July 2013 Portfolio

margaux fischer portfolio july 2013

I am ... m.arch 2013 rhode island school of design

...exploring, circling in more and more to what I find the most joy in doing. this means pulling in cultural understanding and humanity into my work. understanding what brings me delight or awakens my sense evoking what i want the spaces i create to do. ...seeking to always be a student, and hoping someday to be a teacher. teaching + learning as a cyclical process in which one can continually return to and refine ideas that make my heart hum. ...wishing to see my spatial dreams become a reality in the built environment. the wish of any architect to allow the dreams and intangible strings which pull at our minds to manifest themselves as built: a place where others can feel how you felt. ...interested in dwelling as a way of imagining all architecture- dwelling as a means of achieving a space that delights the senses, engaging the soul and memory, actively involving and empowering the user in his environment.

...seeking to understand: : the ways in which art and architecture resonate with our emotional senses. Architecture can heighten our emotional and physical awareness of our inner and outer environments. : the way geometries and the concrete logic of mathematics can inform my work. Intrigued by patterns and logic based systems which allow our minds to make sense of spaces. :the power of geometry in storytelling. And I believe that narrative in architecture is very powerful.

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table of contents PAGE 6-11 thesis: memory and dwelling spring 2012 PAGE 12-24 design principles fall 2010 PAGE 25-29 architecture design principles spring 2011 PAGE 30-34 urban design principles fall 2011 PAGE 35-36 city of the future winter 2012 PAGE 37-38 raw earth archive spring 2012 PAGE 39-41 interfaith chapel fall 2012 PAGE 42-47 miscellaneous past-present

unfolding the commons explores a new way of looking at a neighborhood exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 22� x 30� drafted graphite on vellum with digital rendering unfolding the commons

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dwelling deconstructed imagines dense elderly housing exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 22� x 22� drafted graphite on vellum with digital rendering dwelling deconstructed

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soul and place

soul and place extropolated gesture to find meaning in space exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 8� x 8� lithographic print + graphite on arches 88

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the art of memory seeks to define place through physicality and memory exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 22� x 22� lithographic print + graphite on arches 88 the art of memory

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morning unfolding

morning unfolding bplaces figures in geometric landscape to create place exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 11� x 1� draften graphite + collage on arches 88 with digital rendering

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labyrinth and layer explores richness of site and experience exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 14� x 30� drafted graphite on vellum with digital rendering labyrinth and

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layer

labyrinth for a minotaur explores design principles exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 30� x 22� drafted graphite on vellum with digital rendering labyrinth for a minotaur

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eroding landscape explores mapping site exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 30� x 22� drafted graphite on vellum with digital rendering eroding landscape

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tectonic of knots

tectonic of knots explores design principles exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 24” x 24” x 36” cardboard and bristol board folded construction

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tectonic of knots explores design principles exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 24” x 24” x 36” cardboard and bristol board folded construction

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tectonic of knots

labyrinth for a minotaur explores design principles exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 24” x 8” x 6” cardboard and chipboard labyrinth for a minotaur

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labyrinth for a minotaur explores design principles exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 24” x 8” x 6” cardboard and chipboard labyrinth for a minotaur

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windchime monastery distills and densifies ideas of the labyrinth exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 44� x 30� drafted graphite + watercolor on toned arches 88 windchime monastery

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windchime monastery distills and densifies ideas of the labyrinth exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 22� x 30� drafted graphite + watercolor on toned arches 88 windchime monastery

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windchime monastery explores spaces through constructed perspectives exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 22� x 30� drafted graphite + colored pencil on toned arches 88 windchime monastery

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windchime monastery explores spaces through constructed perspectives exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 22� x 30� drafted graphite + colored pencil on toned arches 88 windchime monastery

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reconstruction of diebenkorn explores confounding ideas of interiority exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 12” x 12” x 18” chipboard model with digital rendering reconstruction of diebenkorn

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eroded core explores synthetic urbanism exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 22� x 30� drafted graphite on vellum with digital rendering reconstruction of diebenkorn

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reconstruction of diebenkorn explores confounding ideas of interiority exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 22� x 30� drafted graphite on vellum with digital rendering reconstruction of diebenkorn

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blossom was built as a design build initiative exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 2,000 sq. ft. digital photograph of site blossom: community garden

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blossom was built as a design build initiative exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] built garden beds 41 x 20’ x 18� blossom: community garden

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garden pavilion uses local materials and explores movement exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 6” x 6” x 3” canvas + basswood + string

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garden pavilion

mobile market project: refurbishes found trailer for use in urban food deserts exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 22� x 30� drafted graphite + watercolor on arches 88 mobile market project: trailer

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bikes promotes jobs within mobile market project community exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 22� x 30� drafted graphite and watercolor on arches 88 mobile market project: bikes

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patterned growth seeks to understand urban growth exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] each 8� x 8� ink + graphite + goauche on arches 88 pattern and growth studies

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patterned growth seeks to understand urban growth exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 14 x 11� ink + goauche on arches 88 pattern and growth

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eroded core

eroded core explores synthetic urbanism exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 14� x 30� drafted graphite on vellum with digital rendering

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braided urbanism explores synthetic urban programs exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 4” x 3” 12” balsa wood and bass wood model braided urbanism

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solid void

solid void deconstructs the braid to create synthesis of air and building exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 14� x 30� drafted graphite on vellum

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mapping the intangible quantifies light interventions exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 48� x 48� acetone ink transfer + gouache + red thread on arches 88 mapping the intangible

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luxchaos

luxchaos explores urban agricultural solutions for dense urbanity exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 22� x 30� acetone ink transfer + white gouache on arches 88

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this archive for a bauhaus collection explores a synthesis chinese vernacular exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 14� x 30� drafted graphite on vellum with digital rendering archive for bauhaus collection

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these drawings capture the experience of moving through the project exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 14� x 30� ink + graphite on arches 88 with digital rendering archive for bauhaus collection

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phenomenal transparency explores thecollapse of space with floating planes exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 36� x 72� drafted graphite on vellum with digital rendering phenomenal transparency

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phenomenal transparency explores thecollapse of space with floating planes exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 11 x 8� drafted graphite on vellum with digital rendering phenomenal transparency

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phenomenal transparency explores thecollapse of space with floating planes exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 14� x 48� drafted graphite on vellum with digital rendering phenomenal transparency

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movement

movement looks at the geometry of passing time exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 6 shots with 2 secon delay digital photograph collage

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perspective and mood explores changes in one object exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 22� x 30� cyanotype perspective and mood

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models of small or high density exological housing exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 8” x 8” x 2” m o d e l s f o r T. I . A A r c h i t e c t s

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models made for presenting projects to clients exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] approx. 24” x 24” x 2-8” models for AGi Architects

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dreamscape tries to capture the imagery of dreams exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] 12� x 6� dreamscape

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chinese junk plays with architectural ideas in ceramics exercise in: [interiority/exteriority] [roof as landscape] [buildings with feet] [pattern and movement] [storytelling] [path as narrative] [art of memory] [architecture of soul + body] [ecology of community] approx. 36� x 12� x 18� stoneware with glazing

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chinese junk

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