P O R T F O L I O J U L I E PA S I O N
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Project 1
Community Garden
Project 2
Coastal Resilience
Project 3
Archeological Museum
Project 4
Callowhill Arts Center
Project 5
Robinson Restoration
Project 6
Arbor Fitness Center
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COMMUNITY GARDEN HUB
This pop-up temporary installation serves as an educational center and community garden in an area with few affordable food options. The aim of the project is to equipped the urban residents on different methods for more sustainable living. The angled roof of the building serve to funnel rainwater down into the plant beds and address Philadelphia’s ongoing stormwater management issue. Visitors could come into the front and read information in the gallery on how to start growing their own produce or could venture further back where classes are held. While viewable from the street, the garden beds are only accessible from the inside of the building, guiding the visitor through the visual and auditory information before arriving at the hands-on component. The structure comes in prefabricated panels of shear walls with wooden cladding and steel framed acrylic windows. The center would be operational from mid spring to late summer and parners with other programs in Philadelphia such as ‘Rain Check’ to provide the public with as many resources as possible to combat food insecurity.
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COSTAL RESILIENCE
Climate change has brought many disaster’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 of a natural disaster and proper evacuation of the 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 and during times of disaster, a safe haven.
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ARCHEOLOGICAL RECOVERY MUSEUMS
Atop a hill in the woods of the Wissahickon Valley sits this working archeological museum around an active dig site. the ground level form responds to the contour of the land and is inset and unobtrusive to the land. The floor plate gradually inclining and directing the audience through the space. The upper level observation deck spans over the working area and allows visitors to look into the dig and watch the archeologists work. The glass box hovers over the hilltop and can be seen from the entry and parking below. The contrast of curvilinear and organic to orthogonal and rigid speaks to the dichotomy of old and new, existing and recovered and the layering in this process of knowledge. The more private and working functions of the building are further back with little glazing for a more controlled research and archival space. The front features a gallery space showcasing different findings and the cultural context of the dig.
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SECTION B
SECOND FLOOR
OBSERVATION DECK
FIRST FLOOR LOBBY
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ADMINIST RAT ION
ARCHI VES
RESEARCH LAB
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CALLOWHILL ARTS CENTER
The design plays off of the interconnectivity between education, creation and exhibition of various art forms as the each connect to one another at difference instances and overlap. These connections are emphasized through the circulation paths through the different spatial types and bridged passageways that can be seen from the exterior. The core of the building brings all of the different program together through a central entrance with opens up into an multi-ceiling height atrium gathering space and serves as the starting point for circulation into the different performing and visual arts spaces and brings an introspective view to the building’s center from the different levels. The most visible from the street are the connecting bridges from the performing and visual arts classrooms. The arrangement of the visual arts spaces are on the forefront of the diagonal sidewalk to create hinted views of the creation and education spaces. The performing spaces have a larger separation from the street view and more controlled lighting but can still be viewed from the core. As the building moves up vertically the creation spaces are less visible and given more privacy through larger separation from the atrium.
EXHIBITION
EDUCATION
CREATION
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Fourth Floor 2
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1 - Working studios 2 - Apartment units
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First Floor
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1 - Lounge 2 - Studio classrooms 3 - Resident lobby 4 - Bathrooms 5 - Mezzanine 6 - Main gallery
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1 - Lounge 2 - Bathroom 3 - Mechanical 4 - Theatre 5 - Stage 6 - Student gallery space
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ROBINSON RESTORATION
The original building in center city Philadelphia was designed in the early 20th century as part of a retail chain of Grayson-Robinson retail in the early 20th century. The large, monolithic facade has a brutalist quality which no longer has a place in the redeveloping Fashion District area. This adaptation of the historic facade preserves the original brutalist intent of the large curve. Through controlled perforations in the existing facade and allowing illumination to come through the facade channeled through glass boxes, the design restores original overhead lighting features and fills the voids within the existing grid to break up the mass and introduce verticality. The utilization of light as a material creates a more distinctive and inviting street front in the commercial area. The channels of light highlight either natural light within the day through light scoops or utilize light fixtures at nighttime to reflect onto the building’s facade and emphasize the material quality of the original slightly reflective purple tiling. collaborator: Jackson Pointer
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collaborators: Alexandra Shamy, Elizabeth Jabs, Amanda Mesaros
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This fitness center caters specifically to the visually impared and features different methods of wayfinding to create a more comfortable and easily navigatable space for those who are often not considered. The form stems from the concept of central rings within a tree section and creating experiential landmarks to distinguish space. The circulation stems outward from the central ring - courtyard. The larger program space: water aerobics, yoga studio and cycling studiio, is larger in size and glazing to distinguish them from the more common areas. The texture changes in the floor indicate direction and path, the central ring dividing the hallway and indicating doorways. The vertical wood and felt slats on the walls indicate direction and proximity to doorways
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ARBOR FITNESS CENTER
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Reception
2 Juice Bar Moss only grows on one side of a tree
3 Courtyard
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4 Water Aerobics 5 Locker Room
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6 Yoga Studio
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7 Cycling Studio
Directionality indicated through felt on one side of the wooden slats
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8 Break Room
8 2 Spacing of wood and felt members increases as approaching doorways
Programatic Anchors
Central Circulation
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