ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO by Maria Fernanda Farieta

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

MARIA FERNANDA FARIETA Undergraduate 2016-2020

GREENSCAPE

Sustainable systems are distributed evenly and discretely throughout the campus of the University of Maryland. The Greenscape design reverses that notion as it emerges from the preexisting field, while exposing and celebrating the sustainable systems. The building imposes a minimal impact on the characteristics and importance of this site as an open field. Roofs, walls, walkways, loading, all emerging from the topography, maximizing the views of the iconic landmarks from the green roof, and finely merging with the context. Aside from the insulating benefits of the earthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wrap onto the roof, the large overhang provides passive solar shading to keep the galleryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comfort. The exhibition space is staggered along the steps, following the slope of the site, resembling the multiple layers of sustainability found on campus, with special attention to the merging of ramps for accessibility of all.

INTERIOR EXTERIOR

Photovoltaics

Passive Solar Shading

Circulation

Thermal mass

Green Roof

Natural Insulation

Sustainability Transverse

EAST

WEST

NORTH

SOUTH

INTERIOR EXTERIOR

Photovoltaics

Green Roof

Passive Solar Shading

Circulation

Natural Insulation

Thermal mass

Sustainability Transverse

SECOND FLOOR

2 A105

A104 1

ADMINISTRATIVE

STORAGE

EXHIBITION

CONFERENCE ROOM

LOADING UP

1 A105

EXTERIOR EXHIBITION UP

LOBBY

3 A104

FIRST FLOOR FIRST FLOOR 1/16" = 1'-0"

STRUCTURE DIAGRAM

PARTI SKETCHES

TRANSVERSE SECTION

LONGITUDINAL SECTION

GALLERY

PATHWAY

LANDMARK VIEW

VECCHIO VILLAS

Academic | ARCH 402: ISI Florence Arch Studio III | Prof. Pisani | Spring 2019 Team members: Valerie Houck-Meloni, Angela Devon, and Maria Fernanda Farieta

With special consideration of the site and context, this bastion space is available to re-purpose as a temporary residence for three artists that would live here for six months. At the Baluardo Della Ginevra, located along the remains of the Roman walls in Florence, Italy, our team designed a three-artist residence focused on enhancing the artists’ experience in relation to the importance of the context. Inspired on the shape of the battlements of Guelph and the Ghibelline on the Palazzo Vecchio, we designed elevated residences connected by a shared gallery space. Each “villa” is oriented and designed to frame a specific landmark visible from the site to inspire the artists. Using the metric system, I focused on the structural grid system exposed on the ceiling of the gallery, initial parti sketches and the post-production of the floor plans and perspectives shown. Overall design was comprised as a group.

SIPS HOUSE

Prefabricated vacation home, made of Structural Insulated Panel Systems (SIPs panels), in Great Falls, Virginia. The tube steel sections stand for a simple assemblage and delivery of the prefabricated pieces. This energy efficient house has an irregular flat roof design, oriented and angled according to sun and site studies to maximize energy production through solar panels. Underground cooling system and louvers maintain comfortable temperatures in the house The program is arranged focusing on the separation private and public spaces, maximizing the sun exposure in common areas. Featuring glass-to-glass corner windows to maximize the views of the site while exposing the steel frame structure of the kit exposed inside. Wooden siding and earth toned materials connect the built environment and the surroundings for a true escape from the day to day city life.

STANDING SEAM METAL ROOF

TRANSVERSE WALL SECTION DETAIL

350W PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS SELF ADHERED MEMBRANE 8” SIPS ROOF ASSAMBLY GYPSUM BOARD 6” SIPS WALL ASSAMBLY 1/8” INFILTRATION BARRIER

HSS 4X8X1/2” TUBE STEEL BEAM

RAINSCREEN CYPRESS TIMBER SIDING LOUVERS

HSS 4X4X1/2” TUBE STEEL COLUMN

3’ RAILING FINISHED FLOOR WOOD GRAIN FIR 3/8” HYDRONIC RADIANT FLOOR PANELS

DECK BOARDS

FOAM PAD 8” SIPS FLOOR ASSEMBLY

DECK JOISTS C STEEL BEAM HSS 4X8X1/2” TUBE STEEL BEAM 1.75 X 7.5 MICROLAM @ PERIMETER

STRUCTURE

24” DIA.3000 PSI CONCRETE PIER FOOTING TYP.

3.5 X 7.5 MICROLAM @ JOIN

10” X 12” 3000 PSI CONCRETE GRADE BEAM TYP.

24” DIA.3000 PSI CONCRETE PIER FOOTING TYP.

UNDERGROUND COOLING SYSTEM

RAIN WATER CAPTURE

NORTHERN LIGHT CAPTURE

PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS

THERMAL HEATING FLOORS NATURAL VENTILATION

BIOSWELL HORIZONTAL GARDENS VERTICAL & HORIZONTAL GARDENS

HORIZONTAL LOUVERS VERTICAL LOUVERS

SUSTAINABILITY DIAGRAM

EXTERIOR PATHWAY

EXHIBITION SPACE

AXIAL SUSTAINABILITY CENTER OF BALTIMORE

Visitor center for sustainability in Baltimore, with spaces for environmental exhibitions and conferences intended to raise awareness on the topic. Sustainability is the controlled maximization of natural resources based on social, environmental and economic principles. Through vertical and horizontal modifications, sustainable systems are exposed engaging the community. Circulation is guided along the axial gardens, nurtured by rain-water collected and sunlight filtered through louvers oriented according to the path of the sun. The interconnecting platforms provide a dynamic space for elevated gardens with close exposure to sustainable systems on the roof and increased engagement with the landmarks nearby. Facade is composed of louvers and impermeable cork panels. The cork panels are excellent acoustic insulators, 100% natural, recyclable, renewable, and biodegradable.

LONGITUDINAL SECTION

WEST ELEVATION

TRANSVERSE SECTION

SUN CONTROL

LOUVER POSITION AND ORIENTATION ON SITE VERTICAL /HORIZONTAL LOUVERS

EMERGENCY MEDICAL POST

Humanitarian crisis circumstances call for immediate collaboration. The main goal of this project is to design a movable medical post for conflict victims. This advanced emergency medical post is fold-able and inflatable for easy transportation and construction, much like a tent. Positioned on the Greek Islands for this occasion to aid Syrian refugees, the large entrance welcomes all of those in need. The separation between the physical and psychological treatment areas allows the doctors to work more efficiently, and the patients receive as much aid as possible with indoor and outdoor service areas. Treatment areas have high windows to provide privacy for the patients and to direct their sights higher up toward to take their minds away from the tragedies they have been through with intricate tubing structural support, quick and easy to set up and transport. Durable, thick, double-stitched fabric with sturdy aluminum tubing.

FLOOR PLAN

LOBBY

APPROACH TO THE BUILDING

MONTGOMERY COLLEGE PLANETARIUM

Academic | ARCH 201: Intro to Arch Design | Prof. Talaat | Fall 2017 Team members: Antea Jarazi, Josselyn Flores, Jennifer Pineda, Gabriel Mafra, and Maria Fernanda Farieta

Schematic design for a planetarium at the Montgomery College, Rockville Campus. Evolving around the parti idea of a tesseract, an object moving through space, the rectangular spaces move along the shore of the pond targeting design solutions for the revitalization and development of the campus and the community as a whole. The truss structure and copper patina materials emphasize the idea of movement allowing the building to serve multiple purposes and naturally change over time. While the design was developed as a team with contributions to all its parts, my most prominent involvement was hand-sketching, parti incorporating and detail resolution, rendering of some perspectives and putting together the model. I also served as a mediator to keep the group calm, coherent and focused.

FLOOR PLAN

EAST

WEST

NORTH

SOUTH

ELEVATIONS

PARTI DIAGRAMS

PERSPECTIVES

STATIC DISGUISE PAVILION

Limited to a set amount of columns, walls and dimensions to design an emotion evoking pavilion. Using every specified restriction as an opportunity to evoke tension through variations of the space and disguised features, this pavilion provides a dynamic outdoor space for its visitors to explore. Treating the platform plinth as a topographic element, I developed the space with step sequences of varying widths to create transitory or stationary spaces that affect the speed of movement of visitors, and to challenge the limits of the height of the walls. Additionally, walls and columns are arranged horizontally to blend in with each other and to force visitors to move around the space to get desired views of the primary elevated monolith that makes a heavy presence held up on top of apparently smaller walls and columns. The project was hand-made and hand-cut in its entirety.

PERSPECTIVES

INTERIOR ELEVATIONS

THinkING INSIDE OF THE BOX

FLOOR PLANS

Within the confines of an 8â&#x20AC;?x 8â&#x20AC;? cube, two separate designs with special attention to detail and precision of hand-made drawings. Wooden Massing: space study of an object made of one inch thick wood block that must touch all the sides, at least once, of the imaginary box. This minimalistic approach showcases the customized corner design where the object touches 3 sides of the box, diagonally at each end. This solution touches the sides the least amount of times, with the smallest areas of contact, allowing the rest of the pieces to be distributed freely within the box. The chocolate museum: entered from the cutoff corner of the store as a bite into a chocolate bar. The windows wrap around the cube as a wrapper does around a piece of candy.

ISOMETRIC PROJECTION

SPHERICAL CARDBOARD CHAIR

Academic | ARTT 103: Design Studio 3D | Prof. Mayercak | Spring 2017 Functioning, life-sized chair made out of cardboard

Design of a functioning chair made out of cardboard. The conic pieces that create the sphere provide a sturdy structure that can hold an actual personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weight. The open ends of the cones facing upward allow for storage of objects. The legs that hold the chair in place are discretely placed underneath to avoid the disruption of the spheric experience. Folding planes to create three-dimensional geometries that are assembled together to create an even greater form- the sphere. The design evolved from the initial intent to put together different spheres, to the simplification of one major sphere that served all the desired purposes. This chair design was chosen for exhibition at the Montgomery College Art Department Annual Student Exhibition, on April-May of 2017, at the Sarah Silberman Art Gallery.

ARCHITECTURE THROUGH SKETCH

Selected pencil drawings, on site or from life, focusing on accurate proportions. Pepper: The left arrangement decomposes the pepper from top to bottom. The right layout demonstrates the arrangement of the views of architectural drawings. The top view in the center defines the location of the North, South, East and West elevations. National Gallery of Art-East Wing: In depth study of the architectural design of the building, thorough understanding and depiction of the interior and exterior of the building. Board layout composition was designed to follow the overall floor plan arrangement of the actual building to emphasize the understanding of the building and how the spaces relate to one-another. Original drawing on two 24x18 boards.