Marissa Perez | Architecture Portfolio 2023

Marissa Perez

UniversityofOregonM.Arch 2023

PORTFOLIO

Marissa Perez

ABOUTME

I am currently finishing my final year of my master's program in architecture at the University of Oregon. I have an interdisciplinary work history, with strengths in social justice issues, affordable residential housing, and multi-media design. My work in education and residential life has significantly impacted my design intentions throughout my graduate school experience. Working first hand in these fields, I want to work in collaboration with communities to create accessible, inclusive, and affordable architecture projects. I have developed strong research skills through my work as a Teaching Fellow in the History Department, which has strengthened my conceptualideasinstudioprojects.Iamhopingtoworkwithprofessionalswithsimilar community goals to re-conceptualize what affordable housing could look like within anurbancontext.

INFILL REPAIR: RIVERFRONT HOMES

Winter-Spring2023| ProfessorClayNeal

TheWillametteRiverhaschangeddrasticallysince the forced relocation of the Kalapuya people. The oncewinding“braiding”Willamettehassincebeen narrowed and deepened for trade and transport since the occupation of colonialist settlers. This affordable housing project aims at creating middlehousing in an R1 Zone while allowing for annual flooding to revitalize this reclaimed golf course.

Passive Strategies

Naturalized course concept

GREEN HOUSE

Fall2022| ProfessorClayNeal

The Flora Community Homes provide community-centered housing within the surrounding residential area. The units are organizedbasedondifferenthousehold'sneeds, providing1-3bedroomunitstobettersupportthe city'shousingcrisis.Surroundedby nativegreen space and garden plots that sustain the community, the Flora Community Homes recreatesa Europeancitycenterwithcommunity amenities

Concept Collage

MINE|SEED

The Formosa Mine site in Douglas County extracted copper, zinc, and thorium between 1910-37 and for severalyearsintheearly1990s.

It is Oregon’s most polluted Superfund site with cleanup effortsexpectedtoexceed$10 million. Stormwater-driven contaminants have led to the dischargeofmillionsofgallons ofacidrockdrainageandtoxic metalsintotheupperreaches of the Middle Creek watersheds every year. One potential remediation strategy istoaddlimestonetoalkalize theacidwaterwhichthreatens the salmon, steelhead, and otheraquaticlife.

KatieReifsnyder+MarissaPerez|Spring2022| ProfessorErinMooreandLeslieRyan

While the politics of environmental cleanupcontinue,therevivalofthe mine site is supported by natural systems. Idaho Fescue is a local copper-tolerant grass and one of the first pioneer plants on polluted minesites.Thegrasshelpstobuild soil and provides food and forage, attracting birds, deer, and black bears back to the site. These animals in turn support seed transportofanothernativeflora,the Osoberrytree,byeatingitsfruitand depositing the seeds elsewhere. The seeds of the Fescue and the Osoberryarepartofalargersystem that sustains wildlife and aids in growinganewfuturefor

This exhibition was chosen to represent this studio at the 2023 VeniceBienalle.

MARINE INNOVATION CENTER

Spring2022| ProfessorStephenDuff

The Marine Innovation Center is located in Newport, Oregon. The project seeks to connect the waterfront fishing district to the oceanic research being conductedbyOregonStateUniversity.Thegoalofthe spaceistocreatea sense a wonderment betweenthe public discovery center and the second floor lab spaces to increase interest in the preservation and research of our local wildlife

Street side facade at nighttime

Oceanic Lab

Whale skeleton view at night

REBUILDING CORNERSTONES: BLACK DOMESTICITY

VayleKhalaf+MarissaPerez|Fall2021|ProfessorRobertClarke

Thegoalofthisstudiowasto deconstruct Eurocentric aesthetics in architecture through research of the gentrification of the Albina DistrictinPortland,Oregon. Weweretaskedwithfourassignments: reimagining iconography, reconstructing icons, creating Black space, and designing for Black domesticity. This project was in collaborationwiththe Spatial Justice Initiative at the University of Oregon andAlbinacommunitymembers.

Collage design that informed the final drawing.

PROJECT 1: RECONSTRUCTING ICONS

Concept totem pole combines PNW indigenous culture with historic Albina landmarks. We worked together with Albina activistsandartists,CleoandKayin Davis.

Hand drawn on vellum

PROJECT 2: BLACK SPACE 20

Wetookinspirationintheaestheticsandpedagogy of Jack Travis and Mariam Kamara, using local materials to create sustainable architecture that is rootedinthe context of the community

PROJECT 3: BLACK DOMESTICITY

This work was chosen to represent this studio on dezeen magazine.

Using passive systems and local materials, the home has a net positive footprint

The three buildings provide a privacy gradient to nurture Black space

Outdoor porch facilitates communal gathering space Communal kitchen acts as a transition space towards the private residence

ROSA'S VILLAGE

Spring2021|ProfessorRobThallon

Rosa's Village is a transitional tiny home community in collaboration with Square One Village in Eugene, Oregon. We created a design proposal of a developed site with tiny home and duplex units to accommodate the needs of this diverse community.

Experiential perspective of row homes

61units

41tinyhomes

20duplexunits

18UnitsPerAcre

67%

UnitTypes 67%ofthevillagearetinyhomeunits,withtheremaining33% beingduplexunits.

50%

30BikeSpots

3.4AcreLot

GardenSpace Eachhouseholdhasaccesstoa 4'x8'gardenplot

ParkingSpaces 50%ofunitshaveaparking spottoreduceunnecessary trafficthroughthecommunity.

11,379sf

PavedWalkways Withthelowamountofparking onsite,bikingandwalkingis encouragedtogetaround.

PERSONAL WORK

Watercolor, 2022

Digital Portraits, 2021

Home Collage inspired by the book, "How to Do Nothing: Reciting the Attention Economy"

Colored Pencil on Paper, 2020