation the pavilion comes to life highlighting its reflective qualities.
visualization. collaborative. personal. work
Bike in a Box, 2013
The Louve, East Entrance, 2013
Drawing is visceral, much like the design of architecture. The connection between the mind and hand is so vital in conveying thoughts and emotions. It is also vital in developing preliminary ideas and problem solving, something computers can never replace.
Roots. Ragdale Ring Competition | Student Collaboration with WHAT Design Studio
Principles: Danton Spina, Ellen Wright Student Collaborators: Samuel Horochowski, Tyler Stull, Alex Asghar, Danielle Fellicione, Julie Carbone
Ghosted (Double Exposure)
Philadelphia 2017 BW Film Photography
Pastimes
Paris 2012 Digital Photography
INFORMATION objective
Seeking an architectural internship with a progressive organization that specializes in a hands-on approach to the development and creation of intimate spaces for human interaction and thus utilizing my design, communication, and creative skills to work toward the goals of the firm.
education
interests
abilities
Philadelphia University Bachelor of Architecture, Expected: May 2019
design
personal
Technical Drawing
Communication
Sketching/Rendering
Creativity
Project Presentation
Team Building
Site Planning
Brainstorming
3D Modeling
Detail Oriented
Visual Design
Adaptability
Raritan Valley Community College Associate of Liberal Arts, May 2013
CONTACT address
3349 Tilden Street Philadelphia, PA, 19129 phone
graphic design
photography
908 894 8606 email
painting
jules.carbone18@gmail.com
travel
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PROJECTS fall 2015 Visualization Competition Cabin Project Precedent Study 1ST Place
spring 2017 Mirror Mirror Competition Glass Pavilion Finalist
spring 2017 Ragdale Ring Competition Roots | Teacher/Student Collaboration
Awaiting Results
SERVER
HEAD CAMP COUNSELOR
Anastasi Raw Bar , Manayunk, PA
Riegel Ridge Camp, Frenchtown, NJ
Provide a pleasant dining experience, for a moderate-volume family restaurant specializing in creating a friendly and personable atmosphere to enjoy and look forward to with every visit.
Provided quality daycare to 20-30 children servicing their needs for learning, participating, and exercising as well as observing in the pool.
Train new servers in the dining room and kitchen operations resulting in efficient working skills and high employee retention.
Consulted problems between campers resulting in a reconciliation of their differences allowing for a positive camper experience and thus provided solving conflict skills among campers. Supervised the activities and work performance of senior and junior counselors specializing in the development of efficient management, communication, and performance skills.