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CONTENTS NEW MONUMENTALISM
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BOTTUM-UP DESIGN
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HYBRID SCALE
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BUILDINGS OF MEMORY
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COLLECTIVE RESISTANCE
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ACCESSORY DESIGN
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NEW MONUMENTALISM One of the major concerns of breaking the height limit in Washington DC is that the historical landmarks will be overshadowed. This tower, named the Iceberg, mitigates this concern by allowing the sun to directly shape the building’s form in order to optimize solar exposure as well as allow light to pass through. Its form responds to the unique solar conditions of the nation’s capitol while still respecting its historic environment.
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PROCESS The Iceberg is located on top of the Herbert C. Hoover building adjacent to the National Mall. The form was produced through extruding the mass of the existing building upwards to the tower’s final height of 1,000 feet. The mass was then analyzed for its solar exposure using Grasshopper.
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RECOGNITION Exhibited at the AIA District Architecture Center in May 2014 Featured on: Arch Daily, SuckerPunch, Gizmodo, & Archinect
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NEW MONUMENTALISM
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BOTTOM-UP DESIGN This was an exploration of creating spaces through combining four independent systems, each with its own, unique set of parameters. These systems were then subtracted from one another or merged together to create a dynamic form. The systems were analyzed in regard to their sense of hierarchy, scale, and void and how these affected the resultant spaces. This iterative process was done using a combination of Grasshopper and Rhino 3D.
COMBINED SYSTEMS
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BOTTUM-UP DESIGN
RESULTANT SPACES Spaces ranged in scale and definition. While some seemed to be expansive, others were more enclosed.
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HYBRID SCALE The neighborhood of El Barrio has an underutilized Costco with attached parking garage that is out of scale with the rest of the community. Through re-purposing the parking garage to serve both the pedestrian traffic of the city and vehicular traffic from the adjacent FDR highway, it can become more integrated into the urban environment.
EXISTING COSTCO
INCOMING PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC
EXISTING GARAGE
INCOMING VEHICULAR TRAFFIC OFF FDR HIGHWAY
PROCESS Spaces were created through carving or inserting mass into the planes of the parking garage. Carving allowed light in and made a vertical connection while insertions defined different spaces 10
HYBRID SCALE
CARVED
INSERTED
POSSIBLE DRIVE-IN THEATER
DRIVE IN THEATER The parking garage was analyzed in section according to different spaces and uses that could host functions catering to both people arriving by foot or by car. One such use was a drive-in theater. When in use, parking areas turn into theater parking and the steps are seating. While not in use, parking areas act as intended while the steps could be auditorium. Spaces are flexible performing different functions as needed. POSSIBLE PARKING/AUDITORIUM
PROPOSED SECTION THROUGH THE PARKING GARAGE MARIE HUNNELL SHEEHAN
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BUILDINGS OF MEMORY: REPOSE The Congressional Cemetery in Washington DC, is a historical burial place that still services its community today through funerals, history tours, and dog walking. An intimate pavilion was requested for graveside funeral services. The cenotaph structure functions as a beacon of light, orienting visitors and providing a visual connection with the grave site for those visiting.
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A FUNERAL AREA
SPIRITUALITY The funeral pavilion acts as landmark of light and metaphor of spiritual ascent that contrasts with the physical descent that occurs upon approaching the site.
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BUILDINGS OF MEMORY: MEMORIAL A memorial center was required as a sister building to the funeral pavilion that could provide a reception hall, historical exhibit space, lab for grave restoration, classrooms, and cafe. It services both tourists to the cemetery as well as grieving mourners. While performing all these functions, it maintains the solemnity appropriate for a graveyard while still welcoming all its visitors.
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PROCESS The complex program is accommodated by allowing contextual factors to influence form-making. The rhythm of the rows of graves in the cemetery is extended to provide the basis of the plan of the building. More prominent spaces break across the datum lines established by the gravestones and become volumes the push outward and upward from the rest of the building. The entire building is shrouded by a metallic screen that establishes a monolithic feeling but is transparent enough to allow sunlight and air to permeate.
GIFT SHOP
MEMORIAL GARDEN
PARTI EXHIBIT SPACE ABOVE
RHYTHM OF GRAVES IN CEMETERY
SPECIAL PROGRAMMATIC ELEMENTS BREAK RHYTHM
SCREEN CLADDING EVOKES MONOLITHIC FEELING
DIAGONAL CUTS ORIENT TOWARD SITE FEATURES
WORKSHOP (RECEPTION HALL ABOVE)
WORKSHOP (CLASSROOMS ABOVE)
MEMORIAL GARDEN SECTION
EXHIBIT SPACE SECTION
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RECOGNITION First place winner for the Catholic University of America Comprehensive Building Design Studio competition Exhibited at the AIA District Architecture Center in January 2015
1/16” = 1’-0” MODELS WOOD, PLEXI, & CARDBOARD 16
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COLLECTIVE RESISTANCE Current protest movements such as the recent OccupyDC movement emphasize collective resistance to make a statement. This project creates a system through which demonstrators can establish an strong encampment on any site rapidly. This structure, formed from the connection of individual pieces carried and used as placards by the protestors, forms a resilient, flexible shelter that cannot be easily removed by force.
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ONE DEMONSTRATOR CAN CARRY TWO CONNECTED UNITS
ASSEMBLY Upon arrival to the site, protestors unfold their signs, remove the attachment pieces from the back and use these pieces to link their signs together flat on the ground. With one side of the combined structure staked to the ground, the protestors push the other side in until the structure folds, like origami, into the desired shape. Beneath this shelter, the protestors can place tents for their desired uses, secure in the knowledge that any attempt to remove them will take considerable effort and time.
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RECOGNITION 2015 Winner of the CUA Protest Competition hosted by AGORA
CONNECTION PIECES KEEP SIGNS RIGID, UNPACK TO SERVE AS HINGES BETWEEN UNITS MARIE HUNNELL SHEEHAN
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ACCESSORY DESIGN These small design projects focus on functionality and craft. Below is an avant garde design utilizing aromatherapy as part of the accessory. Bottles of essential oils hang around the neck while an earring piece can be dipped into them to act as a diffuser.
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ACCESSORY DESIGN
WIRE WRAPPED Wire wrapping is a technique using round nose and flat nose pliers to create decorative links or to secure objects such as beads, stones, or wine corks.
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RESUME EDUCATION Catholic University of America Masters of Architecture Masters of Sustainable Design July 2012 - Present
Rice University B.S. Civil & Environmental Engineering August 2008 - May 2012
WORK EXPERIENCE Moment Engineering + Design Architectural Intern Drafted construction documents in Autocad for various residential projects, took field measurements on site visits. May 2013 - December 2014
Catholic University of America Research Assistant Prepared Autocad drawings, performed structural analysis for research paper, collaborated on journal topics. January 2013 - December 2014
TECHNICAL SKILLS 3D Design Revit Rhinoceros Grasshopper AutoCad 3DS MAX
2D Design Photoshop Illustrator InDesign
Technical Energy Plus MATLAB
Office Word Excel Powerpoint
ACHIEVEMENTS 2014: Member of Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society 2014: Award of Excellence: Comprehensive Building Design Studio 2012: TSPE Outstanding Engineering Student Award 2011: Rice University Honor Athlete 2008-2011: NCAA Athlete - Rice University Women’s Soccer Team MARIE HUNNELL SHEEHAN
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