Leeann Soo Wacker | M.ARCH 2018
Leeann Soo Wacker UW-Milwaukee | School of Architecture and Urban Planning | M.Arch | May 2018 UW-Milwaukee | Peck School of the Arts | BFA | May 2011
414.587.8004 leeannwacker@gmail.com
Distinguished Visiting Design Critic Studio | Johnsen Schmaling Architects | Sink or Swim
In The Sink or Swim Studio with Johnsen Schmaling Architects, I worked with a partner to develop an aquatic center for Marquette University’s campus. Our design was fantastical and incorporated rigid elements like the square exterior, punctured by more sculptural glass cylinders that act as circulation both for people and for light as it penetrates the subterranean levels. Marquette has a unique location within the city, and is isolated and insular in many ways. This center is not just for Marquette, but for the community at large. Each level represents a different level of public, private, and athletic space. These are all connected by the sculptural tubes that bridge all levels and tie this structure together. The exterior skin is cast glass that emulates the dynamic nature of water, reflecting the basic element of an aquatic center.
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rockite column, salt solution
rockite sheet, salt solution
rockite column, ammonium phosphate, blue pigment
slate, salt solution
rockite sheet, ammonium phosphate, blue pigment
A study in sound from my two different Homes; my childhood Home and my current Home. Home is not just a physical space. Home is synonymous with the familiar and the comfortable. Its sounds are just as recognizable as its visual appearance; the door opening, the creek of stairs, the squeaky drawer, or the click of a light switch. SOUND SPACE uses recorded sounds from my two different Homes and maps the data 3-dimensionally. It was then milled and reconstructed to create my two Homes.
Home Home 170 Rip Van Winkle Dr. Waukesha, WI 53186
Apartment Home 3048 A N Oakland Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53211
The Urban Edge Award Seminar led by Assistant Professor Nikole Bouchard was a series of intense workshop weekends in which distinguished architects, designers, artists, and educators came to collaborate on projects at multiple scales. We focused on areas in the greater Milwaukee area and conducted site visits and design charettes. The final projects were presented to a jury of the workshop leaders Walter Hood.
Walter Hood
Professor, Architect, Landscape Architect, Designer
The New De Young Museum
Aleksandr Mergold
Rich Valley Golf Course
Sergio Lopez-Pineiro
Scenes in a Concrete Deserta
Assistant Professor at Cornell University, Architect
Lecturer in Landscape Architecture at Harvard
Productive Landscapes | The Menomonee River Valley National Parkway
CATATUMBO | venezuela fire | lightning | explosion
1 year
DALLOL | ethiopia salt | accumulation
100 years
ANTELOPE CANYON | arizona water | erosion
1,000 years
WHITE DESERT | egypt wind | erosion
1,000 years
PAMPLEMOUSSE PILE
elevation sketch
section sketch
Wild Style Hip Hop Studio w/ Associate Professor Chris Cornelius Through this studio, we explored visual representation and form generation through an examination of the different elements that combine to create the culture of hip hop.
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1. Music Lab 2. Spin Space 3. Learning Space
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3. Archive
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4. Archive
1. Theater 2. Archive