MARYLU BARTOLON PUAC
ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO UNDERGRADUATE & GRADUATE PROJECTS
One of the things that I have found to be fundamental to architecture is its response to the local people and the built environment. Thus it is important to me to help provide places for people where they can feel free and safe to interact with each other. This results in the start of the forming of and giving of the place its character. I have a direct interest in the communities where this consideration may not always be applied. I want to help provide people with a dignified built environment no matter who they are.
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Boutique Hotel | Raleigh, NC
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Connection 81.2 Master Plan | Raleigh, NC
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Envision Elgin | Elgin, IL
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Market/Urban Farm | Elgin, IL
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Syrian Refugee Shelter Competition | Elgin, IL
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Europe Tour | Italy & Spain
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Graphite Drawings
BOUTIQUE HOTEL Fall 2018 | NCSU | Raleigh
CAPITOL BLVD
NIGHTLIFE OFFICES SITE
RESTAURANTS LIVING
RALEIGH RAILWAY
RALEIGH HISTORIC NW DISTRICT The location of this site is in the historic North-West of Raleigh’s Downtown. This region is currently undergoing a change from lower-rise industrial-type buildings to taller apartment complexes and multi-use facilities. This particular site is aligned on three sides with the orthogonal street grid but is cut at an angle on the southern end by the railway. To the south and west of the site are mostly empty industrial lots.
The northern end is mostly blocked by a new apartment complex. More apartment complexes are also being constructed on the eastern side. It is safe to assume that the current industrial site will eventually be transformed to fit the changing fabric of the region.
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MAIN STREET ENTRANCE
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1. main site entrance 2. hotel lobby 3. restaurant 4. grocery store 5. raleigh railway lookout
GROUND LEVEL The program and its architectural form is a response to its context. A canopy covers most of the site to define the site while also providing entrances on all sides, allowing people to use this as public space and as a passage space. This site engages its context by having the most public parts of the program on the lower levels. Allowing for the more private parts (hotel rooms) of the program to be on the upper levels, where they would also have better views.
SITE ELEVATION
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MODEL & HOTEL LEVEL
2. double bed 3. single bed 4. stair 5. balcony
BUSINESS LOBBY
CONNECTIONS 81.2 Spring 2019 | NCSU | Raleigh
nc state university downtown raleigh site nc state university
GROUND LEVEL This “Main Street” represents a move forward to make the city of Raleigh a place that uses fewer vehicles and focuses on how public transportation and public spaces can better the quality of life of people. Specifically on this site represented are groups of people that have had a history of being isolated. By working with the organization MDC, the hope is to remember the history of the people on this site while at the same time creating an “Upward Movement” in their current lives. At the same time this “Main Street” provides a connection with the surrounding communities.
CONNECTIONS 81.2 looks at an 81.2-acre site located southwest of downtown and currently inhabited by the Governor Morehead School for the Blind (GMS) and North Carolina’s Central Prison. This project studies the role of both institutions, their history in Raleigh, and their contributions to the city’s culture and future growth. This project was a collaboration with three other students from the research stage to the development of the master plan. The team I worked with took the approach of designing the main street to be the connector not only within the site but with the surrounding context.
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SITE AXON DIAGRAM VIEW
SENSORY GARDEN NETWORK With the addition of this “Main Street� connector between Hillsborough St. to Western Blvd. we believe we can help bring density into the site. Not only will this connection bring individuals into the site but also bring economic and social growth. A factor in the growth and education of the GMS students is the use of their senses. Through the revitalization of the creek and the extension of the sensory garden, we believe that we can create a space that would help them thrive. Through these interventions, we believe that we can enable the community to come into the site to utilize it as well as interact with everyone residing there.
SITE PLAN MODEL
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AREA OF FOCUS & STAKEHOLDERS The last month of the semester focused on an individual approach to a specific area of the group master plan. The area that I chose was the street intersection on our site. This area of focus provided a space for the different stakeholder groups, both on and off the site.
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NODE OF SOCIAL EXCHANGE “Main Street” provides a connection with the different communities. Allowing for “Main Street’s“ intersection to become a node of social exchange of this community and its surrounding one. Focusing on the on-site stakeholders and providing them with programs that they can use will work towards this “Upward Movement.” This program will focus on education for the GMS students, recreation for the Boys & Girls Club, re-entry services to commemorate the prison that was once there and community services through MDC. Along with a mix of a commercial program, this intersection will create an active space that focuses on people and the community.
BIRDS EYE VIEW
Building Types Map
Envision Elgin Spring 2016 | Judson University | Elgin, Il
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CONTEXT This project’s main focus is to respond to downtown Elgin through the design of a high rise that enhances the urban setting. This design seeks to enhance the lives of the people in Elgin by providing a place where they can live, work, and play. The character of the downtown can be seen in its buildings and urban spaces. Its urban setting is by a river (Fox River) which plays a significant role in the context of this new mix-use building.
The focus of this new building is to help in enhancing downtown Elgin so people can see the beauty of this city. Through my research of this downtown, I designed this building to respond to the existing context, people, and environment.
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MAIN STREET ENTRANCE
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GROUND LEVEL
SITE PLAN The project’s site has accessibility to the existing buildings and is also facing the Fox River. The program of this building provides a place for people to interact through the move of everyday life throughout downtown Elgin. This project overall embraces new technologies such as steel while also responding to the context, people, and environment.
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Mechanical 1 1' - 0 9/32" Store Front 0' - 0"
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SUSTAINABILITY One of the ways that this building responds to the environment is through the provision of natural ventilation. I also designed this building with a passive atrium.
FOX RIVER ENTRANCE
MARKET/URBAN FARM Fall 2014 | Judson University | Elgin, IL
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CONTEXT Through my research, I noticed the diversity of people in the city of Elgin. This market and urban farm provide a communal space for the diverse people in this community to come together and interact with each other. It also allows for interaction through the program of the market and the urban farm.
This project is in downtown Elgin, IL. Elgin is a city that is considered a food desert area, which means that Elgin is an area that lacks healthy fresh food that is affordable. The focus of the project was to provide a community market and urban farm that provide healthy food to this community.
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MAIN ENTRANCE
CLASSROOMS TRANSITION MARKET
CLASSROOMS MARKET
VIEWING TRANSITION DINING RIVER WALK
SECTIONS The program works to make a connection between a community and its food. In these sections, the two programs have a vertical connection. The first level is the grocery store, while the second level provides classrooms for the community to learn more about their food.
SITE MODEL
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1. market 2. retail 3. food storage 4. seating 5. greenhouses
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MARKET INTERIOR
SYRIAN REFUGEE SHELTER | DESIGN BUILD Spring 2014 | Judson University | Elgin, IL
INITIAL IDEATION In the beginning, we were asked to provide an individual idea for a shelter. Then we were put in groups to combine our ideas into one. As a team, we developed a design that takes into account local conditions, specifically the environmental, social, cultural, and religious needs of a family.
World Vision holds a yearly competition looking for creative solutions to solving the housing problem for people involved in a disaster. The objective is to design and construct a rapidly deployable transitional disaster shelter for use by World Vision in response to natural disasters. This specific shelter responds to Syrian refugees that are fleeing conflict in their homeland. The shelter is designed to meet the needs of a typical Syrian family who are seeking refuge in one of the numerous border camps dotted along the Syrian border in Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey.
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SHELTER CAMP
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FLEXIBLE SPACE The shelter seeks to provide the basic needs for survival, enrich day to day lives, and give the stability to look beyond the present and into the future with hope. Some elements in the shelter are the use of light and ventilation through space. Privacy is an important trait of Syrian culture. To give this privacy, an opening is placed only as a clerestory. Flexible spaces are thought out, so the user can create a more private space when needed.
SHELTER PROTOTYPE
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MODULAR BUILDING PROCESS We designed this shelter to accommodate a family of 4 with a minimum allocation of 3.5 square meters of space per person, allow standing head clearance of 2 meters for at least 70% of the floor space, all while providing a dignified accommodation for a family, with adequate flexibility to respond to social, cultural and religious requirements, e.g. the use of space by different genders and ages. .
SHELTER PROTOTYPE
EUROPE TOUR May 2015 | Judson University
ITALY & SPAIN As part of my undergraduate studies, I took a travel and sketching tour to various architecturally significant cities, places, and buildings throughout Europe. The two countries that I traveled to were Italy and Spain.
Through this travel, I experienced not only the architecture but the culture and the way people live in these different cities. Through field sketching, I was able to pay attention to the details and visually note-take what my eye was seeing.
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STALACTITE ORNAMENTATION Alhambra
PANTHEON COLUMN
LATTICE WINDOW Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba
GRAPHITE RENDERINGS Judson University | Elgin, IL
GESTURAL DRAWING In these drawings I focus on craft, technique and inspiration. I work on visually showing the details that are perceived. The use of perspective, use of black, white and grey, value emphasize what I perceived. The study of shades and shadow casting, or sciography, are also shown through these drawings.
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NORTH CAROLINA
CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER EXTERIOR
CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER INTERIOR
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