Portfolio by Julie Pasion

JULIE PASION PORTFOLIO

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Visitor Center

Folded Architecture

Sunset Cabin

Respite Center

Costal Resilience

NEWBERG RESIDENCE VISITOR CENTER

This visitor center was designed to complement the surrounding forest and guide the audience through the landscape. After an analysis of Cutler Andersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Newberg Residence, it was clear that the indoor/outdoor dichotomy and guided views were essential to the home. The visitor center does not directly mimic the home but rather seeks to settle into the environment. The concave forms create a canopy of filtered light, referring to the spotted light treatment under foliage. The open, pavilion- like main floor allows people to freely wander inside. One can circulate downwards to access the hemispherical gallery or administrative areas.

RESIDENCE FLOOR PLAN

FOLDED URBAN LIVING

Through an exploration of folded paper and different iterations of form, this urban space design evolved from a cave-like structure to sculptural pavilion of curvilinear forms. Beginning with different arches and creating variations of space through curves, the first paper model had an interlacing woven form but was not very dynamic and sprung from a single flat plane. Through unwrapping and reassembly the form changed and began to become more involved on all faces. Translating the design into different materials presented a challenge as the character of the chipboard has more rigidity. Subtracting and simplifying the curved members to create a less chaotic undulating form. In the final iteration straighter edges were incorporated to create a stark contrast between the linear and non-linear. The building is intended as a gathering place for those in the city and is located at the intersection of a row-home neighborhood facing outward into the street.

ELEVATION A

SECTION A

ELEVATION B

SECTION B

SUNSET CABIN

The cabin modeled was designed by Taylor Smith Architects. This one room cabin has a straight-forward rectilinear form whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s simplicity leaves room for its most important feature: the exterior wood paneling. The screen-like shading system is much more significant than a simple applique and it serves to filter the quality of light coming in and going out at any given point in time. The orientation of the cabin on the site allows for the most sunlight to be viewed looking from within and the larger openings in the patterned horizontal beams, frame the view of the landscape. Through examining the original drawings, this exercise served to familiarize different rendering techniques from re-creating the originalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s materiality and aesthetic qualities.

ELEVATION

SECTION

ELEVATION

SECTION

RESPITE CENTER

Located on the block of 16th st and Wallace st in Spring Garden Philadelphia is this Drug Rehabilitation center for well-being. When designing this center, the goal was to create a place that had a light quality and movement about it so that it could be an enjoyable gathering space for those in need of refuge. The truss system featured on both front and back facades is a supporting structure as well as a visual element of dynamism. The structure shifts front/back and side to side around a central core containing the two stairwells. The central areas are more public and used for gathering and are treated with clear glass. The more private areas branching off from the center are where counseling and residences are and are treated with frosted glass. This respite center has three entrances, the two on the front are the more public entrances (for residents and those accessing the Urgent Care) and a private side entrance for those intake patients coming into the system. The public and shared spaces are primarily on the lower levels and as one ascends the programming becomes more and more private.

4th FLOOR SHORT TERM LONG TERM LONG TERM

LOUNGE

LONG TERM

SHORT TERM

ELEVATION A

3rd FLOOR LONG TERM

LONG TERM

SHORT TERM LOUNGE

LONG TERM

LONG TERM SHORT TERM

SECTION

SHORT TERM

2nd FLOOR

A SHORT TERM

COUNSELING

SHORT TERM

CLASSROOM SHORT TERM LOBBY

SHORT TERM

CLASSROOM

1st FLOOR

ELEVATION B

KITCHEN

CAFETERIA LOBBY

INTAKE

PATIENT PATIENT PATIENT PATIENT PATIENT

LOBBY

GYM

LOBBY

OFFICE OFFICE

BASEMENT AEROBICS ROOM

LOUNGE GYM WEIGHT ROOM

SECTION

YOGA ROOM LOCKER ROOM

LOCKER ROOM

COSTAL RESILIENCE

Climate change has brought many disasterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in its wake and the adverse effects are only projected to get worse. This recreational center responds to the need for shelter that can provide security for the locals in the event that proper evacuation of the area cannot take place. The form spins off the centralized ramp and spirals outward, mimicking the form of a hurricane spiral. Elevated ten feet above grade level and constructed almost entirely of concrete, the building can withstand flood level water. Shear walls are implemented to combat the force of hurricane waves. The curved south-eastern facade deflects oncoming gale force winds and the limited glass and operable louvers stand guard against flying debris. During normal conditions the community center serves to bring people together to engage, collaborate and educate.

ELEVATION A

ATLANTIC AVE

SECTION A

ATLANTIC AVE

ELEVATION B

PORTLAND AVE SECTION B

PORTLAND AVE

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